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| Genre | Psychological thriller |
| Created by | Veronica West |
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| Composer | Ólafur Arnalds |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Running time | 43–53 minutes |
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| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | July 29, 2022 – present |
Surface is an American psychological thriller television series created by Veronica West for Apple TV+. It premiered on July 29, 2022. In December 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which began airing on February 21, 2025.
After surviving a suicide attempt, Sophie has lost her recent memories, including the reason why she decided to jump, and she tries to piece together the reasons for her attempted suicide. [1]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Ictus" | Sam Miller | Veronica West | July 29, 2022 |
| 2 | 2 | "Muscle Memory" | Sam Miller | Erica L. Anderson | July 29, 2022 |
| 3 | 3 | "New Person, Same Old Mistakes" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Tony Saltzman | July 29, 2022 |
| 4 | 4 | "Psychogenic" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Glenise Mullins & Leigh Ann Biety | August 5, 2022 |
| 5 | 5 | "It Comes in Waves" | Sam Miller | Dan Lee West | August 12, 2022 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Myth of California" | Sam Miller | Leigh Ann Biety & Raven Jackson | August 19, 2022 |
| 7 | 7 | "It Was Always Going to End This Way" | Jennifer Morrison | Martín Zimmerman | August 26, 2022 |
| 8 | 8 | "See You on the Other Side" | Tucker Gates | Story by : Dan Lee West & Veronica West Teleplay by : Veronica West | September 2, 2022 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by [2] | Original release date [3] |
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| 9 | 1 | "New Money" | Ed Lilly | Veronica West | February 21, 2025 |
| 10 | 2 | TBA | TBA | Lillian Yu | February 28, 2025 |
| 11 | 3 | TBA | TBA | Peter Calloway | March 7, 2025 |
| 13 | 4 | TBA | TBA | Dan Lee West | March 14, 2025 |
| 13 | 5 | TBA | TBA | Cortney Norris | March 21, 2025 |
| 14 | 6 | TBA | TBA | Peter Calloway | March 28, 2025 |
| 15 | 7 | TBA | TBA | Dan Lee West | April 4, 2025 |
| 16 | 8 | TBA | TBA | Veronica West | April 11, 2025 |
The project was given a straight to series order in November 2020, with Gugu Mbatha-Raw set to star as well as serve as a co-executive producer. [4] In June 2021, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephan James, Ari Graynor, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, François Arnaud and Millie Brady were added to the cast. [5] Filming for the series had begun by July 1, 2021, in Vancouver. [6]
The series premiered on July 29, 2022, with the first three episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis. [7] On December 2, 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, with production moving to London. [8] Phil Dunster and Freida Pinto were added to the cast between April and May 2023. [9] [10]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 53% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10, based on 17 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Gugu Mbatha-Raw's captivating performance gives Surface some depth, but this overheated potboiler only gets murkier the more it tries to spice up a derivative amnesia mystery." [11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 47 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [12]