# Dear Edward (2023)

> After a plane crash leaves a 12-year-old boy as the lone survivor, he and the people touched by the tragedy form unexpected bonds while trying to make sense of what happened.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/119045

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 10
- Episode runtime: 52 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Jason Katims
- Network: Apple TV
- Cast: Colin O'Brien, Taylor Schilling, Anna Uzele, Idris Debrand, Carter Hudson, Amy Forsyth, Maxwell Jenkins, Connie Britton
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17543896/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: tender, melancholic, hopeful, emotional

## What critics say

Mixed audience reception, with viewers appreciating its emotional sincerity and character-driven storytelling after a plane crash.

## Synopsis

Dear Edward (2023) is a American television drama series created by Jason Katims for Apple TV. Twelve-year-old Edward Adler (Colin O'Brien) becomes the lone survivor of a plane crash, and the series follows him alongside the people whose lives the tragedy has touched. Taylor Schilling plays Lacey, and Connie Britton plays Dee Dee, among the other principal characters drawn into the aftermath. Rather than dwelling on the wreckage itself, each episode is built from the quiet work of grieving families, strangers and neighbors trying to make sense of what happened, and from the unexpected friendships, romances and communities that form in the process. The structure is a single continuing story across one season of ten episodes, a cancelled Apple TV drama whose arc was left unfinished. Its tone is tender and mournful, with warmth breaking through grief, and its themes center on loss, healing and the search for belonging after catastrophe. The story is set in the present day in the United States. Fans of Manifest, Lost and This Is Us will find resonance in its emotional ensemble and its patient exploration of trauma and connection.

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