Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestHerman Melville's towering epic of New England seafaring life pits grizzled, obsessive Captain Ahab (Golden Globe nominee Patrick Stewart, "X-Men") against the infamous great white whale, Moby Dick. Co-starring Henry Thomas ("E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial") as Ishmael and the legendary Gregory Peck, who played Ahab in the 1956 version directed by John Huston.
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Acting
Stewart's Ahab is unhinged Shakespearean thunder.
Production
Practical ship sets that actually look seaworthy.
Costume
Steampunk-adjacent whaler gear hits weirdly hard.
Creator
Franc Roddam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrick Stewart performed most of his own stunts on the rocking ship sets, despite being in his late 50s.
This miniseries arrived during peak 90s 'prestige adaptation' boom, competing with Hallmark's Huck Finn and Gulliver's Travels.
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