Looking for Alaska: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Looking for Alaska thrusts us into the perspective of Miles "Pudge" Halter who is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

Series details

• Title: Looking for Alaska
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2019-10-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-10-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Hulu
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 36666
• IMDb ID: tt3829868
• TVDB ID: 359638

Cast and credited roles

• Kristine Frøseth — Alaska Young
• Charlie Plummer — Miles "Pudge" Halter
• Ron Cephas Jones — Dr. Hyde
• Sofia Vassilieva — Lara Buterskaya
• Denny Love — The Colonel
• Jay Lee — Takumi
• Landry Bender — Sara
• Uriah Shelton — Longwell
• Jordan Connor — Kevin
• Timothy Simons — The Eagle

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-10-18; final listed air date 2019-10-18; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Looking for Alaska on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.