Hulu has set a January 13, 2027, premiere for The Spot, an A24 psychological thriller starring Claire Danes and Ewan McGregor. Set in upstate New York, the series follows neurosurgeon Lou Shadwick and her husband, Damon, as they try to establish whether she was driving the car that killed a child. Hulu released the first images from the series alongside the premiere announcement.
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For Lou, the drive home from work starts with the familiar distraction of a phone call about dinner and a series of incoming messages. After learning that a child on a bicycle died in a hit-and-run, she begins to question what happened while she was behind the wheel.
The story gives Lou two problems at once. She has to decide what she trusts about her own recollection, and she has to decide what to share with Damon. Ed Solomon, the creator, writer and showrunner, told Vanity Fair that he conceived the crime and the marriage as two ways of examining the same story. Lou and Damon met in medical school, which he left. Their shared past gives context to a marriage in which her success already affects how he sees himself.
The Spot reunites Claire Danes with creator Ed Solomon after their work on the 2023 crime drama Full Circle. Hulu ordered the series in 2024 with Kate Winslet attached to star and executive produce. Danes took over the lead after Winslet left the project in 2025 over reported creative differences.
Danes observed two brain surgeries and shadowed a surgeon on rounds to prepare for Lou. The experience gave her a sense of how surgeons manage intense responsibility and compartmentalize their work. That observation helps explain Lou’s response to the accident. She approaches uncertainty as a problem she can work through, even when the answers could implicate her.
Daveed Diggs plays police officer Brian Sherman, Michael Patrick Thornton plays detective Pete Porphyry, and Macon Blair appears as Charlie. Ariel Kleiman directs and executive produces with Solomon and Robin Sweet. A24 leads production in partnership with 20th Television.
The Spot premieres on Hulu on January 13, 2027, with U.S. bundle access through Hulu on Disney+ and international streaming on Disney+. New episodes stream on Wednesdays, with the season finale scheduled for March 3.
