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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 | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 43–53 minutes |
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| Original network | Apple TV+ |
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| Audio format | Dolby Atmos |
| Original 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.
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. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [2] |
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| 1 | "Ictus" | Sam Miller | Veronica West | July 29, 2022 |
| 2 | "Muscle Memory" | Sam Miller | Erica L. Anderson | July 29, 2022 |
| 3 | "New Person, Same Old Mistakes" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Tony Saltzman | July 29, 2022 |
| 4 | "Psychogenic" | Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Glenise Mullins & Leigh Ann Biety | August 5, 2022 |
| 5 | "It Comes in Waves" | Sam Miller | Dan Lee West | August 12, 2022 |
| 6 | "The Myth of California" | Sam Miller | Leigh Ann Biety & Raven Jackson | August 19, 2022 |
| 7 | "It Was Always Going to End This Way" | Jennifer Morrison | Martín Zimmerman | August 26, 2022 |
| 8 | "See You on the Other Side" | Tucker Gates | Story by : Dan Lee West & Veronica West Teleplay by : Veronica West | September 2, 2022 |
The project was given a straight to series order in November 2020, with Gugu Mbatha-Raw set to star as well as co-executive produce.[3]
In June 2021, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephan James, Ari Graynor, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, François Arnaud and Millie Brady were added to the cast.[4]
Filming for the series had commenced by July 1, 2021, in Vancouver.[5]
The series premiered on July 29, 2022, with the first three episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis.[6]
On December 2, 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, with production moving to London.[7]
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."[8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 47 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]