
Scripted series · FX
Snowfall
This is how crack began.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Snowfall actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Snowfall reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 60 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201710 episodes
7.3IMDbBest episode · S01E01 Pilot

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201810 episodes
6.2IMDbSeason 2 enters 1984, with everyone working toward their ultimate goals of money, power, and influence amid the Los Angeles crack cocaine epidemic.
Best episode · S02E01 Sightlines

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201910 episodes
6.4IMDbIn Season 3, crack cocaine is spreading like wildfire through South Central Los Angeles, continuing its path of destruction and changing the culture forever.
Best episode · S03E01 Protect and Swerve

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
202110 episodes
7.0IMDbIn season four, Franklin tries to regain control over his business.
Best episode · S04E01 Re-Entry

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202210 episodes
6.4IMDbSet in the summer of 1986, Franklin Saint and his entire family are rich beyond their wildest dreams, on the verge of having everything they've ever wanted... right as the ground begins to fall out from under their feet. The sudden and tragic death of basketball star Len Bias makes the rock cocaine epidemic front-page news, the target of both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. Law enforcement is on a warpath and the militarization of the L.A.P.D. continues as police and politicians decide the only way to deal with this growing scourge is through force - and the creation of the new C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) units. The streets of South Central Los Angeles have never been so dangerous as the Saint family navigates the police, the warring gangs and the CIA.
Best episode · S05E01 Comets

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
202310 episodes
6.2IMDbIt’s October 1986 in this sixth and final season, as civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Franklin is desperate and forced to rob his Aunt Louie and Uncle Jerome after being wiped out by former CIA officer Teddy McDonald. Meanwhile, Louie has taken over Franklin’s role as Teddy’s sole buyer, undercutting her nephew and creating a competing empire in the process. Franklin is now faced with losing everyone he loves and everything he’s built, and coming through it all will mean out-maneuvering the KGB, the DEA and the CIA, as well as avoiding the LAPD’s fully militarized, fully corrupt, C.R.A.S.H units.
Best episode · S06E01 Fallout
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S04E01
Re-Entry
With violence in South Central ramping up, Franklin attempts to stop a gang war from exploding. Gustavo and Teddy deal with pipeline issues. Local reporter Irene Abe attempts to understand what's happening to her neighborhood. Leon charts a new path.
- Directed by Kevin Bray
- Written by Dave Andron

S05E01
Comets
It’s the summer of 1986 and the Saint crew has leveled up. Franklin’s personal and professional relationships are flourishing, but a problem in the valley brings trouble to his door.
- Directed by Ben Younger
- Written by Leonard Chang, Dave Andron

S06E01
Fallout
Franklin fights to keep his business afloat. Jerome and Louie strike back.
- Directed by Ben Younger
- Written by Dave Andron

S01E01
Pilot
South Central street entreprenuer Franklin Saint takes a leap into the cocaine game. Disgruntled CIA officer Teddy McDonald allies with a Contra soldier. Luchador wrestler Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata makes inroads with a Mexican cartel family.
- Directed by Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi

S05E02
Commitment
Teddy forces his way back into the CIA’s operation in Los Angeles. Franklin and Veronique have a business proposition for Jerome and Louie.
- Directed by Ben Younger
- Written by Leonard Chang, Dave Andron

S01E02
Make Them Birds Fly
Franklin struggles with the reality of his new enterprise. Teddy’s distrust of Alejandro escalates. Gustavo confronts his new partners.
- Directed by Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes



S06E08
Ballad of the Bear
- Directed by Amin Joseph
- Written by Sal Calleros


S06E06
Concrete Jungle
- Directed by Katrelle N. Kindred
- Written by Dave Andron, Jeanine Daniels

S06E05
Ebony and Ivory
- Directed by Jade Holmes Christian
- Written by Davia Carter
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

John Singleton
Creator

Dave Andron
Creator

Eric Amadio
Showrunner

Michael London
Executive producer
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Julie DeJoie
Executive producer

Trevor Engelson
Executive producer

Thomas Schlamme
Executive producer

Evan Silverberg
Executive producer
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Janine Salinas Schoenberg
Writer
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Emily Grinwis
Writer

Tatiana Suarez-Pico
Writer
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Hiram Martinez
Writer
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Ihuoma Ofordire
Writer

Leonard Chang
Writer
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Sal Calleros
Writer
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Jeanine C. Daniels
Writer
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Jerome Hairston
Writer
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Aaron Slavick
Writer
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Natasha Tash Gray
Writer
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Tyger Williams
Writer
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Dave Adnron
Writer
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Justin Hillian
Writer
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Jeanine Daniels
Writer
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Jeanie Daniels
Writer
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Davon Briggs
Writer

Walter Mosley
Writer
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Davia Carter
Writer
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Emmy Grinwis
Writer
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Gary Phillips
Writer
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Aziza Barnes
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Michael LondonExecutive Producer
- Julie DeJoieExecutive Producer
- Julie DeJoieProducer
- John SingletonExecutive Producer
- Trevor EngelsonExecutive Producer
- Sal CallerosProducer
Writing
- Janine Salinas SchoenbergWriter
- Emily GrinwisWriter
- Tatiana Suarez-PicoWriter
- Hiram MartinezWriter
- Ihuoma OfordireWriter
- Leonard ChangWriter
Direction
- Bilall FallahDirector
- John SingletonDirector
- Erin FeeleyDirector
- Dan AttiasDirector
- Solvan NaimDirector
- Adil El ArbiDirector
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