
Scripted series · FOX
The Gifted
Pick a side. Take a stand.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Gifted actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Gifted reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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 suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E10
eXploited
At a moral crossroads, Jace is forced to hand over something valuable to Dr. Campbell. The team at Mutant HQ is divided on what they should do next, so Reed and Caitlin take matters into their own hands.
- Directed by Craig Siebels
- Written by Jim Campolongo

S01E04
eXit strategy
When the mutants devise a plan to take down Sentinel Services, Eclipse seeks out an old friend from his dark past in order to obtain some useful information. Meanwhile, Lauren and Andy attempt to combine their powers in order to help the group.
- Directed by Karen Gaviola
- Written by Marcie Ulin, Meredith Lavender

S01E12
eXtraction
Dr. Campbell attends an anti-mutant summit, attempting to take the Hound program national, and some of the team at Mutant HQ goes on a dangerous mission to stop his efforts.
- Directed by Scott Peters
- Written by Michael Horowitz

S01E02
rX
After exerting her powers beyond their limits, Blink goes into a state of shock, forcing Caitlin and Eclipse to go on a mission to find a special serum that will help her to recover. Meanwhile, Reed faces some difficult choices when it comes to helping his family, and Polaris runs into some trouble.
- Directed by Len Wiseman
- Written by Matt Nix

S01E11
3 X 1
As tensions heat up among the team at Mutant HQ, no one knows who they can trust. Fearing for his family's safety, Reed rethinks their future at the compound. Meanwhile, Dr. Campbell proposes an improved program to Jace that could change everything.
- Directed by David Straiton
- Written by Melinda Hsu Taylor

S01E03
eXodus
In an effort to reunite with one another, Reed cuts a deal with the Sentinel Services and Caitlin and the kids seek help from someone outside the compound. Meanwhile, Thunderbird begins to teach Blink how to control her powers.
- Directed by Scott Peters
- Written by Rashad Raisani
Recently aired
Latest Episodes




S02E13
teMpted
- Directed by Jonathan Frakes
- Written by Melissa R. Byer, Treena Hancock


Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Matt Nix
Showrunner

Stan Lee
Executive producer

Joe Quesada
Executive producer

Simon Kinberg
Executive producer
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Alan Fine
Executive producer
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Karim Zreik
Executive producer

Bryan Singer
Executive producer
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Jim Chory
Executive producer

Jeph Loeb
Executive producer

Lauren Shuler Donner
Executive producer
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Melissa R. Byer
Writer
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Marcie Ulin
Writer
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Jason Lazarcheck
Writer
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Ariella Blejer
Writer
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Carly Soteras
Writer
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Jim Garvey
Writer
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Marta Gene Camps
Writer
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Michael Horowitz
Writer
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Meredith Lavender
Writer
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Jim Campolongo
Writer
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Treena Hancock
Writer
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Dawn Kamoche
Writer
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Rashad Raisani
Writer
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Brad Marques
Writer

Melinda Hsu Taylor
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Stan LeeExecutive Producer
- Joe QuesadaExecutive Producer
- Simon KinbergExecutive Producer
- Alan FineExecutive Producer
- Karim ZreikExecutive Producer
- Matt NixExecutive Producer
Writing
- Melissa R. ByerWriter
- Marcie UlinWriter
- Jason LazarcheckWriter
- Ariella BlejerWriter
- Carly SoterasWriter
- Matt NixWriter
Direction
- Liz FriedlanderDirector
- Michael GoiDirector
- Jeremiah S. ChechikDirector
- Dawn WilkinsonDirector
- Steven DePaulDirector
- Robert Duncan McNeillDirector
Cinematography
- Newton Thomas SigelDirector of Photography
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