

X-Files creator drops you in apocalyptic LA with zero answers and even less patience.
4.053 minSeason 1 • Episode 1
LatestEight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.
Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.
Direction
Chris Carter's paranoid fingerprints everywhere.
Production
Amazon's failed golden age experiment.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amazon greenlit four pilots simultaneously in 2014; The After was the only one that didn't get series ordered.
This arrived at peak 'mystery box' TV fatigue—fans were done with questions-without-answers, and Carter's refusal to explain anything doomed it.