Yaga TV show has launched with Episodes 1-2 now streaming on AMC+ in the US and Crave in Canada, putting Hudson Williams at the center in dual roles as Henry Park and Logan Casey. The first two episodes arrive with a built-in mystery: one actor, two characters, and a disappearance that immediately drives the story forward.
Kat Sandler wrote the series and had previously written a stage play with the same title, and the project leans on the folktale of Baba Yaga rather than treating the source material like a simple genre label. The setup gives the launch a sharper edge than a standard rollout, especially once the story starts pulling Henry Park and Logan Casey into the same frame.
Baba Yaga Opens the Story
Episode 1 begins with Baba Yaga narrating, using the line, “as wicked as the night and as wise and powerful as the sea,” before adding, “But the thing that really gets me… is this.” The episode then cuts to a man in a forest standing in the middle of a large bonfire, screaming while he is being burned alive, a cold open that signals the series is not playing the folklore straight. That approach helps the show sell the idea that the myth can function as both threat and guide depending on where the story turns.
The setting stays anchored in Whittock, a small Pacific Northwest-esque island town, where Charlie Rapp and Sergeant Carson are forced to team up after Henry Park disappears. Henry is not just any missing local; he is a billionaire playboy whose family is well-known in town, so the case carries social weight before a single clue lands.
Rapp and Henry in Whittock
Charlie Rapp was hired by the Park family to find Henry, and the detail that keeps the investigation moving is his habit of continuously texting Henry, asking where he is and if he is alright. That creates an unusual two-way thread for a missing-person case, because the show lets the audience watch one side of the exchange while the other side remains open until the final beat of the episode.
Sergeant Carson is immediately suspicious of Rapp’s intentions, and Logan Casey adds another layer by saying Rapp and Henry know each other. That friction keeps the search from feeling procedural in a tidy way; it looks more like a case where personal history, family pressure, and local suspicion are all colliding at once.
Hudson Williams as Two Men
Hudson Williams plays both Henry Park and Logan Casey, and the series uses the pair to complicate identification instead of simply doubling the cast for style. Logan is Henry’s roommate, looks just like him, and appears to carry a different demeanor along with minor physical changes, which makes every scene around him a test of recognition rather than a basic character reveal. The show’s central trick is that the audience is never allowed to separate appearance from motive too quickly.
Episode 1 ends with Henry texting Charlie back, which turns the launch from a missing-person setup into a live communication problem. For viewers in the US and Canada, that means the first two episodes already function as the entry point to the puzzle, not the payoff, and the next step is not waiting for a premiere date but following the messages, the twin-like resemblance, and the investigation already in motion.
