Looking for Alaska (2019–2019)

TV ShowEndedHuluDrama, Romance1 season, 8 episodes
Looking for Alaska posterReview score: 78%

Plot

Looking for Alaska thrusts us into the perspective of Miles "Pudge" Halter who is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

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  1. 01Looking for Alaska S01E02"Tell Them I Said Something..."S01E02 · 8.5An expulsion ignites an escalating prank war with the Weekday Warriors as both sides try and discover who is “the rat” inside Culver Creek. Miles finds his future at the school at risk and his loyalty to his new friends tested.
  2. 02Looking for Alaska S01E07"Now Comes the Mystery"S01E07 · 8.4Culver Creek grapples with a devastating tragedy. A potential clue only leads to more questions.
  3. 03Looking for Alaska S01E01Famous Last WordsS01E01 · 8.3Miles Halter, seeking a more than minor life, enrolls at Culver Creek Academy. On his first day, he gets a new nickname, a best friend, some enemies and makes a deal with Alaska Young that will change his life forever.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2019Aired 8.1Season avg
  1. S01E01Looking for Alaska S01E01Famous Last WordsOctober 19, 2019 8.3Miles Halter, seeking a more than minor life, enrolls at Culver Creek Academy. On his first day, he gets a new nickname, a best friend, som
  2. S01E02Looking for Alaska S01E02Season's best"Tell Them I Said Something..."October 19, 2019 8.5An expulsion ignites an escalating prank war with the Weekday Warriors as both sides try and discover who is “the rat” inside Culver Creek.
  3. S01E03Looking for Alaska S01E03“I've Never Felt Better…”October 19, 2019 7.9Alaska sets Miles up on a triple and a half date that does not go as planned, while a fragile truce with the Weekday Warriors proves short l
  4. S01E04Looking for Alaska S01E04"The Nourishment Is Palatable"October 19, 2019 7.9Despite the warnings of his friends, Miles agrees to spend Thanksgiving with Alaska at Culver Creek. But a trip to the Colonel’s home for t
  5. S01E05Looking for Alaska S01E05"I'll Show You That It Won’t Shoot"October 19, 2019 7.9After the Weekday Warriors go too far, Miles, Takumi, the Colonel and Alaska decide to reunite for revenge. After a wine-soaked game of Bes
  6. S01E06Looking for Alaska S01E06"We Are All Going"October 19, 2019 7.8The Colonel faces the consequences of his actions and Miles and Alaska find themselves closer than ever.
  7. S01E07Looking for Alaska S01E07"Now Comes the Mystery"October 19, 2019 8.4Culver Creek grapples with a devastating tragedy. A potential clue only leads to more questions.
  8. S01E08Looking for Alaska S01E08"It's Very Beautiful Over There"October 19, 2019 8.3The search for answers pulls our group apart, until one final prank brings them back together.

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Castfull cast & details

Charlie PlummerCharlie PlummerMiles HalterKristine FrosethKristine FrosethAlaska YoungDenny LoveDenny LoveChip “The Colonel” MartinJay LeeJay LeeTakumi HikohitoSofia VassilievaSofia VassilievaLara ButerskayaRon Cephas JonesRon Cephas JonesDr. HydeTimothy SimonsTimothy SimonsMr. Starnes / The EagleUriah SheltonUriah SheltonLongwell Chase

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