Dan Levy’s first original scripted series since “Schitt’s Creek” is chasing a different kind of vibe and one that’s arguably the opposite of small-town hangout comfort. His first series in six years, “Big Mistakes,” will head in a messier, darker, more criminal direction, pairing family dysfunction with caper energy and letting panic do most of the driving. Netflix debuted the official trailer today, confirming the eight-episode comedy-thriller will premiere on April 9.
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The setup is a strong one. Levy plays Nicky, one half of a pair of deeply incapable siblings alongside Taylor Ortega’s Morgan, who get pulled into organized crime after a misguided theft tied to their dying grandmother goes badly wrong. Netflix has framed the series as a family saga inside a high-stakes crime thriller, with the siblings blackmailed into increasingly dangerous assignments they’re hilariously unequipped to handle.
Levy created the show with Rachel Sennott and also serves as showrunner, executive producer, and star (Sennott does not appear; at least for now. The ensemble includes Laurie Metcalf, Abby Quinn, Boran Kuzum, Jack Innanen, Elizabeth Perkins, Mark Ivanir, Ilia Volok, Jacob Gutierrez, Joe Barbara, and Darren Goldstein, giving the series a cast built to support both the family-comedy and criminal-chaos sides of the premise.
There’s also a little extra fun in how Netflix rolled this one out. Earlier this week, the streamer teased the April 9 date with a Sunset Boulevard billboard featuring a diamond necklace spelling out “4.9.26,” then followed that with an AR “heist” video and cast selfies wearing the stolen necklace. It’s a slick enough campaign for a show that seems to understand image, panic, and bad decision-making as part of the joke.
What makes “Big Mistakes” especially interesting is that Levy doesn’t seem to be trying to recreate the old magic by imitation. In recent interviews, he has described the show as a louder, more chaotic family story about inheritance, identity, and the things people absorb from the relatives they’re trying not to become. That suggests a series less interested in comfort than escalation—still character-driven, but built to let embarrassment, desperation, and criminal incompetence keep colliding.
“Big Mistakes” premieres on Netflix on April 9, 2026. Watch the trailer below.
