Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestThe 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
William Hurt's Ahab: unhinged, whisper-screaming, genuinely terrifying.
Production
Practical ships in practical seas. CGI whale holds up surprisingly well.
Creator
Mike Barker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William Hurt broke his ankle during filming and refused painkillers to stay 'in Ahab's headspace.' Method to the point of self-destruction.
Mike Barker deliberately cast British actors as the Pequod's working crew and Americans as officers, subtly encoding class tensions Melville only implied.
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