David Farnor | On 28, Jun 2022

“Who were you before? And before that? And before that?” That’s the question at the heart of Surface, a new Apple TV+ thriller starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw – and a new trailer gives us a first look at the psychological thriller.

The eight-part series from creator Veronica West (High Fidelity)) is set in high-end San Francisco and follows Sophie, a woman who has suffered a traumatic head injury that has left her with extreme memory loss, believed to be a result of a suicide attempt. As Sophie embarks on a quest to put the pieces of her life back together with the help of her husband and friends, she begins to question whether or not the truth she is told is in fact the truth she has lived. Through twists and turns and an unexpected love triangle, this sexy, elevated thriller asks: What if you woke up one day and didn’t know your own secrets? Surface is a story of self-discovery that contemplates if we are pre-programmed to become who we are, or if we choose our own identity.

The ensemble cast starring alongside Mbatha-Raw includes Oliver Jackson-Cohen (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Ari Graynor (“I’m Dying Up Here”), Academy Award nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Secrets & Lies”), François Arnaud (“I Killed My Mother”) and Millie Brady (“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”).

West, who created and wrote the original series, also serves as executive producer and showrunner. Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter executive produce on behalf of Hello Sunshine. Sam Miller (“I May Destroy You”) directed four episodes of the series, including the pilot, and serves as executive producer. Kevin Sullivan, Jennifer Morrison and Tucker Gates also directed episodes, and Mbatha-Raw serves as an executive producer too.

You can see the end result on 29th July, when the first three episodes premiere on Apple TV+, followed by one new episode weekly on Fridays. Here’s the trailer:

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