I Will Find You
Promotional poster
Genre Crime drama
Created by Robert Hull
Based on I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Showrunner Robert Hull
Starring
  • Sam Worthington
  • Britt Lower
  • Milo Ventimiglia
  • Erin Richards
  • Jonathan Tucker
  • Peter Outerbridge
  • Madeleine Stowe
  • Hugh Thompson
  • Logan Browning
  • Chi McBride
Theme music composer Danny Bensi
Saunder Jurriaans
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producers
  • Robert Hull
  • Harlan Coben
  • Bryan Wynbrandt
  • Steven Lilien
  • John Weber
  • Brad Anderson
Production companies Final Twist Productions
I Have an Idea Productions
Netflix Worldwide Productions
Original release
Network Netflix
Release June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)

I Will Find You is American crime drama miniseries made for streaming service Netflix, adapted from the 2023 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, who acts as executive producer on the series. The miniseries stars Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, and Erin Richards. It premiered on June 18, 2026.

Premise

David Burroughs (Sam Worthington) is wrongly imprisoned for the murder of his son, Matthew (Jasper Rainn Lawrence). Fiver years later, David receives information from his ex-sister-in-law, Rachel (Britt Lower) that Matthew (Ashton Cressman) may still be alive.[1]

Cast

Main

  • Sam Worthington as David Burroughs, a former law professor serving a life sentence after being framed for murdering his son
  • Britt Lower as Rachel Mills, David’s ex-sister-in-law and a former decorated reporter for The Boston Globe now lecturing at Quincy College
  • Milo Ventimiglia as Hayden Payne, Gertrude's son and Rachel’s ex-boyfriend, who remains her close friend and confidant
  • Erin Richards as Cheryl Dreason, David’s ex-wife and a talented and compassionate pediatric surgeon
  • Jonathan Tucker as Adam Mackenzie, a Boston Police sergeant and David’s best friend
  • Peter Outerbridge as Philip Mackenzie, the warden of Briggs Penitentiary, Adam’s father and a close friend of Lenny
  • Madeleine Stowe as Gertrude Payne,[2] a wealthy heiress harboring a dark secret and Hayden's mother
  • Hugh Thompson as Lenny Burroughs, a former Boston Police detective, David’s father and a close friend of Philip
  • Logan Browning as Sarah Greer, Max's daughter and an ambitious special agent in the FBI's Boston Fugitive Task Force branch
  • Chi McBride as Max Williams, Sarah's father and a legendary veteran special agent and leader of the FBI's Boston Fugitive Task Force

Recurring

  • Clancy Brown as Nicky Fisher,[2] a semi-retired mobster with connections to the Burroughs family that threatens to expose long-buried secrets
  • Aaron Ashmore as Ronald Dreason, a hospital administrator and Cheryl’s new husband
  • Kate Vernon as Sophie Burroughs, Lenny's sister and David's aunt
  • Billy MacLellan as Kyle 'Skunk' Bergin, a lieutenant of Nicky Fisher
  • Vas Saranga as Dev Chopra, a special agent in the FBI Boston Fugitive Task Force
  • Greg Bryk as Stephano Stavros, a corrupt Boston Police detective and Gertrude Payne's enforcer
  • Ashton Cressman as Matthew Burroughs / Theo Payne, David and Rachel's son, who was supposedly murdered five years ago.
    • Jasper Rainn Lawrence as young Matthew Burroughs
  • Christopher Redman as Ted Wesson, a corrections officer at Briggs Penitentiary
  • Eric Johnson as Ross Sumner, a serial killer and prisoner at Briggs Penitentiary
  • Tara Rosling as Hilde Winslow / Harriet Winchester, a witness who helped secure David's conviction
  • Darrin Baker as Jim Doherty, the managing editor at The Boston Globe and Rachel’s friend
  • Nicola Correia-Damude as Julie D'Souza, a senior special agent in the FBI Boston Field Office
  • Rachel Wilson as Olivia Wesson, Ted’s wife
  • Dan-e-o as a New York Police Department officer assisting the FBI
  • Tom Morton as Daniel Müller, a detective with the Swiss Federal Office of Police

