Scripted series · ABC Family
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Two siblings discover a strange world beneath a deceptively ordinary surface: a wise local buffalo; an inch-tall exchange student; a hidden room that leads to other countries; a lost deep sea diver and many other mysteries, all raising questions about what it means to be a family.
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Latest Episodes
S01E01
Water Buffalo
S01E02
Broken Toys
S01E03
Distant Rain
S01E04
Make a Friend
S01E05
Eric
S01E06
Inner Courtyard
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Shaun TanWriter
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