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television series created by John A. Norris. It premiered on

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on May 20, 2025.

Cast

Main

Ryan Phillippe Matthew Ryan Phillippe ( ; born September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas (One Life to Live), Billy Douglas on the soap opera ''One Life to Live'' (1992–1993) and making his feature film debut in ''Crimson Tide ...

as Logan Maddox, a former NASCAR driver and an auto body shop owner in Ironwood, Pennsylvania ** Stephen Thomas Kalyn as a young Logan Maddox in flashbacks from 17 years ago * Nathalie Kelley as Samantha, an ER nurse who moves back to her hometown Ironwood with her teenage son and daughter *

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as Zac, Samantha's son who reluctantly moves to Ironwood from Brooklyn, New York with his mother and twin sister *

Melissa Collazo Melissa Collazo (born July 15, 2000) is an American television and film actress. She is best known for playing Maeve Rojas on Peacock original series ''One of Us Is Lying''. Early life Collazo was born in Orlando, Florida on July 15, 2000 to Pue ...

as Caitlyn, Samantha's daughter and Zac's twin sister who loves fixing up cars *

Uriah Shelton Uriah Shelton (born March 10, 1997) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his television roles, such as playing Jeff Cargill on ''The Glades (TV series), The Glades'', Josh on the web series ''Blue (web series), Blue'', and Joshua Mat ...

as Curtis, a young mechanic and Caitlyn's love interest *

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as Marcel, a nerdy neighbor who befriends the twins

Recurring

* Josh Macqueen as Harris, an entitled popular teenager whose family own majority of the businesses in Ironwood and the local champion of street racing * Drake Rodger as Ray, Curtis' older brother *

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as Alicia, Harris' on and off girlfriend * Johnna Dias-Watson as Kiara, Alicia's best friend and the closeted daughter of Ironwood's mayor * Deacon Phillippe as Christian Maddox, Logan's brother in flashbacks from 17 years ago. Deacon is Ryan Phillipe's real-life son. * Dylan Taylor as Vic *

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as Mr. Ruby, Curtis and Caitlyn's auto shop teacher * Matt Lanter as Darren, Harris' father *

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as Sheriff Hugo, Curtis and Ray's father and the sheriff of Ironwood *

Alex Paxton-Beesley Alex Paxton-Beesley (born September 24, 1986) is a Canadian actress. She is noted for her acting roles in several TV series, including ''Copper'', ''The Strain'', '' Wynonna Earp'', ''Cardinal'' and '' Pure''. Early life Paxton-Beesley was bo ...

as Kelly, Samantha's former best friend, Kiara's mother, and Ironwood's mayor * Jordan Dawson as Young Hugo, in flashbacks from 17 years ago * Romeo Carere as Young Ezra, in flashbacks from 17 years ago * Audrey Gerthoffer as Brooke, Harris' side piece whose parents are the current owners of Wade's Diner * Joseph Chiu as Mateo, a local street racer who dissed Harris online and part of Ryan's crew * Sophia Esperanza as Ryan, a local street racer * Myles Erlick as Noah

Episodes

Production

Development

The series was commissioned by

in November 2023. It is written by John A. Norris who is also the series showrunner and executive producer. Jason Seagraves also executive produces. It is produced by Jax Media and

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. Dana Brunetti and Keegan Rosenberger are executive producers and Jake Fuller is executive producer on behalf of Jax Media.

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is director for the pilot and Ryan Zaragoza is co-executive producer. In March 2024,

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joined as director, replacing Fleischer, and executive producer. Waz and Jamie Jackson are composing the series' score.

Casting

The cast includes

, Nathalie Kelley,

and

. In December 2023,

joined the cast, with Drake Rodger, Johnna Dias-Watson, Josh Macqueen and

joining in recurring roles. In May 2024, Matt Lanter and Sophia Esperanza were cast in recurring roles. In April 2025 in a press release from

was confirmed to be promoted to a main role.

Filming

Filming was scheduled to commence from July-November 2023, but was delayed by the

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. Production officially began on March 25, 2024, in

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. In April 2024, parts of filming took place in

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in the Carlisle and Flamborough neighborhoods, and began filming in downtown Paris, Ontario locally on April 16, being first of five visits until July. Next filing took place in Chatsworth, Ontario, at a Motopark. Filming also took place at Penman's Dam Park and Bean Park in Brant, Ontario, and at the historic

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. Filming concluded on July 22, 2024.

Release

The series premiered on May 20, 2025, with all ten episodes.

Reception

The review aggregator website

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reported a 75% approval rating based on 8 critic reviews.

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, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 58 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average". Angie Han of ''

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'' described the series as "Life-changing stuff, this isn't, even if the characters do like to throw around knowingly cheesy metaphors about hitting the gas in romance as well as on the road. It's just sturdy, reliable entertainment — well worth putting down your phone for and taking for a proper spin."

References

External links

* * {{Amazon Prime Video original series 2025 American television series debuts 2020s American drama television series Amazon Prime Video original programming American English-language television shows Coming-of-age television shows Television series by Amazon MGM Studios Television shows filmed in Toronto Television shows set in Pennsylvania