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Undone
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Genre
Created by
  • Raphael Bob-Waksberg
  • Kate Purdy
Directed by Hisko Hulsing
Starring
Composer(s) Amie Doherty
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Raphael Bob-Waksberg
  • Kate Purdy
  • Noel Bright
  • Steven A. Cohen
  • Tommy Pallotta
Cinematography Nick Ferreiro
Running time 22–24 minutes
Production company(s)
  • The Tornante Company
  • Boxer vs. Raptor
  • Submarine Amsterdam
  • Hive House Project
Release
Original network Prime Video
Original release September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13) – present (present)

Undone is an American comedy-drama television animated series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy, and starring Rosa Salazar. The series premiered on September 13, 2019, on Amazon Prime Video. It is Amazon's first original animated series and its first series to use rotoscoping. In November 2019, Amazon renewed Undone for a second season.

Premise

Undone explores "the elastic nature of reality through its central character, Alma. After getting into a nearly fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death."

Cast and characters

Main

  • Rosa Salazar as Alma Winograd-Diaz: She begins to develop the ability to manipulate and move time, following a car crash.
  • Angelique Cabral as Becca Winograd-Diaz: Alma's younger sister, who is engaged to be married.
  • Constance Marie as Camila Diaz: Alma's mother.
  • Siddharth Dhananjay as Sam: Alma's boyfriend.
  • Daveed Diggs as Tunde: Alma's boss at a daycare.
  • Bob Odenkirk as Jacob Winograd: Alma's dead father who enlists her help in investigating his murder.

Supporting

  • Kevin Bigley as Reed Hollingsworth: Becca's fiancé.
  • John Corbett as Layton Hollingsworth: Reed's father
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn as Beth Hollingsworth: Reed's mother.
  • Sheila Vand as Farnaz: Jacob's student and research assistant who also was killed in the crash.
  • Tyler Posey as Father Miguel: A new priest at Camila's church
  • Brad Hall as Charlie: A mysterious person whose company originally funded Jacob's research, and whom Jacob suspects of killing him.
  • Nicholas Gonzalez as Tomas: A bartender.

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date
1 "The Crash" Hisko Hulsing Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Alma is crying and distressed in her car, when she runs a red light and gets into a near fatal accident. In the past, Alma reflects on the ennui of her life. Her sister announces she is engaged, and Alma begins to question her own relationship and whether or not she is destined to be happy. She chooses to break up with her boyfriend, and gets into a fight with her sister over the engagement after she plays a role in her sister cheating on her fiance with a bartender. The fight is shown to be the reason that Alma was crying earlier in the episode, however the audience is shown that just before the crash Alma had a vision of her father, who has been dead for over 20 years.
2 "The Hospital" Hisko Hulsing Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
3 "Handheld Blackjack" Hisko Hulsing Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
4 "Moving the Keys" Hisko Hulsing Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
5 "Alone in This (You Have Me)" Hisko Hulsing Kate Purdy September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
6 "Prayers and Visions" Hisko Hulsing Lauren Otero September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
7 "The Wedding" Hisko Hulsing Joanna Calo September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
8 "That Halloween Night" Hisko Hulsing Elijah Aron September 13, 2019 (2019-09-13)
Alma takes herself and Jacob back in time to the night of the lab break-in which is revealed to have been done by Camila after she learned that Jacob was experimenting on Alma. Farnaz then planned to reveal the truth to Camila and the head of their department which would've ruined Jacob's life. After a failed attempt by Jacob to get Alma to change her own past, she finally learns that Jacob had not been murdered but had purposefully driven himself and Farnaz off a cliff. Jacob decides to possess his past-self in an effort to change the past and promises to meet Alma at a pyramid in Mexico when the timelines realign. In the present, Sam and Camila attempt to convince Alma that she is schizophrenic as was her father. Alma breaks up with Sam, travels to Mexico, and spends the night at the pyramid waiting for Jacob. She is joined by Becca whose marriage to Reed has fallen apart. By morning, Jacob has failed to appear, causing Alma to doubt herself. After Becca leaves and the sun rises over the pyramid, Alma is shocked by something she sees.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Undone para niños

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