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date
1 "Episode 1" Brad Anderson Robert Hull June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
Boston law professor David Burroughs is convicted with strong forensic and witness evidence of murdering his three year old son, Matthew, with a baseball bat. Imprisoned at Briggs Penitentiary in Maine, he maintains his innocence. Five years later he is visited by Rachel Mills, his ex-sister-in-law and a former reporter, who shows him a recent photo taken at Six Flags with what appears to be an older Matthew, identifiable by a distinctive birth mark, in the background. Afterwards, attempts are made on David’s life by both a fellow inmate and corrupt prison guard Ted Wesson. David tells Philip Mackenzie, the prison warden and family friend about the photo. Believing David could be innocent and Matthew still alive, Philip gets a copy of the case file from David’s father Lenny, a retired Boston Police officer and close friend, and gives it to him. He then conspires with his son Adam, David’s best friend and a Boston Police sergeant, to break David out of prison. Adam pretends to be attacked by David, who puts on his uniform and ostensibly takes Philip hostage. The two escape the prison grounds, but are pursued by the Maine State Police.
2 "Episode 2" Brad Anderson Robert Hull June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
With Philip's help, David evades the police and is picked up by Rachel. She tells him that Hilde Winslow, the witness who secured his conviction, changed her name and moved to New York after the trial. She also confirms Matthew couldn't be identified visually due to the facial injuries sustained, only by DNA. David confronts Ted, who has already sent his family away in fear. Before he commits suicide, Ted gives David the burner phone used to talk with his handler, Stephano. Stephano calls and mocks David over Matthew's apparent death. An FBI task force led by father and daughter agents Max Williams and Sarah Greer is assigned to find David. Williams finds the police file in his cell and suspects Adam and Philip. Greer discovers Ted was being paid by a Cayman Islands shell company since David was imprisoned. David and Rachel arrive in New York to find Hilde. Rachel convinces her ex-boyfriend Hayden to let her stay in his empty apartment, but he sees David with her via home security CCTV. Stephano, who is revealed to be a dirty cop, searches David's ex-wife Cheryl’s house. Adam receives a late night text and proceeds to dig up Matthew’s grave.
3 "Episode 3" Maja Vrvilo Robert Hull & Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
Philip and Lenny discuss how they buried the bat to protect David, believing he killed Matthew accidentally during a night terror, so were surprised when Hilde lied in court that she saw him bury it instead. Rachel tells Cheryl she is with David and they think Matthew could still be alive. Greer and Williams plan to intercept David when he confronts Hilde. Rachel gets herself arrested to distract them and David enters Hilde’s apartment. She tells him that Kyle 'Skunk' Bergin, a lieutenant of Boston mobster Nicky Fisher, threatened her and promised to forgive her daughter's loan shark debt in exchange for false testimony. She helps David escape, but then calls Skunk. Adam tells Philip and Lenny that he dug up the grave to obtain a new DNA sample to prove David’s innocence, but the coffin was empty. The three begin re-examining the murder case. Wealthy heiress Gertrude Payne introduces herself to Cheryl and donates to her employer's foundation, but is shown to be working with Stephano. He informs her Rachel has the photo and is in custody. Matthew is shown playing on a beach, and answering to the name "Theo" when called by a woman.
4 "Episode 4" Maja Vrvilo Heather Mitchell and Robert Hull & Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
David tells Hayden that Rachel is in custody, and explains he thinks the mob took Matthew. He also reveals he got Hilde to get Skunk to come to New York. Rachel refuses to tell the FBI the significance of the photo. Hayden gets Rachel released on a $1 million bond. Lenny, Philip and Adam determine Cheryl’s current husband Ronald Dreason, at the time her boss, lied to get her to come into work the night of Matthew’s alleged death. Lenny tells Cheryl. Ronald denies it when she asks him, but he later deletes a voicemail from Lenny off her phone. Skunk meets with Hilde in Washington Square Park but is confronted by David. Skunk kills Hilde, but is injured in a scuffle with David who kidnaps him. After brutal questioning, Skunk says David should ask his father why Fisher would want Matthew. David narrowly escapes the FBI. Philip and Lenny link Fisher to Ronald after he intimidated him to not give evidence in a Medicare fraud case. Hayden is revealed to be Gertrude’s son, and via Stephano she is aware he is helping David. Greer notices Matthew in the photo. Lenny looks through a file on Fisher's son Liam, and is confronted by a gunman.
5 "Episode 5" Adam Davidson Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
Five years prior, Swiss orphan Martin Bischof disappears from a Geneva orphanage run by a Boston family after being rescued by Fedpol Detective Müller. In the present, Müller gets an Interpol query from Greer for missing boys resembling Matthew, which Martin fits. David’s aunt Sophie tells him and Rachel that Lenny, who has terminal colon cancer, is missing. Williams and Greer later arrest Sophie for obstruction, but she tells them Fisher has likely taken Lenny, as he did Matthew. The FBI release and tail Skunk in the hope he leads them to David. David tries to kidnap Fisher’s daughter Lena to force an exchange, but is stopped by Skunk. Adam intervenes to take David to Fisher, who he is revealed to be reluctantly working for. Ronald explains he lied that night as he had a crush on Cheryl, and Rachel shows Cheryl the photo. Gertrude makes arrangements so Hayden isn’t implicated for helping Rachel and David. Stephano tells Gertrude he will deal with Rachel, who Hayden continues to help by obtaining pictures from a corporate photographer who was present the day Matthew was photographed. Gertrude meets with Julie D'Souza, Williams and Greer’s FBI superior. The FBI fail to stop Adam and David escaping in Fisher's private jet to Key West. Greer kills Skunk after he shoots Williams in the ensuing firefight.
6 "Episode 6" Adam Davidson Robert Hull & Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
Williams is hospitalized, but survives. Greer receives Martin's file from Müller. David arrives at Fisher's compound where Lenny is being held. He discovers that 10 years ago, Lenny and Philip sent Liam to prison where he was killed, and Adam agreed to be Fisher’s mole in the police in exchange for their lives. David tearfully agrees to have his father shot in exchange for Matthew, but it turns out to be a test of innocence. Fisher confirms he didn’t take Matthew, but as revenge arranged false testimony so David was convicted. Fisher tells David to look into his and Cheryl’s past for why Matthew was taken. Rachel contacts the corporate photographer about missing pictures from Six Flags. Stephano attacks Rachel and kills a police officer, but she is rescued by Hayden. Stephano, revealed to be a detective, blames David for the officer's death. Believing Matthew is alive, Cheryl gives Philip a lock of hair to test against the DNA sample on file in the hopes of proving that the original test results were altered. David returns to Boston and tells Rachel that Matthew might not be his son, as Cheryl may have used a donor due to fertility issues. He theorizes the donor has kidnapped Matthew. They identify the donor from Berg, a clinic owned by the Paynes, as disgraced doctor Jacob Heller, who now works with Cheryl. Hayden gets arrested to buy David and Rachel time. Stephano confronts Heller, saying Gertrude can no longer protect him.
7 "Episode 7" Maggie Kiley Robert Hull & Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
Five years prior, Stephano tells Gertude all is in place to frame David. Heller brings her a document that she burns after reading. In the present, Hayden is released after cutting a deal. Ronald reluctantly helps David and Rachel sneak into the hospital to confront Heller, but Cheryl reveals that he wasn't her doctor and tells David she was already pregnant during the insemination, meaning Matthew is his biological son. Müller meets Greer in Boston, revealing the Paynes funded the orphanage Martin disappeared from. Greer has Müller use his financial crimes background to look into the shell company that paid Ted. After confronting Gertrude and Hayden, Müller realizes the company is named after her late father. Hayden then beats him to death. Rachel receives the missing photos which show Hayden holding Matthew’s hand. Cheryl admits she used Rachel's name at the clinic. They determine Hayden paid Heller to impregnate who he thought was Rachel with his baby, kidnapping him years later. Greer is suspended by Julie who cancels a DNA test ordered by Williams which could prove the murdered boy is Martin via a rare genetic disorder. Greer confronts David, Rachel and Cheryl.
8 "Episode 8" Maggie Kiley Robert Hull June 18, 2026 (2026-06-18)
Five years ago, Hayden brings a kidnapped Matthew home. Aware that David is innocent, Greer agrees to help him and Rachel rescue Matthew from Hayden who is preparing to flee the country. Cheryl provides Williams with the results of the DNA test Philip had done, exonerating David. As a distraction, Rachel confronts Hayden who explains that he paid Heller to impregnate what he thought was Rachel and then saw Matthew at a holiday party years later and believed he was his son. Rachel forces Gertrude to reveal that she knew Matthew wasn't Hayden's from a paternity test Heller ran for her, causing Hayden to kill Gertrude. Greer kills Stephano and she and David rescue Matthew. Hayden shoots David, but is killed by Greer. David’s conviction is overturned while Greer is promoted to her now retired father's job; the two maintain a close relationship. Ronald and Cheryl reconcile and she gives birth to their daughter. Rachel writes a bestselling book and Globe Magazine story about the case. Adam loses his job but becomes a private investigator, causing Fisher to lose interest in him. Eight months later, David attends Lenny's wake, now co-parenting a recovering Matthew with Cheryl.

