Series guide
- Supernatural horror
- Teen
- Drama
- Stars
- Summer H. Howell · Samantha Sloyan · Siena Agudong
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Carrie episodes 8
Season 1 · 8 episodes · 8 aired · Oct 7, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026
S1.E1 ·
First Period
Carrie White starts public high school for the first time, still living entirely in her mother's shadow, and a cruel first encounter with a classmate's clique triggers something in her that no one, including Carrie, can explain.
Directed by Mike Flanagan · Written by Mike Flanagan
S1.E2 ·
Foreign Language
Carrie gets a crash course in the things her mother never let her learn, while the girl who humiliated her turns private trouble at home into a new campaign against Carrie.
Directed by Mike Flanagan · Written by Elizabeth Padden
S1.E3 ·
Social Studies
An invitation into a classmate's world gives Carrie an unexpected friend, even as her tormentor's habit of exposing people's secrets online starts spinning out of control.
Directed by Kate Siegel · Written by Justina Ireland
S1.E4 ·
Dramatic Arts
A cruel prank goes further than anyone intended, leaving Carrie shaken in a way that reaches back into her own family's past, and pushing one bystander to finally take a side.
Directed by Axelle Carolyn · Written by Dani Parker
S1.E5 ·
Physical Education
A public humiliation pushes Carrie's ability into the open for the first time, and the consequences start catching up with the girl who's been tormenting her.
Directed by Kyra Sedgwick · Written by Elan Gale & Alexandra Magistro
S1.E6 ·
Home Economics
Fallout from weeks of lies reaches a breaking point, a tragedy shakes the school to its core, and Carrie's grip on both her gift and her mother starts to slip.
Directed by Hiromi Kamata · Written by Rebecca Klingel
S1.E7 ·
Romantic Literature
With the school still reeling, Carrie makes one last push for a normal night out, unaware of how many people — at home and elsewhere — are quietly working against her.
Directed by Mike Flanagan · Written by Jamie Flanagan
S1.E8 ·
AP Physics
Prom night finally arrives, and everything Carrie has spent the series trying to hold together comes apart at once.
Directed by Mike Flanagan · Written by Mike Flanagan
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A slower, angrier Carrie, and a show that is in no hurry to get to prom
This is not a retelling of the 1976 film with a bigger budget. Mike Flanagan’s version spends six of its eight episodes on the ordinary, daily cruelty that gets Carrie White to prom night at all: a fake Instagram account, a drugging dressed up as a prank, a teacher driven out of his job, a riot. The telekinesis is almost a subplot for most of the run. If you came only for the finale, the first stretch will feel slow; if you want to understand why the finale lands the way it does, the slowness is the point.
Summer H. Howell’s Carrie and Samantha Sloyan’s Margaret White are written as two people failing each other in opposite directions, not a monster and her victim, and the show is more interested in Chris Hargensen’s social-media campaign against Carrie than in any one jump scare. It was also, in its first week, Prime Video’s most-watched show, ahead of Reacher’s own spin-off, so whatever pace complaints exist have not stopped people from finishing it.
Flanagan has talked about this as the first of three seasons, not a closed miniseries, though Prime Video has not made that official; our report from premiere week has his own words on it. For a closer argument about whether the finale’s choices actually pay off everything the first six episodes set up, our review makes the case in full — we’re keeping spoilers out of this guide on purpose. The production record has the rest of the credits.
Carrie cast 9
- Summer H. HowellCarietta "Carrie" White
- Samantha SloyanMargaret White, Carrie's overprotective mother
- Siena AgudongSusan "Sue" Snell
- Alison ThorntonChristine "Chris" Hargensen
- Joel OuletteThomas "Tommy" Ross, Sue's goodhearted boyfriend
- Josie TotahChristina "Tina" Blake, Chris' best friend
- Arthur ContiWilliam "Billy" Nolan, Chris' juvenile delinquent boyfriend
- Amber MidthunderMs. Rita Desjardin, Carrie's physical education teacher
Matthew LillardHenry Grayle
- Creator
- Mike Flanagan
- Directors
- Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, Axelle Carolyn, Kyra Sedgwick, Hiromi Kamata
- Based on
- the novel by Stephen King
- Studios
- Amazon MGM Studios, Intrepid Pictures
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Matthew Lillard: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch Carrie?
On Prime Video in the US with any subscription, checked October 21, 2026. All 8 episodes released together on October 7, 2026.
How many episodes of Carrie are there?
8, released all at once rather than weekly.
Is Carrie connected to the 1974 novel or the earlier films?
Yes, this is a new television adaptation of Stephen King’s 1974 novel, with Mike Flanagan as showrunner and King as an executive producer. It is not a continuation of the 1976, 2002 or 2013 films.
Is there a season 2 of Carrie?
Not yet. Prime Video has not renewed it, but Mike Flanagan has said he is planning the adaptation as a trilogy — our coverage of his premiere-week comments has what he said.
