How many episodes are in Below?

Below has 6 episodes in this listed season.

Is Below a new series?

Below is a new series (Season 1).

Below(2026)

Archived · Netflix

6 episodesSeason 1

DramaMysteryThrillerSupernatural

Premiered 8 Oct 2026

What to Expect

Below mixes creature-feature suspense with local myth and heartfelt humour, giving its small Newfoundland town more texture than a backdrop for scares. The unidentified threat brings immediate danger, while the island’s buried secrets give the mystery somewhere deeper to go. Across six parts, the story pairs the urgency of confronting something unknown with questions rooted in the town’s past.

Calvin Penney’s big heart and stubbornness give the family drama a personal edge. His efforts to protect his son, Wade, sit alongside the unresolved pain of his own father’s mysterious death. Working with a visiting marine researcher connects that private history to the creature mystery, while his determination to hold the community together makes the danger about more than his own household.

Official premise

When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a remote town, a fisherman must fight to protect his family, his community, and his way of life.

What to watch next

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DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Follows a private investigator probing the disappearance of a young fishery heir, finding himself at odds with a local detective, a charismatic professor, and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects and ancient magic.

Why it fits

Below makes a close-knit fishing town feel eerie and lived-in, with family worries running alongside supernatural mystery. Yaga also draws its suspense from coastal isolation and local secrets, as a missing-heir case leads through secretive suspects and ancient magic, though its mood is more steadily unsettling than warmly funny.

IT: Welcome to Derry

HBO Max • 26 Oct 2025

DramaHorror

In 1962, a couple with their son move to Derry, Maine just as a young boy disappears. With their arrival, very bad things begin to happen in the town.

Why it fits

Below mixes supernatural scares with the warmth of people trying to protect their community, giving its creature mystery a human centre. IT: Welcome to Derry brings that blend to a darker place, with loyal misfit friends facing frightening disappearances and dread creeping through ordinary neighbourhoods.

Turn of the Tide

Netflix • 10 Apr 2026

DramaAction

Four friends whose lives changed forever with the arrival of a ton of cocaine.

Why it fits

Below makes fishing-town life and family loyalty part of the suspense, so the danger feels close to home. Turn of the Tide also centres on island friends and a community under pressure, with choices around a washed-ashore cocaine haul driving crime and action; its mood is darker and more urgent, with violence replacing heartfelt humour.

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