Limited series · FX
The Shards
If looks could kill.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Shards actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Shards reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
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 much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
The story
What it's about
Set in Los Angeles in 1981, the story follows a 17-year-old version of Bret Easton Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending his world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E02
Don't You Want Me
- Directed by Michael Uppendahl
- Written by Bret Easton Ellis, Ryan Murphy
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Bret Easton Ellis
Creator
Ryan Murphy
Showrunner
Scott Robertson
Executive producer
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Kathleen McCaffrey
Executive producer
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Tanase Popa
Executive producer
Brad Simpson
Executive producer
Michael Uppendahl
Executive producer
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Nissa Diederich
Executive producer
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Nick Hall
Executive producer
Nina Jacobson
Executive producer
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Brian Young
Executive producer
Max Winkler
Executive producer
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Eric Kovtun
Executive producer
Juli Weiner
Writer
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Lenore Zion
Writer
Charles Rogers
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Scott RobertsonExecutive Producer
- Bret Easton EllisExecutive Producer
- Kathleen McCaffreyExecutive Producer
- Tanase PopaExecutive Producer
- Brad SimpsonExecutive Producer
- Michael UppendahlExecutive Producer
Writing
- Juli WeinerWriter
- Bret Easton EllisWriter
- Ryan MurphyWriter
- Lenore ZionWriter
- Charles RogersWriter
Direction
- Max MinghellaDirector
- Crystle Roberson DorseyDirector
- Michael UppendahlDirector
- Ryan MurphyDirector
Where to watch
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