Still Up: next episode, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know about the comedy series

Antonia Thomas in Still Up
Antonia Thomas in Still Up (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Dubbing it an "almost" romantic comedy, Apple TV Plus is bringing the new series Still Up to subscribers as part of the 2023 fall TV lineup. Will it be the next critically acclaimed Apple TV Plus hit?

The streaming service has been on a good run as of late, with Ted Lasso season 3, Silo, Platonic, Swagger season 2, Hijack, Physical season 3 and Foundation season 2 among its more recently acclaimed original series. It also has a number of highly anticipated premieres coming in the fall, including The Changeling, The Morning Show season 3 and Lessons in Chemistry.

Can Still Up keep the streak going? Before we find out, here's everything you need to know about the upcoming TV series.

When is the next Still Up episode?

After the first three episodes of Still Up premiered on Apple TV Plus on Friday, September 22, the next episode is dropping on the streaming service on Friday, September 29.

Still Up plot

Created by Steve Burge and Natalie Walter, Still Up follows a pair of insomniac friends who converse late into the night, willing to share everything except their feelings for each other. Here is the official synopsis for the series:

"Living on opposite sides of London (Lisa with her 5-year-old daughter, and her partner, Veggie, Danny on his own) these unlikely 30-something friends have forged a unique bond by opening up to one another in the middle of the night. Each episode takes place over the course of one night. Danny and Lisa’s intimate but remote chats continue no matter what’s going on for them in their respective lives. In an atmosphere of insomnia that veers between hazy and heightened, we explore through them a strange, night-time, limbo world most of us never see because we’re tucked up in bed."

Still Up episodes

Here are the official synopses for the Still Up episodes released so far:

Still Up season 1 episode 1, "The Pharmacy"
"While Danny invents new ways to avoid a neighbor, Lisa gets creative on a midnight medical mission."

Still Up season 1 episode 2, "The Dress"
"Lisa's bus ride takes an unexpected turn. Danny aims to impress a dating app match — and makes a not-so-charming mistake."

Still Up season 1 episode 3, "The Date"
"Danny hosts a special guest for the evening. Lisa attempts to help from afar as she battles a bad case of boredom."

Still Up cast

Craig Roberts in Still Up

Craig Roberts in Still Up (Image credit: Apple TV Plus)

Playing the leads of Lisa and Danny are Antonia Thomas and Craig Roberts, respectively. Thomas is best known for her time on The Good Doctor, where she played Dr. Claire Browne, but she has also starred in Suspect, Small Axe and Lovesick. Roberts, meanwhile, previously starred in Submarine, 22 Jump Street and Red Oaks; Still Up is actually his first TV/movie role since 2019.

The rest of the cast is filled out by Blake Harrison (World on Fire, The Great), Lois Chimmiba (The Outlaws, The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe), Luke Fetherston (Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, Almost Never) and Rich Fulcher (Black Mirror, Disenchantment).

Still Up trailer

The trailer for Still Up is here, previewing the late night conversations and shenanigans that Lisa and Danny are going to get up to.

How to watch Still Up

As an Apple TV Plus original series, Still Up is going to be available exclusively to Apple TV Plus subscribers. If you want to sign up for the streaming service to watch this or any of its other series, a monthly subscription runs you $6.99/£6.99, but you can get an Apple TV Plus free trial to see if you like it before committing to a monthly plan. 

Michael Balderston

Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.