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Swarm

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“In Swarm, the sound of buzzing bees is a portent of violence. As the limited series follows Dre (Dominique Fishback) on a killing spree in honor of her dead best friend Marissa and their favorite artist, pop star Ni’Jah, an insect drone enters the sound mix, cueing Dre’s internal shift into simmering frenzy. But the aural anxiety of Swarm also signals Dre’s desire to be seen and heard, to connect with someone as she once did with Marissa. As Swarm moves Dre around the country, it pokes and prods at what obsession and loyalty do to an individual, positioning those guiding forces as distorted reflections of the same desire for closeness.” — Roxana Hadadi, “Swarm’s Most Dangerous Devotion”

  1. Episode 7 Only God Makes Happy Endings
    Swarm Finale Recap: Everything Is Love Swarm doesn’t provide any definitive answers, but it opens up the floodgates to an already polarized conversation.
  2. Episodes 5 and 6 Girl, Bye / Fallin’ Through the Cracks
    Swarm Recap: The Making of a Murderer As this story nears its end, Ni’Jah almost feels like a Wizard of Oz–type figure, which means the real story lies with Dre, Swarm’s Dorothy.
  3. Episodes 3 and 4 Taste/Running Scared
    Swarm Recap: Forbidden Fruit Dre’s righteous murder spree brings her face-to-face with Ni’Jah and Billie Eilish.
  4. Episodes 1 and 2 Stung/Honey
    Swarm Series-Premiere Recap: Killer Bey Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’s horror-comedy follows fandom down a violent rabbit hole.

The Latest

  1. who’s your favorite artist?
    Swarm’s Buzziest Fan Theory Changes the Whole ShowA Festival of unanswered questions.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. hive mind
    Swarm Is Not a Work of FictionCreator Janine Nabers says the Beyoncé references were intentional — and cleared legally.
    By Zoe Guy
  3. profile
    Dominique Fishback Found Her MotivationIn Swarm, she plays a serial-killing superfan who really just wants one thing: to be loved.
    By Madeline Leung Coleman
  4. exit interview
    ‘We Can Be Serial Killers Too’Swarm co-creator Janine Nabers cuts through the buzz to explain the series’ elusive protagonist and bittersweet ending.
    By Sam Sanders
  5. extremely online
    Twitter SwarmedAll the buzz about Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’s new show.
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  6. close read
    Swarm’s Most Dangerous DevotionThe Prime Video series about a murderous stan falls short in exploring the ways female companionship can be amplified into something more sinister.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  7. casting choices
    Yes, That Was Paris Jackson in Swarm“That’s why my stage name’s Halsey.”
    By Jennifer Zhan
  8. hive mentality
    Swarm Gets Sticky-IckyWith a new Swarm EP by Ni’Jah, a fictional character who should have a Stan Army any day now.
    By Zoe Guy