Russian Doll: Season 1

2019 · 8 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 1 of Russian Doll

Nadia Vulvokov, a software engineer, turns 36 in New York with a party thrown by her friend Maxine. Over drinks, conversations and reunions with old acquaintances, the night seems normal, until a sudden ending sends her back to the same moment of the party. Nadia wants to understand what's happening, so she roams the city and replays every detail of that night. Soon she crosses paths with Alan Zaveri, who is going through the same loop at a different event. The season confronts her with her own mortality as her past catches up with her. Natasha Lyonne stars in the series, which she created with Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland, and which airs on Netflix.

8episodes

Feb 1, 2019premiered

3.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Nothing in This World Is Easy
Feb 1, 2019 · 25 min · ★ 6.5
On the night of her 36th birthday, Nadia meets an untimely end ... then suddenly finds herself back at the party her friends threw for her.
Directing: Leslye Headland · Writing: Leslye Headland · Starring: Yul Vazquez, Charisma Glasper, Brendan Sexton III, Rebecca Henderson
1x02 The Great Escape
Feb 1, 2019 · 28 min · ★ 7.1
Confused and hung over, Nadia tries to piece together what happened the night before. She tracks down Wardog, the drug dealer with the Israeli joints.
Directing: Leslye Headland · Writing: Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler · Starring: Yul Vazquez, David Cale, Fady Kerko, Rebecca Henderson
1x03 A Warm Body
Feb 1, 2019 · 26 min · ★ 7.3
Nadia's hunt for clues leads her to a Yeshiva school -- but she needs John's help. Out searching for Oatmeal, Nadia befriends a homeless man.
Directing: Leslye Headland · Writing: Allison Silverman · Starring: Yul Vazquez, Tami Sagher, Jonathan Hadary, Branden Wellington
1x04 Alan's Routine
Feb 1, 2019 · 25 min · ★ 7.3
Meticulous as always, Alan steadies himself for a rendez-vous with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Nadia's latest discovery sends her reeling.
Directing: Jamie Babbit · Writing: Leslye Headland, Cirocco Dunlap · Starring: Stella Schnabel, Burt Young, Dascha Polanco, Lillias White
1x05 Superiority Complex
Feb 1, 2019 · 25 min · ★ 7.7
Perturbed by the changes in his routine, Alan shows up at Nadia's birthday party. Nadia tries to make amends to John, and Alan confronts Mike.
Directing: Jamie Babbit · Writing: Jocelyn Bioh · Starring: Yul Vazquez, Jocelyn Bioh, Tatiana E. Rivera, Dascha Polanco
1x06 Reflection
Feb 1, 2019 · 27 min · ★ 7.6
Nadia and Alan try to figure out how they're connected. Alan can't remember his first death, so Nadia follows him over the course of his night.
Directing: Jamie Babbit · Writing: Flora Birnbaum · Starring: Dascha Polanco, Brendan Sexton III, Ritesh Rajan, Lina Sarrello
1x07 The Way Out
Feb 1, 2019 · 26 min · ★ 7.9
As the present begins to unravel, Nadia's troubled past comes back to haunt her, and Alan worries they're running out of time.
Directing: Leslye Headland · Writing: Leslye Headland, Allison Silverman · Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Tatiana E. Rivera, Dascha Polanco, Kate Jennings Grant
1x08 Ariadne Season Finale
Feb 1, 2019 · 30 min · ★ 7.9
Nadia and Alan look for each other and finally cross paths at the deli. Something's not right -- but they're not giving up on each other.
Directing: Natasha Lyonne · Writing: Natasha Lyonne · Starring: Burt Young, Charisma Glasper, Brendan Sexton III, Rebecca Henderson