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TheUnderstory
The forest has an opinion.
A botanist inherits a woodland that rearranges itself, and a village that has agreed for centuries not to mention it.
About
A botanist inherits a woodland that rearranges itself, and a village that has agreed for centuries not to mention it. It is, finally, a story about arriving somewhere and finding you brought the problem with you.
Cast
Bel OkoyeMarek
Imani BoatengCommander Hale- Malik DansuJunie
Marguerite FoyWren
Idris VanceThe Cartographer
Yara SolanoTomas the Younger
Episodes
2023 · 6 episodes
- 01
RootstockAn old debt resurfaces on the worst possible night.46m - 02
The ClearingThe town closes ranks and someone gets left outside.45m - 03DeadwoodA stranger arrives with a name that shouldn't exist.48m
- 04CanopyOne phone call rewrites the last six months.47m
- 05
Seed BankA stranger arrives with a name that shouldn't exist.51m - 06
UnderstoryOne phone call rewrites the last six months.50m
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Audience score
66%
Based on 3864 verified viewers · 58% critics
Slow to start, impossible to leave.
A couple of scenes drag, then it lands a sequence so good you forgive it instantly.
Bryn A. · 1 Aug 2026
Slow to start, impossible to leave.
A couple of scenes drag, then it lands a sequence so good you forgive it instantly.
Kwame O. · 25 Jul 2026
Slow to start, impossible to leave.
A couple of scenes drag, then it lands a sequence so good you forgive it instantly.
Peter L. · 18 Jul 2026
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