Limited series · Netflix
The Healing Powers of Dude
The best dog for the job (wasn't available)
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jace Chapman
Noah Ferris
8 eps
Gabrielle Quinn
Valerie
8 eps
Sophie Kim
Amara
8 eps
Larisa Oleynik
Karen Ferris
8 eps
Mauricio Lara
Simon
8 eps
Tolga Kahraman
Young Student
8 eps
Laurel Emory
Embry Ferris
8 eps
Tyson Larter
Kid #1
1 eps
Alex Kyshkovych
Octar
1 eps
Tamara Kiyama
Dancer
1 eps
Ava Burgham
Chorus Performer
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Healing Powers of Dude actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Healing Powers of Dude reads strongest on Humour, Character Depth and Serialized.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
The story
What it's about
Noah, an 11-year-old boy with social anxiety disorder, has to start middle school, he turns to a mutt named Dude, a sarcastic emotional support dog who might need Noah as much as Noah needs him.
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
- Sam Littenberg-WeisbergExecutive Producer
- Erica SpatesExecutive Producer
- Chris PhillipsProducer
- Dan LubetkinExecutive Producer
- Richie KeenExecutive Producer
Direction
- Yulin KuangDirector
Cinematography
- Jay HunterDirector of Photography
Music
- Michael KramerOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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