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Overview

David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for.

  1. Ken Woodruff

    Creator

  2. Steph Cha

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Daniel Dae Kim

    David Jung

  2. Cast 1

    Reina Hardesty

    Rebecca

  3. Cast 1

    Piper Perabo

    Juno

  4. Cast 1

    Louis Landau

    Oliver

  5. Cast 1

    Kim Tae-hee

    Eunju Kim

  6. Cast 1

    Sean Dulake

    Hollis

  7. Cast 1

    Charles Parnell

    Senator Dawson

  8. Cast 1

    Kim Ji-hoon

    Gun

  9. Cast 1

    Park Hae-soo

    Yong Shik Choi

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Season 1

2025 | 6 episodes

season 1 of Butterfly premiered on Aug 13, 2025.

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"Butterfly" is very much your standard, pro Western action series. The Russians are the bad guys, there's a nefarious covert organisation filled with assassins, a story of family and the virtuous US out to bring justice to the world. Plus a few woke extra's. Typically, I'd probably give a series this formulaic and tiresomely predictable, a pass. What makes "Butterfly" work is well choreographed action scenes and above average acting. Its never going to be a great series but its mildly diverting if you can look past the clumsy social engineering and politicking. In summary, a formu...

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Status Returning Series

Network Network

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish 

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