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Below Netflix Release Date, Cast and Reviews: Josh Hartnett's 6-Episode Thriller

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"Below" is a six-episode Netflix thriller starring Josh Hartnett as a Newfoundland fisherman facing something in the water. It premiered on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026.

Why people are searching

Google Trends listed "below netflix" in three countries when we checked at 6:10 p.m. KST on Oct. 8: 200+ searches in Canada and Australia, and 100+ in the United States. The attached news items were reviews from Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald, plus cast interviews from TV Guide, the Calgary Herald and the Toronto Star. Premiere day is the likely driver, though that is our reading, not a confirmed cause.

Quick facts

ItemDetail
PremiereOct. 8, 2026 (Netflix)
Episodes6 (limited series)
CreatorJesse McKeown
SettingSnook's Arm, Newfoundland
Filmed inNewfoundland and Labrador

Cast

ActorCharacter
Josh HartnettCalvin Penney
Mackenzie DavisFonda Howander
Charlie HeatonWade Penney
Ruby StokesMary Penney
Rohan CampbellJay Penney
Willow KeanRuth Penney

Calvin is a fisherman and Fonda a marine zoologist. Wade, Mary and Jay are Calvin's children, and Ruth is his sister. David Wenham and Natasha Henstridge also appear. Creator Jesse McKeown previously worked on "The Umbrella Academy."

What it is about

The series opens in 1986, as a family tows its house across the water during a move and something beneath the surface sinks it. Calvin loses his father that day. The main story picks up 40 years later in Snook's Arm, where fishing has largely stopped. Calvin now collects floating ice to sell to a local vodka company and runs an Airbnb out of the family home with Wade. When the creature returns, Calvin and Fonda work together to protect the community.

Variety says each episode runs 45 minutes or less. The Hollywood Reporter puts most of them at roughly 40 minutes.

What critics say

Not confirmed

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