Teacup: Season One

November 4, 2024 9:12 AM - Season 1 (Full Season)

[TRAILER] A disparate group of people in rural Georgia must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. A Peacock original horror series based on the book Stinger by Robert R. McCammon.

Starring Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Diany Rodriguez, Caleb Dolden, Émilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux, Rob Morgan, Bill Heck.

Series created by Ian McCulloch. Executive produced by Ian McCulloch, James Wan, Michael Clear, Rob Hackett, E. L. Katz, Francisca X. Hu, Robert R. McCammon, Kevin Tancharoen. Produced by Yvonne Strahovski, Todd Leykamp. From Atomic Monster/Parkside Baroo/Population/Universal Content. Written by Ian McCulloch, Michael A. O'Shea, Francisca X. Hu, Zoe Cooper. Directed by E.L. Katz, Chloe Okuno, John Hyams, Kevin Tancharoen.

79% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

posted by DirtyOldTown (5 comments total)

If you're going to watch this at all, make sure you watch at least two episodes because the first episode is slow and doesn't really hit. The second one operates several gears higher. We haven't seen the whole thing yet, but the second episode did sell me on finishing.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:32 AM on November 4 [1 favorite]

Man, Robert R. McCammon. He's not an all time great horror writer but I've always been surprised that he didn't have more adaptations; his books are perfectly readable.

John Hyams is an excellent selling point. He's so good at building tension, both in TV and in movies.
posted by Bryant at 1:05 PM on November 4

Chloe Okuno also kicks ass. She made the excellent short Slut, the very best segment in V/H/S/94 (HAIL RATMA), and the 2022 film Watcher. She's great.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:29 PM on November 4 [2 favorites]

We finished this over the weekend and thought it was just OK. Slow going, never particularly engaging, and doesn't have a satisfying end. However, we started watching Hysteria! once we finished Teacup and we're liking it way more!
posted by haileris23 at 4:43 PM on November 4 [2 favorites]

I like McCammon, and re-read Stinger prior to this show starting. I don't know why I bothered. Why emphasize that you are adapting a book that you pretty much ignore? I get that a faithful adaptation of the book would be incredibly expensive, but I watched the first episode and have not felt compelled to watch the others - yet.
posted by jkosmicki at 12:08 PM on November 5