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Apple TV’s Nocturne follows a detective reopening a serial killer case
A child’s return reopens a serial-killer case in the Pennsylvania town of Fairhaven, years after a wave of disappearances and murders.
The child, Michael, had been missing and is found emaciated and partly blind; his sister Felicia is still missing.
Convicted killer Jurek Walter remains in prison, but investigators suspect he may hold answers about the children’s abductions.
Retired detective Jonah Lynn, played by Liev Schreiber, helped put Jurek away and is drawn back into the investigation.
FBI agent Saga Bauer joins the search and goes undercover in the psychiatric facility where Jurek is held.
Jurek’s ability to manipulate people creates new risks, including for a nurse who grows close to him.
Finding Felicia could help resolve the case, but the sources do not say what happens next.
Apple TV’s 10-episode thriller Nocturne follows former homicide detective Jonah Lynn as he returns to a case involving serial killer Jurek Walter.
Jonah reopens the investigation after Michael Frost, a child who disappeared three years earlier, is found alive.
The task force seeks Michael’s sister Felicia and investigates whether someone is helping Jurek from inside Riverside Psychiatric Hospital.
Liev Schreiber plays Jonah, Stephen Graham plays Jurek, and Zazie Beetz plays FBI agent Saga Bauer.
Variety praised the series as an entertaining thriller, while The Hollywood Reporter criticized its familiar plot and clichés.
- Who
- Former detective Jonah Lynn, serial killer Jurek Walter, and the investigators searching for Felicia Frost.
- What
- Jonah returns to an investigation after Michael Frost, a missing child linked to Jurek, is found alive.
- When
- The series premiered on Apple TV on Friday, October 30, 2026.
- Where
- Fairhaven and Riverside Psychiatric Hospital in Pennsylvania.
- Why
- Michael’s return raises questions about the earlier disappearances and prompts a renewed search for his sister and Jurek’s possible accomplice.
Variety
The Hollywood Reporter
Overall assessment
Variety
Variety called Nocturne an intensely mesmerizing and wildly entertaining watch.
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter called it tedious and said its familiar genre conventions made it a dull thriller.
Michael and his sister Felicia disappear, and investigators believe they may be among Jurek’s victims.
Jurek is captured, but the case leaves unresolved questions about the missing children.
Michael reappears, prompting police chief Dave Ellison to contact the FBI.
Jonah joins a task force searching for Felicia and investigating who may be helping Jurek.
- Episodes
- 10
- Missing children
- Michael Frost and his sister Felicia
- Task force leader
- FBI Special Agent in Charge Alexandra Quinn
- Jonah Lynn
- Played by Liev Schreiber
- Jurek Walter
- Played by Stephen Graham
- United States setting
- Fairhaven and Riverside Psychiatric Hospital, Pennsylvania
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What people are saying
He saw things that a human being should not have to see
Man is not born evil. He is a product of the society and environment in which he lives
These are situations that are easy to identify with, whether in the role of the victim or the hero.
On set, it was like taking care of a tiger who says he is fascinated by me.