TV series
Ultra City Smiths
Overview
Two detectives must contend with dangerous corruption as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last honest politician in their dark city. A group of unlikely suspects emerges - each with the last name of Smith.
Details
- First air date
- 2021-07-22
- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 6 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Animation, Drama
- Network
- AMC+
- Production
- Elephant Pictures, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Damon Herriman as Street Hustler Boy (voice)
- Jason Mantzoukas as Tim Snodgrass (voice)
- Hana Mae Lee as Christina Smalls (voice)
- Alia Shawkat as Little Grace (voice)
- Tom Waits as The Narrator (voice)
- Jimmi Simpson as Detective David Mills (voice)
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Detective Gail Johnson (voice)
- John C. Reilly as Donovan Smith (voice)
- Bebe Neuwirth as Lady Andrea The Giant (voice)
- Melissa Villaseñor as Sister Mary Margaret (voice)
- Kurtwood Smith as Carpenter K. Smith (voice)
- Tim Heidecker as Mayor Kevin De Maximum (voice)
Creators and crew
- Steven Conrad - Creator
- Jennifer Scher - Executive Producer
- Eric Towner - Executive Producer
- Matthew Senreich - Executive Producer
- John Harvatine IV - Executive Producer
- Steven Conrad - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Ultra City, She Don't Care
Hey, Guy. Welcome to Ultra City. It's Detective David Mills' first day on the job and things just got heavy. Carpenter K. Smith, the last honest politician in this dark city, went out for a pack of cigarettes ... Gone seven hours since.
Episode 2: The King of the Night
Mills and Gail try to piece together the movements of the missing mayoral candidate, employing extraordinarily specific detective work along the way. But will they be too late? Carpenter K. Smith was supposed to make this a gentler place. Yeah, well.
Episode 3: Hot Clues
In what sort of city does its mayor openly conspire with a major crime lord and a police captain at the feet of strippers? Gail faces a demotion, Trish's secret goes public, and Mills brings his new partner to the crime scene to search for hot clues.
Episode 4: The Little Baby Hand Pinky Grip
Mills and Nico start to connect the dots. Gail tries to reach her son who is quickly slipping away. Congressman Chris Pecker gives a lesson in the history of artistic nudes. That's right. And Street Hustler Boy, well ... He's risking it all for love.
Episode 5: O-O-H Child
Dire circumstances bring both Mills and Gail to the hospital. Little Grace learns of the damage she's caused. Meanwhile, a devastating shift of allegiance may derail Donella's campaign just as it's gaining traction. And Ultra City, does she care?
Episode 6: Family of Orphans
There's a darkness here in Ultra City. Yeah, something heavy's coming down. Mills has to figure it out and stop it. And now he's all alone.
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