Scripted series · NBC
Surface
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lake Bell
Laura Daughtery
15 eps
Jay R. Ferguson
Rich Connelly
15 eps
Carter Jenkins
Miles Barnett
15 eps
Leighton Meester
Savannah Barnett
15 eps
Ian Anthony Dale
Davis Lee
15 eps
Eddie Hassell
Phil Nance
15 eps
Ben Jones
Grocery Clerk
1 eps
David Andrews
Furella
3 eps
Eric Pierpoint
Philip Geary
1 eps
Martha Plimpton
Mr. Big
2 eps
Vaughn Wilson
Pizza Guy
1 eps
Michael Harding
Dr. Davey
1 eps
John Aylward
Government Panel Suit
1 eps
Randy Oglesby
John Glisson
1 eps
Dan Morris
Mr. Prickett
1 eps
Richard Fullerton
Elderly Gentleman
1 eps
Mike Pniewski
Deputy
1 eps
Johanna Braddy
Lisa
1 eps
Rebecca Koon
Libbie
1 eps
Dan Cox
Bystander
1 eps
Daniel Newman
Greg
4 eps
Eric Ladin
George Owen
1 eps
Donn Swaby
Andy Cline
1 eps
Connor Ross
Zack
1 eps
Court Young
Barry Cobb
1 eps
Brian Patrick Wade
EOD Commander
1 eps
Bobby Coleman
Jesse Daughtery
7 eps
Conor O'Farrell
Barry
2 eps
Brent Sexton
Bud
3 eps
Sam Robison
Associate
3 eps
Shishir Kurup
Krishna Singh
5 eps
Rade Šerbedžija
Aleksander Cirko
6 eps
Dwayne Boyd
ER Doctor
2 eps
Lori Beth Sikes
Sharon
2 eps
Maggie Alexander
News Anchor
2 eps
Andrea Powell
Cray
2 eps
Dexter Tillis
Officer
2 eps
Ashlee Payne
Cheryl
2 eps
Rick Forrester
Associate
3 eps
Austin Nichols
Jackson Holden
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Surface actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Surface reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teenage boy find their lives changed when a new and often dangerous sea life species emerges, while the government tries to keep the affair under wraps.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E14
Episode 14
- Directed by Jean de Segonzac
- Written by Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie
S01E11
Episode 11
- Directed by Michael Robison
- Written by Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie
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.
Executive production
- Jonas PateProducer
- Josh PateProducer
Writing
- Chip JohannessenWriter
- Dan DworkinWriter
- Tom WheelerWriter
- Jay BeattieWriter
- Jonas PateWriter
- Jason CahillWriter
Direction
- John BehringDirector
- Sergio Mimica-GezzanDirector
- Bill EaglesDirector
- Michael RobisonDirector
- Marita GrabiakDirector
- Brad AndersonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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