Black Cake
2023 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 6.7 · 84% critics
After their mother dies, two estranged siblings are drawn into a search for answers about the life she kept hidden. Spanning the Caribbean, London, and California, the story blends family drama, long-buried secrets, and an emotional look at identity, love, and inheritance.
Based on Black Cake
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Streaming on Hulu.
8 hours to watch · 8 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-11-01
- Network
- Hulu
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (50 votes)
About
If you like layered family dramas with secrets, emotion, and a mystery thread in the vein of Mare of Easttown or I Know This Much Is True, this should work for you; Not for you if you want a brisk, tightly focused story.
Pros: engaging family mystery; emotional and layered; beautiful locations and style | Cons: uneven pacing; some side plots drag; divisive sibling storyline
Cast & crew
Chipo Chung
as Eleanor Bennett
Rupert Evans
as James Everett
Ashley Thomas
as Byron
Adrienne Warren
Rebecca Calder
as Mrs. Quintrell
Cara Horgan
as Mildred
Tom McKay
as Bossman
Mia Isaac
as Covey
Faith Alabi
as Pearl Thomas
Trish Williams
as LA Mall Goer
Episodes1 season · 8 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1Covey60mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Coventina60mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Eleanor62mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Mrs. Bennett56mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5Mother53mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Ma56mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7Birth Mother55mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8Nine Night58mDisney+Hulu