Random Acts of Flyness: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Random Acts of Flyness from artist Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) explores evergreen cultural idioms such as patriarchy, white supremacy and sensuality from a new, thought-provoking perspective.

A fluid, stream-of-conscious response to the contemporary American mediascape, each episode of Random Acts of Flyness features a handful of interconnected vignettes, showcasing an ensemble cast of emerging and established talent. The show is a mix of verité documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation. Nance and his collaborators weave together such themes as ancestral trauma, history, death, the singularity, romance and more, creating a television show like nothing seen before.

Series details

• Title: Random Acts of Flyness
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2018-08-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 31 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 2.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 38100
• IMDb ID: tt7942806
• TVDB ID: 349922

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-08-04; final listed air date 2018-09-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-12-10; final listed air date 2022-12-24; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Random Acts of Flyness 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.