DTF St. Louis is an American black comedy television miniseries created by Steven Conrad for HBO. The series stars Jason Bateman, David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, Richard Jenkins, Joy Sunday, Arlan Ruf, and Peter Sarsgaard, and premiered on March 1, 2026.
The seven-part series is about a love triangle between three adults experiencing middle-age malaise, which leads to one of them ending up dead. Two detectives investigate and learn the crime is connected to a dating app called "DTF St. Louis", which enables married couples to have affairs. The series is presented in a nonlinear narrative, with episodes often revisiting previous scenes to reveal their place in the overall chronology of events.
The seven-part series has Steven Conrad as the series writer, showrunner, executive producer, and director. It started development in 2022 with David Harbour and Pedro Pascal attached to star and executive produce and was originally inspired by the James Lasdun article in The New Yorker entitled "My Dentist's Murder Trial: Adultery, False Identities, and a Lethal Sedation". However, in October 2024, it was announced that Pascal was no longer involved and the creative direction of the series had evolved into a wholly original idea with no connection to the original article, with Jason Bateman joining the series to star alongside Harbour and serve as an executive producer for Aggregate Films. Additional executive producers include James Lasdun, as well as Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists, Molly Allen, Bruce Terris, and Michael Costigan for Aggregate Films, Kristina Wenson for Bravo Axolotl, and MGM Television.
Linda Cardellini joined the cast in December 2024. Richard Jenkins and Arlan Ruf joined the cast in January 2025. Chris Perfetti and Joy Sunday were added to the cast in February.
The main story takes place in Twyla, Missouri, a fictional suburb of St. Louis. A city website was created by the show's production designers, and follows along with the timeline of Floyd's death, and subsequent investigation.
Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2025. The first trailer showed locations in Cumming and Johns Creek, Georgia.
The series premiered on HBO on March 1, 2026.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 88% approval rating based on 41 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Steve Conrad zeroes in on the crossroads between the suburbanite mundane and insane with this sly yet telling crime thriller that boasts strong performances by David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, and Jason Bateman." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 70 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable".