56 Days: Season 1

2026 · 8 episodes · ★ 3.5

What Season 1 of 56 Days

Oliver Kennedy and Ciara Wyse meet in a Boston supermarket, and their relationship quickly spirals out of control. The series moves between two timelines. In one, we follow the couple's romance as Ciara, a working-class woman, is drawn into Oliver's luxury world. In the other, 56 days have passed and an unidentified corpse turns up in his apartment, linked to both of them. Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly retrace the last days of the relationship to find out what happened, while their own conflicts test their partnership.

8episodes

Feb 18, 2026premiered

6.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Chapter 1
Feb 18, 2026 · 51 min · ★ 5.2
Working class Ciara begins to fall for rich, handsome Oliver after a chance encounter. 56 days later, Detectives Lee and Karl encounter a gruesome homicide. Did Ciara and Oliver's highly-charged romance end in murder?
Directing: Alethea Jones · Writing: Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling, Karyn Usher
1x02 Chapter 2
Feb 18, 2026 · 53 min · ★ 3.2
Oliver rushes headlong into a romance with Ciara despite red flags on both sides. Karl spots Lee in a mysterious encounter with a suspect while they work to investigate the identity of both the victim and the killer.
Directing: Alethea Jones · Writing: Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling, Karyn Usher
1x03 Chapter 3
Feb 18, 2026 · 47 min · ★ 4.2
Oliver's paranoia grows when Ciara moves into his upscale apartment. Lee keeps a secret from Karl, but makes a key discovery in the search for the killer.
Directing: Shana Stein · Writing: Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling, Karyn Usher
1x04 Chapter 4
Feb 18, 2026 · 49 min · ★ 3.5
Oliver and Ciara's twisted romance intensifies as she gets closer to accessing his multi-million dollar fortune. Lee admits the truth about Linus Finch while she and Karl track down a stalker.
Directing: Shana Stein · Writing: Janet Lin, Janet Lin
1x05 Chapter 5
Feb 18, 2026 · 50 min · ★ 3.2
In the midst of a city-wide holiday celebration, altered states and a prying journalist push Oliver and Ciara to their breaking point. Lee and Karl circle a new suspect as they close in on the identity of the body in the bathtub.
Directing: Lauren Wolkstein · Writing: Brandon K. Hines, Michael Broady, Brandon K. Hines
1x06 Chapter 6
Feb 18, 2026 · 43 min · ★ 3.1
Oliver spirals as Shyla forces Ciara to make a hard decision. Karl and Lee confront personal demons that threaten their partnership.
Directing: Lauren Wolkstein · Writing: Michael Broady, Michael Broady
1x07 Chapter 7
Feb 18, 2026 · 53 min · ★ 3.0
The incident at Narrow River sends shockwaves through Oliver and Ciara's lives. Lee and Karl discover the truth, but face brutal consequences.
Directed by Jessica Yu · Written by Alexandra Cunningham, Alexandra Cunningham
1x08 Chapter 8 Season Finale
Feb 18, 2026 · 49 min · ★ 2.8
Karl and Lee put together some final pieces to truly understand everything about Oliver and Ciara's intense, charged and fatal love affair.
Directed by Jessica Yu · Written by Karyn Usher, Lisa Zwerling, Karyn Usher