Scripted series · TBS
The Detour
Life has no safe word.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jason Jones
Nate
42 eps
Natalie Zea
Robin
42 eps
Liam Carroll
Jared
42 eps
Ashley Gerasimovich
Delilah
42 eps
Laura Benanti
Edie
11 eps
Daniella Pineda
Vanessa
11 eps
James Cromwell
J.R.
3 eps
Jeffrey Vincent Parise
Carlos
2 eps
Erik King
Randy
2 eps
Donshea Hopkins
Chase
2 eps
Gideon Glick
Straight Jack
1 eps
Sally Pressman
Gayle Rosenberg
1 eps
James Dugan
Town Sheriff
1 eps
Danny Dworkis
Moishe Rosenberg
1 eps
Brian Martell
State Trooper
1 eps
Jann Arden
Motel Hooker
1 eps
Roger LeBlanc
Zipper Carnie
1 eps
Annisha Plesche
Zipper Gus Girlfriend
1 eps
Blaine Schlechter
Fertility Clinic Janitor
1 eps
Caitlynne Medrek
Fertility Clinic Nurse
1 eps
Catherine Gell
Mom
1 eps
Nick Wensrich
County Clerk
1 eps
Andrew Legg
Motel Hunter
1 eps
Max Casella
Joe Delicious
1 eps
Tinsel Korey
Megwyn
1 eps
Randi Pooyak
Sarah
1 eps
Graham Greene
Narvin
2 eps
Heath McGough
Red Neck Tom
2 eps
Michael Shepherd
Dive Bartender
1 eps
Kim Jong-un
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1 eps
Frankie Petrosino
Baseball player (uncredited)
1 eps
Nico Petrosino
Football player (uncredited)
1 eps
Bret Hart
DJ
1 eps
Annie Pisapia
Traveler
1 eps
Phil Reeves
Gene
2 eps
Stass Klassen
Dima
2 eps
Olga Fonda
Natalia
2 eps
Petar Gatsby
Sergei
2 eps
Vladimir Moskovchenko
Nico
2 eps
Ryan Dumontel
Doug Gasoline
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Detour actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Detour reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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 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.
The story
What it's about
A what-in-the-living-hell-is-wrong-with-this-family comedy created by comic super-couple Jason Jones & Samantha Bee and inspired by their own experiences with family trips. Unfiltered dad Nate hits the road with wife Robin and kids Delilah and Jared. Every leg of their trip is fraught with disaster as they encounter one hellish turn after another. If there's trouble on the road, this family will find it and plow into it.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 42 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201610 episodes
7.8IMDbBest episode · S01E03 The Tank
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201712 episodes
8.1IMDbBest episode · S02E07 The Heat
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201810 episodes
7.8IMDbSeason 3 finds the Parkers on the lam in Alaska. After months of running, the family finally finds a community of misfits and decides to settle down and start rebuilding their lives. But they’re not out of the woods, as the law isn’t far behind. While Nate and Robin learn to take on new roles in the family, Delilah starts to become a young woman. And Jareb...well he’s still Jareb. Well intentioned, bad parenting is at its best in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
Best episode · S03E09 The Funeral
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201910 episodes
7.0IMDbSeason 4 finds the wildly dysfunctional Parker family on an epic world-wide search for their runaway teen daughter, Delilah. From Tibet to Paraguay and everywhere in between, The Parkers will stop at nothing to get their baby girl back – and piss off everyone in the process.
Best episode · S04E09 The Bride
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
The Tank
The Parkers are barely back on the road when Nate gets pulled over for driving under the influence. He's completely sober but somehow there's still some jail time involved.
S01E10
The Beach
Nate, Robin and the kids attempt to take down Nate's company in epic whistle blowing fashion. It won't be easy, but if there's one thing we've learned about this family is that they don't give up without at least a punch to the throat and maybe a cheap kick to the groin.
S01E04
The Restaurant
Back on the road, the Parkers begrudgingly stop to eat at a nauseatingly, culturally insensitive, roadside restaurant and dinner theater called Conquistadors.
S01E06
The Wedding
Instead of getting back on the road, Robin agrees to marry the southern gentleman Dr. Rob and his Russian bride but soon realizes that something is very, very, very, very wrong.
S04E02
The Return
Following a breakthrough, the Parkers return to their hometown to find their daughter.
S01E02
The Hotel
Having driven their van, 'Blue Thunder', into a ditch, it has to be repaired over-night. The Parkers stay at a nearby motel, Swift Stay Suites. What could possibly go right?
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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
- Samantha BeeExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jason JonesWriter
- Samantha BeeWriter
- Isabel RichardsonWriter
- Hannah KleinWriter
Direction
- Brennan ShroffDirector
Cinematography
- Walt LloydDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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