Animal Kingdom
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
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