🎥 Now Streaming · Netflix · Premiered Oct 1, 2026
East of Eden
Netflix put all seven episodes of East of Eden up at once on October 1 — a full-blown prestige adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Salinas Valley epic, built to swallow a weekend whole.
What it is
Zoe Kazan wrote the series, turning Steinbeck’s 1952 novel into a seven-part limited run. It tracks the Trask family across generations of California farm country — fathers and sons, brothers set against each other, and the long shadow one person can cast over a family. If you came for a cozy period piece, this isn’t it: the book’s darkness is the point, and the show leans into it.
Who’s in it
- Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames — the role the whole thing is built around, and the reason to watch.
- Christopher Abbott as Adam Trask.
- Mike Faist as Charles Trask, Adam’s half-brother.
- Tracy Letts as Cyrus Trask.
- Ciarán Hinds as Samuel Hamilton.
- Hoon Lee as Lee.
- With Martha Plimpton (Faye), Joseph Zada (Cal Trask) and Joe Anders (Aron Trask).
How to watch
All seven episodes are streaming now on Netflix — no weekly wait, the entire limited series dropped on day one. It’s the biggest literary swing of the fall, and the kind of all-at-once release that rewards a clear calendar.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons, reused under their Creative Commons licenses: Florence Pugh by Frank Sun (CC BY-SA 4.0); Christopher Abbott by Kevin Payravi (CC BY-SA 4.0); Mike Faist by Sam Rubin (CC BY 3.0); Ciarán Hinds by WelcomeScreenUK (CC BY 3.0).