# Looking for Alaska (2019)

> A shy new student at a boarding school falls in with a magnetic, troubled group led by Alaska, and a single night of celebration reshapes their lives.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/75245

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Josh Schwartz, Kendall Rogers
- Network: Hulu
- Cast: Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Sofia Vassilieva, Ron Cephas Jones, Timothy Simons, Uriah Shelton
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3829868/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: wistful, melancholic, intimate, emotionally raw, nostalgic

## What critics say

Audiences generally praise the emotional honesty of its coming-of-age story and the performances of its young cast, while the series is faulted for its heavy handling of grief and its adaptation choices.

## Synopsis

Looking for Alaska (2019) is an American limited series created by Josh Schwartz and Kendall Rogers for Hulu, adapted from John Green's novel. Charlie Plummer plays Miles Halter, a quiet new student who enrolls at a Alabama boarding school seeking adventure, and he is quickly drawn into a tight circle of misfits led by the captivating and troubled Alaska Young, played by Kristine Froseth. Denny Love, Jay Lee and Sofia Vassilieva round out the group, and their pranks, late night conversations and hunger for dangerous freedom fill the eight episodes. The engine of the story is Miles's search for a place among people who seem to know who they are, while the group pursues small rebellions against rigid authority and private secrets that surface over time. The show moves between the events of an ordinary school year and the stretch of days that follows one night of celebration, giving it a shape that is melancholy rather than cynical. Its tone is wistful, intimate and emotionally raw, with a warm nostalgic glow around friendship. Fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Euphoria and The Wonder Years will find resonance in its portrait of adolescence, first love and the way grief rearranges a young life. Dense with adolescent yearning, the series is a single self-contained season of eight episodes.

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