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American Gothic

★ 6.7 5K votes 2016–2016 1 season · 13 episodes Canceled CBS
Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 7/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Juliet RylanceAntony StarrJustin ChatwinMegan KetchElliot KnightStephanie Leonidas
Written by
Corinne Brinkerhoff
Starring
Juliet RylanceAntony StarrJustin ChatwinMegan KetchElliot KnightStephanie Leonidas
Written by
Corinne Brinkerhoff
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A wealthy family's secrets curdle into suspicion"

A wealthy Boston family reels when a serial killer known as the Silver Bells Killer resurfaces in the news, forcing them to confront the possibility that one of their own may have been involved decades ago. The show unfolds as a slow-burn mystery told through flashbacks and present-day suspicion, with each family member harboring secrets that complicate the whodunit. It leans heavily on melodrama and soapy family dysfunction rather than pure thriller mechanics, so the pacing is deliberate and the tone broods more than it shocks. It works best as a moody character puzzle rather than an edge-of-seat crime procedural.

Watch it for

the slow unraveling of a family's buried secrets tied to a decades-old murder.

Maybe skip if

you want a fast-paced procedural rather than a brooding, soap-inflected family mystery.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12016
7.43K139h 4m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Arrangement in Grey and Black7.1
37940 min
▶2Jack-in-the-Pulpit6.9
29143 min
▶3Nighthawks6.9
25143 min
▶4Christina's World7.0
23241 min
▶5The Artist in His Museum7.3
21740 min
▶6The Chess Players7.6
21940 min
▶7The Gross Clinic7.5
18643 min
▶8Kindred Spirits7.3
19043 min
▶9The Oxbow7.6
18843 min
▶10The Veteran in a New Field7.7
16942 min
▶11Freedom from Fear7.9
18140 min
▶12Madame X7.9
17143 min
▶13Whistler's Mother8.2
20043 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Juliet Rylance Alison Hawthorne-Price
Antony Starr Garrett Hawthorne
Justin Chatwin Cam Hawthorne
Megan Ketch Tessa Ross
Elliot Knight Brady Ross
Stephanie Leonidas Sophie Hawthorne
Gabriel Bateman Jack Hawthorne
Virginia Madsen Madeline Hawthorne
Dede Lovejoy Detective Linda Cutter
Maureen Sebastian Naomi Flynn

Crew

Corinne Brinkerhoff

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