List of Nightingale episodes
Nightingale is an American superhero drama television series created by Freddie Goodwin for the streaming service Vesper+. It is the second television series in the Goodwinverse, following Superboy, and follows Evelyn Ward / Nightingale, a South City investigator who uncovers political corruption, medical experimentation, metahuman trauma systems, and resonance activity affecting civilians in the city's Hollow District. Goodwin also serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Marcus Vale, Hannah Greer, David Mercer, Naomi Reyes, and Sarah Tarkoff.
The series stars Anya Chalotra as Evelyn Ward / Nightingale, with Rahul Kohli, Mckenna Grace, Brían F. O'Byrne, Indira Varma, Edi Gathegi, Jessie Mei Li, David Dastmalchian, Ruth Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku, and Paddy Considine appearing across the series. The supporting cast changes between seasons as the story expands from a street-level investigation into a larger account of safehouse politics, Ascension files, resonance compatibility, trauma-based experimentation, and South City's connection to the wider Goodwinverse.
The first season premiered on September 18, 2026, and concluded on November 6, 2026. The second season premiered on September 17, 2027, with its first two episodes released simultaneously, before concluding on October 29. The third season premiered on September 15, 2028, and concluded on November 3. The fourth and final season premiered on September 14, 2029, and concluded on November 2. All four seasons consist of eight episodes. Across 32 episodes, the series follows Evelyn's development from investigator to vigilante, her creation of a civilian safehouse network, her discovery of the resonance system beneath South City, and her final decision to separate Nightingale's work from institutions that define survivors only through trauma.
Series overview[edit | edit source]
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 8 | September 18, 2026 | November 6, 2026 | |
| 2 | 8 | September 17, 2027 | October 29, 2027 | |
| 3 | 8 | September 15, 2028 | November 3, 2028 | |
| 4 | 8 | September 14, 2029 | November 2, 2029 | |
Episodes[edit | edit source]
Season 1 (2026)[edit | edit source]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "First, Do No Harm" | Jennifer Kent | Freddie Goodwin | September 18, 2026 |
| 2 | 2 | "Triage" | Jennifer Kent | Sarah Tarkoff | September 25, 2026 |
| 3 | 3 | "Vital Signs" | Catriona McKenzie | Marcus Vale | October 2, 2026 |
| 4 | 4 | "Pressure Point" | Alethea Jones | Amy Louise Johnson | October 9, 2026 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Hollow District" | Alethea Jones | Freddie Goodwin & Sarah Tarkoff | October 16, 2026 |
| 6 | 6 | "Containment" | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Marcus Vale & Noelle Carver | October 23, 2026 |
| 7 | 7 | "Code Blue" | Salli Richardson-Whitney | Freddie Goodwin | October 30, 2026 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Nightingale Effect" | Jennifer Kent | Freddie Goodwin & Marcus Vale | November 6, 2026 |
Season 2 (2027)[edit | edit source]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Dead Air" | Catriona McKenzie | Freddie Goodwin & Marcus Vale | October 15, 2027 |
| 10 | 2 | "Hollow Point" | Catriona McKenzie | Sarah Tarkoff | October 15, 2027 |
| 11 | 3 | "Second Opinion" | Alethea Jones | Amy Louise Johnson | October 22, 2027 |
| 12 | 4 | "The Mercy Ward" | Jennifer Kent | Marcus Vale | October 29, 2027 |
| 13 | 5 | "Nocturne" | Karyn Kusama | Maya Gold | November 5, 2027 |
| 14 | 6 | "Negative Space" | Sylvain White | Thomas Pound | November 12, 2027 |
| 15 | 7 | "Human Trials" | Jennifer Kent | Freddie Goodwin & Sarah Tarkoff | November 19, 2027 |
| 16 | 8 | "The First Nightingale" | Jennifer Kent | Freddie Goodwin | November 26, 2027 |
Season 3 (2028)[edit | edit source]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "The After-Signal" | Karyn Kusama | Marcus Vale | March 17, 2028 |
| 18 | 2 | "Harrow Gate" | Karyn Kusama | Alisha Brophy | March 24, 2028 |
| 19 | 3 | "Static Children" | Jennifer Phang | Tom Spezialy | March 31, 2028 |
| 20 | 4 | "In Plain Heaven" | Jennifer Phang | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | April 7, 2028 |
| 21 | 5 | "The First Witness" | Rose Glass | Marcus Vale and Alisha Brophy | April 14, 2028 |
| 22 | 6 | "The Bell Beneath" | Rose Glass | Priscilla Page | April 21, 2028 |
| 23 | 7 | "No More Safehouses" | Uta Briesewitz | Tom Spezialy and Nkechi Okoro Carroll | April 28, 2028 |
| 24 | 8 | "Nightingale" | Uta Briesewitz | Marcus Vale | May 5, 2028 |
Season 4 (2029)[edit | edit source]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "The Last Frequency" | Karyn Kusama | Marcus Vale | March 16, 2029 |
| 26 | 2 | "Names Before Birth" | Karyn Kusama | Alisha Brophy | March 23, 2029 |
| 27 | 3 | "The Daughter Signal" | Jennifer Phang | Priscilla Page | March 30, 2029 |
| 28 | 4 | "The Mercy Engine" | Jennifer Phang | Nkechi Okoro Carroll | April 6, 2029 |
| 29 | 5 | "The Quiet Court" | Rose Glass | Marcus Vale and Tom Spezialy | April 13, 2029 |
| 30 | 6 | "The Glass Republic" | Nida Manzoor | Zara Meer | April 20, 2029 |
| 31 | 7 | "All the Voices We Buried" | Uta Briesewitz | Alisha Brophy and Priscilla Page | April 27, 2029 |
| 32 | 8 | "No More Nightingales" | Uta Briesewitz | Marcus Vale | May 4, 2029 |
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