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Created by | Sarah Thorp |
Showrunner | Sarah Thorp |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Running time | 29-35 minutes |
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Network | Apple TV+ |
Release | October 25, 2024 present | –
Before is an American psychological thriller television miniseries created by Sarah Thorp, who also serves as showrunner and is the executive producer, along with Billy Crystal, Adam Bernstein, Eric Roth, Sarah Thorp, and Jet Wilkinson. It stars Billy Crystal as a child psychologist, and features Judith Light, Rosie Perez, and Jacobi Jupe.[1]
Before premiered on October 25, 2024, on Apple TV+.[2]
A recently widowed child psychologist meets with his next client, who seems to be connected in some fashion to his past.
No. | Title [3] | Directed by | Written by [4] | Original release date [5] |
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1 | "The Imposter" | Adam Bernstein | Sarah Thorp | October 25, 2024 |
2 | "The Scientist" | Jet Wilkinson | Sarah Thorp | October 25, 2024 |
3 | "The Liar" | Jet Wilkinson | Sarah Thorp | November 1, 2024 |
4 | "Symbols and Signs" | David Petrarca | Sarah Thorp | November 8, 2024 |
5 | TBA | TBA | Emmy Grinwis | November 15, 2024 |
6 | TBA | TBA | Desta Tedros Reff | November 22, 2024 |
7 | TBA | TBA | Howie Miller | November 29, 2024 |
8 | TBA | TBA | Joseph Sousa | December 6, 2024 |
9 | TBA | TBA | Joseph Sousa & Audrey Rosenberg | December 13, 2024 |
10 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Thorp | December 20, 2024 |
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, and Zetna Fuentes direct episodes.[6]
It was announced in June 2022 that Apple TV+ had ordered the series, which Billy Crystal would star in and Barry Levinson would direct.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10]
Filming had begun on the series under the name Winston in New Jersey by May 2023.[11] In June, it was announced it had entered an indefinite hiatus amidst the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[12] Upon the strike's conclusion, the series resumed filming in December in Moonachie, New Jersey.[13] It filmed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in January 2024,[14] and later in Independence Township, New Jersey in March.[15]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 31% approval rating with an average rating of 5.1/10, based on 26 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."[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[17]