Production

Development

The series is based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, Robert Hull is co-creating the series with Coben and is showrunner. Coben is an executive producer on the eight-part series via his Final Twist Productions with Hull, Bryan Wynbrandt, Steven Lilien and John Weber.[3][4] It is the first of Coben's novels adapted by Netflix into an American setting.[5]

Casting

In March 2025, Sam Worthington was announced as leading the cast of the series alongside Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia and Erin Richards.[6][7] In April 2025, it was announced that Jonathan Tucker joined the cast of the series.[8] Madeleine Stowe joined the cast as Gertrude Payne, whereas Clancy Brown joined the cast as Nicky Fisher.[2] Vas Saranga joined the cast as Agent Dev Chopra.[9] Peter Outerbridge joined the cast as Philip Mackenzie, Hugh Thompson joined the cast as Lenny Burroughs, whereas Logan Browning joined the cast as Sarah Greer. The guest stars on the series include Christopher Redman, Eric Johnson, Greg Bryk, Kate Vernon, Tara Rosling, Darrin Baker, Aaron Ashmore, Nicola Correia-Damude, Rachel Wilson, and Billy MacLellan.[10]

Filming

Filming took place in Kingston, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario from April until August 2025, with filming locations including the Kingston Penitentiary and the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.[11][12] Additional scenes were also shot in and around Washington Square Park, Central Park and Times Square in late August 2025.[13]

Release

The limited series premiered on June 18, 2026.[10]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 65% approval rating based on 23 reviews, with an average of rated reviews of 6.3/10.[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average".[15]

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