Before (TV series)

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Before
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Genre
Created bySarah Thorp
ShowrunnerSarah Thorp
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
Running time28-35 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Apple TV+
ReleaseOctober 25, 2024 (2024-10-25) 
present (present)

Before is an American psychological thriller television miniseries created by Sarah Thorp, who also serves as showrunner and is an executive producer, along with Billy Crystal, Adam Bernstein, Eric Roth, and Jet Wilkinson. It stars Billy Crystal as a child psychologist, and features Judith Light, Rosie Perez, and Jacobi Jupe. [1]

Contents

Before premiered on October 25, 2024, on Apple TV+. [2]

Premise

A recently widowed child psychologist meets with his next client, who mysteriously shows up at his house and appears to know things about him. The child appears to have psychotic episodes that result in harm to himself or others, but the psychologist senses something in these episodes that appear to point to a "source" which the psychologist appears to relate to.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.Title [3] Directed byWritten by [4] Original release date [5]
1"The Imposter" Adam Bernstein Sarah ThorpOctober 25, 2024 (2024-10-25)
2"The Scientist"Jet WilkinsonSarah ThorpOctober 25, 2024 (2024-10-25)
3"The Liar"Jet WilkinsonSarah ThorpNovember 1, 2024 (2024-11-01)
4"Symbols and Signs" David Petrarca Sarah ThorpNovember 8, 2024 (2024-11-08)
5"Folie à Deux"David PetrarcaEmmy GrinwisNovember 15, 2024 (2024-11-15)
6"Fever Dream"Emmanuel Osei-KuffourDesta Tedros ReffNovember 22, 2024 (2024-11-22)
7"The Power of Belief"Emmanuel Osei-KuffourHowie MillerNovember 27, 2024 (2024-11-27)
8"When We Dead Awaken"Jet WilkinsonJoseph SousaDecember 6, 2024 (2024-12-06)
9"And the Darkness Was Called Night" Zetna Fuentes Joseph Sousa & Audrey RosenbergDecember 13, 2024 (2024-12-13)
10TBATBASarah ThorpDecember 20, 2024 (2024-12-20)

Production

It was announced in June 2022 that Apple TV+ had ordered the series, which Billy Crystal would star in and Barry Levinson would direct. [6] In December 2023, Judith Light joined the cast, with Adam Bernstein now set to direct the pilot episode, as Levinson had to exit the project. [7] In January 2024, Rosie Perez, Jacobi Jupe, Maria Dizzia, Ava Lalezarzadeh would be added to the main cast, with Hope Davis joining in a recurring capacity. [8] [9]

Filming had begun on the series under the name Winston in New Jersey by May 2023. [10] In June, it was announced it had entered an indefinite hiatus amidst the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. [11] Upon the strike's conclusion, the series resumed filming in December in Moonachie, New Jersey. [12] It filmed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in January 2024, [13] and later in Independence Township, New Jersey in March. [14]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 32% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 31 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Starring Billy Crystal playing against type, Before initially intrigues but doesn't bring enough ideas or variety to sustain what comes after." [15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [16]

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