Scripted series · FOX
The Finder
A Different Kind Of Detective
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Geoff Stults
Walter Sherman
13 eps
Maddie Hasson
Willa Monday
13 eps
Mercedes Mason
Isabel Zambada
13 eps
Michael Clarke Duncan
Leo Knox
13 eps
Lance Gross
Frank Haywood
1 eps
50 Cent
Big Glade
1 eps
Chris Tardio
Det. Curtis Gillespie
1 eps
John Ashton
Franklin Sherman
1 eps
Alex Fernandez
Federico 'Fico' Vasquez
1 eps
Nestor Serrano
Xavier Obispo
1 eps
George Stults
Langston Sherman
1 eps
Ignacio Serricchio
Alejandro Lopez-Fernando
1 eps
Annette O'Toole
Elaine Sherman
1 eps
Julia Vera
Old Marina
1 eps
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Luis Obispo
1 eps
Lorraine Toussaint
La Bruja
1 eps
Toby Hemingway
Timo Proud
8 eps
Michael Des Barres
Icepick
1 eps
Mike Starr
Benny Famosa
1 eps
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Athena Brookes
1 eps
Lisa Waltz
Karyn Welling
1 eps
James Madio
Lazlo Levy
1 eps
T.J. Thyne
Jack Hodgins
1 eps
Wilson Cruz
Jonni
2 eps
Eric Thomas Wilson
Thug #2
1 eps
Amy Aquino
Cristina Farrel
4 eps
Brett Davern
Cooper Allison
1 eps
Eltony Williams
Lt. Sam Royce
1 eps
Jaime Murray
Amadea Denaris
1 eps
Jim Cody Williams
John Fogerty's Manager
1 eps
John Fogerty
Himself
1 eps
Roy Werner
Lt. Col. Nick Allison
1 eps
Patrick Robert Smith
NTSB Investigator
1 eps
Rus Blackwell
Chris Jellicoe
1 eps
Michael Gambino
Thug #1
1 eps
Richard Augustine
Burly Man
1 eps
Timothy E. Goodwin
Trumpet Instructor
1 eps
Heather Ashley Chase
Bartender
1 eps
Stephen L. Cohen
Undercover Cop
1 eps
Grant Koo
Restaurant Guest
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Finder actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Finder reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
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
Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
A Cinderella Story
A NASA scientist seeks Walter's help to find the matching pair of a red stiletto left behind by a woman he met at a bar. Walter uses the stiletto as the first clue to finding the missing woman but in the process he uncovers her shocking secret that winds up putting his own life in danger. Meanwhile, Willa exposes Leo's dark family secret, but when she tries to make amends with him, she gets herself into even more legal trouble.
- Directed by Adam Arkin
- Written by Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13
The Boy With The Bucket
- Directed by Vahan Moosekian
- Written by Patrick Massett, John Zinman
S01E12
Voodoo Undo
- Directed by Daniel Sackheim
- Written by Emilia Serrano, Matt MacLeod
S01E11
The Inheritance
- Directed by David Straiton
- Written by Sanford Golden, Karen Wyscarver
S01E10
The Conversation
- Directed by James Hayman
- Written by Patrick Massett, John Zinman
S01E08
Life After Death
- Directed by David Boreanaz
- Written by Nkechi Okoro Carroll
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Hart Hanson
Showrunner
Aaron Ginsburg
Writer
Patrick Massett
Writer
Nkechi Okoro Carroll
Writer
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John Zinman
Writer
Josh Friedman
Writer
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Sanford Golden
Writer
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Wade McIntyre
Writer
Will Pascoe
Writer
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Karen Wyscarver
Writer
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Emilia Serrano
Writer
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Matt MacLeod
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Barry JosephsonProducer
- Hart HansonProducer
Writing
- Aaron GinsburgWriter
- Patrick MassettWriter
- Nkechi Okoro CarrollWriter
- John ZinmanWriter
- Josh FriedmanWriter
- Sanford GoldenWriter
Direction
- Dwight H. LittleDirector
- Kevin HooksDirector
- Daniel SackheimDirector
- David BoreanazDirector
- James HaymanDirector
- Milan CheylovDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Amazon VideoBuy
- Apple TV StoreBuy
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