Miniseries · ABC
The Langoliers
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Patricia Wettig
Laurel Stevenson
2 eps
Dean Stockwell
Bob Jenkins
2 eps
Kate Maberly
Dinah Catherine Bellman
2 eps
David Morse
Captain Brian Engle
2 eps
Bronson Pinchot
Craig Toomy
2 eps
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Nick Hopewell
2 eps
Frankie Faison
Don Gaffney
2 eps
Christopher Collet
Albert Kaussner
2 eps
Baxter Harris
Rudy Warwick
2 eps
Kimber Riddle
Bethany Simms
2 eps
Stephen King
Tom Holby
2 eps
John Griesemer
Roger Toomy
2 eps
Tom Holland
Harker
2 eps
Michael Louden
Richard Logan
2 eps
Kimberly Dakin
Doris
2 eps
David Forrester
Danny Keene
2 eps
Christopher Cooke
Craig Toomy (9 Years)
2 eps
Chris Hendrie
James Deegan
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Langoliers actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Langoliers reads strongest on Bingeability, World Building and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A jet leaves on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. But early in the flight, ten passengers awaken to a startling realization: All of the other passengers have vanished.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Part 1
A full aircraft, American Pride, Flight 29, is flying out of Los Angeles International Airport at night, heading east. After take-off and the flight progresses...
S01E02
Part 2
As the survivors get inside the airport terminal, they discover an odd environment. Sound does not reverberate, there is no electricity, and gadgets with batteries...
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
- David R. KappesProducer
- Richard P. RubinsteinExecutive Producer
- Mitchell GalinExecutive Producer
Writing
- Tom HollandWriter
Direction
- Tom HollandDirector
Music
- Vladimir HorunzhyOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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