Nocturne premiered on Apple TV Plus on Friday, October 30, with a double-episode launch, according to TechRadar. No specific start time was given for the release, which Apple TV Plus has described as a global rollout rather than a scheduled broadcast.
The show stars Stephen Graham as Jurek Walter, a serial killer loosely drawn from Lars Kepler's novel The Sandman, with Liev Schreiber playing detective Jonah Lynn, who is trying to find Walter's last victim in a small town in Western Pennsylvania. Zazie Beetz plays FBI Agent Saga Bauer, who Lynn brings in to help crack the case. Ten episodes are set to roll out weekly after the premiere.
Nocturne is exclusive to Apple TV Plus. There is no free, ad-supported or broadcast version anywhere, so anyone who wants to watch has to either subscribe or use a trial.
Where to watch
Country | Channel or service | Free or paid --- | --- | --- United States | Apple TV Plus | Paid ($14.99/month) United Kingdom | Apple TV Plus | Paid (£9.99/month) Canada | Apple TV Plus | Paid (CA$14.99/month) Australia | Apple TV Plus | Paid (AU$15.99/month)
No Indian pricing for Apple TV Plus was mentioned in the reporting, so viewers there will need to check Apple's own pricing page for the local subscription cost.
Free ways to watch
There's no ad-supported or free broadcast route into Nocturne. Apple does offer new subscribers a seven-day free trial of Apple TV Plus, and people who've recently bought an Apple device may be eligible for a longer trial, running up to three months, depending on the offer tied to that purchase. Either trial is enough to cover the premiere and get a few episodes deep into the season before the subscription charge kicks in.
What to expect
Graham, who has spent the past couple of years building a run of acclaimed dark dramas, plays firmly against type here as a quietly terrifying antagonist, with the show leaning into the same brooding, slow-burn tension that's made Apple TV Plus's other crime dramas into talking points. Schreiber's detective is chasing down one last victim as the body count from Walter's killing spree comes into full view, with Beetz's FBI agent serving as both backup and a kind of surrogate family for him. With episodes landing weekly rather than all at once, expect the usual cycle of fan theories and recaps spreading out over the following weeks rather than a single weekend of bingeing.
Apple hasn't said whether Nocturne will get a second season, and nothing in the current reporting points to one being discussed yet. For now, the ten-episode run is the whole story, with new episodes expected to land on Apple TV Plus on a weekly schedule through the rest of the season.
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