Pilot 

A 17-year-old boy moves in with his grandmother and uncles in their Southern California beach town after his mother ODs.

Director:

John Wells

Writers:

David Michôd (based on the Australian motion picture "Animal Kingdom" written by), Jonathan Lisco (teleplay by)

Stars:

Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman, Shawn Hatosy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Ellen Barkin	...	Janine 'Smurf' Cody
Scott Speedman	...	Barry 'Baz' Blackwell
Shawn Hatosy	...	Andrew 'Pope' Cody
Ben Robson	...	Craig Cody
Jake Weary	...	Deran Cody
Finn Cole	...	Joshua 'J' Cody
Daniella Alonso	...	Catherine
Molly Gordon	...	Nicky
Ryan Dorsey	...	Tommy
Karen Malina White	...	Dina
Conrad Bluth	...	Lucas
Yves Bright	...	Richard (Yuppie Surfer)
Javier Calderon	...	Detective
Mark Kubr	...	Man Outside Bar
Christian Lyon	...	Paramedic

Storyline

A 17-year-old boy moves in with his grandmother and uncles in their Southern California beach town after his mother ODs.

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Plot Keywords:

beach | wristwatch | cell phone | murder of a police officer | shot in the shoulder | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2016 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Oceanside, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Horizon Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jacki Weaver who earned her first Oscar Nomination for the 2010 film version is replaced by Golden Globe Nominee Ellen Barkin.

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Goofs

J is a minor whose mother died in their home of a drug overdose. He would have been placed in foster care by Child Services if there was no blood relation to take custody of him. Even if there was, Child Services would have done a background check before his grandmother was allowed to claim him.

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Quotes

Nicky: [to J] You didn't cry at the funeral. Did you want to?
Joshua 'J' Cody: No.

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Connections

Features Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck (2002)

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Soundtracks

Dirty Mind [Pandaboyz Remix]
(uncredited)
Performed by Flo Rida featuring Sam Martin

User Reviews

Compelling, Intense, Broody

This show actually came out of nowhere for me, but on first helping I'm all in.

In England this was just signed up by Amazon as an 'exclusive' and, unlike their recent 'original' (the collection) this (from TNT in the states) is actually really rather good on all accounts. It's a medium burn affair and has (to my ridiculously poor memory) more in common with Point Break than the original film. Where the film was brutal and unforgiving (emotionally, mainly, but also physically) this is a slightly more laid back affair on the whole, but there's an underlying brooding ... perhaps that's the sound work, but credit to all performances.

Through the washed out lens we're already given a slight haze, and through the lens of Finn Cole's "J" we're given more haze. He's shaken, though, and major adjustments are all we're seeing for him.

Where this goes next I am actually really begging to find out, and hope that the tone and intensity (of key performances) can be kept up.

Highly recommend watching this first episode, I have an inkling that the whole thing will be worth it.