ANIMAL KINGDOM

Animal Kingdom poster

Animal Kingdom

Year: 2016 First Air: 2016-01-01
Overview

After his mother dies, a teenager moves in with his powerful Oceanside relatives and is pulled into their hedonistic, dangerous world. The family’s wealth and freedom are tied to high stakes crime and shifting loyalties

Synopsis

Seventeen year old Joshua “J” Cody is taken in by his grandmother Smurf and her four sons in a beach town sprawl south of Los Angeles. What looks like an easy life quickly reveals a tightly controlled household where money comes with strings attached. Smurf runs the family like a business, pitting her sons against one another while keeping J close. As J learns their methods, he also starts building his own leverage and allies. Power struggles, secrecy, and addiction test the Codys’ bonds as outside pressure from law enforcement and rivals closes in. The series blends tense heist planning with volatile family drama

Cast
Trivia
Think sun-soaked Southern California with a hard edge. These questions focus on where the series came from and what shaped its style.
Q1: Which U.S. cable network originally aired Animal Kingdom?
Answer: TNT
The network helps explain the show’s gritty crime-drama tone and the era of cable originals it belonged to.
Q2: Animal Kingdom is based on a film of the same name that was released in what year?
Answer: 2010
Knowing the source highlights how the series expanded a feature-length story into a long-running ensemble drama.
Q3: What kind of setting most strongly defines the show’s look and vibe?
Answer: A Southern California beach community
The setting creates the contrast between sunlit surf culture and the show’s darker, high-risk undercurrent.