The Mortician: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A darkly gripping series, The Mortician chronicles a trusted family-owned funeral home that hid behind a façade of decency and propriety to take advantage of loved ones at their most vulnerable moments. In the early 1980s, David Sconce, scion of the Lamb family, took over the family business and sought to exploit the deceased in numerous ways to expand their earnings. Driven by profit, the Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena, California engaged in years of morally questionable and inhumane practices.

Series details

• Title: The Mortician
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2025-06-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 84766
• IMDb ID: tt36985714
• TVDB ID: 463866

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-06-01; final listed air date 2025-06-15; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Mortician 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.