John Constantine: Hellblazer

John Constantine: Hellblazer (often shortened to simply Hellblazer or JCH) is a British supernatural crime drama and black comedy telivision series from Sky Atlantic starring Jude Law as the titular John Constantine, based on characters and plots appearing in the DC/Vertigo comic series Hellblazer. A first series of thirteen episodes were filmed on site at Liverpool between March and November 2015, before being displayed to the UK and Ireland through Sky Atlantic and to the United States and Canada through HBO. Following series one, Hellblazer began adopting the format of releasing one 10-15 episode series per year to account for it's lower budget, beginning with series two in 2017. As of 2025, all 11 series have been aired with a spinoff in production.
The series has been nominated for three Golden Globe awards, winning two for best drama series and best supporting actress in a series, won by Ruth Gruber for her performance as Mad Hettie respectively. As Gruber passed shortly after winning the award in early 2018, the third series of Hellblazer along with early episodes of the fourth were deticated to her memory.
It has been confirmed by writer Neil Cross that pilots for two spinoffs of the show entitled Chandler and Gem had been written by him and D.B. Weiss (who served as co-writer for Seasons 4 and 5) over the summer of 2025. During an interview later that year, series creator and director Edgar Wright informer the press that "the Gemma [Masters] project's well past being submitted [to HBO]". Though revealing that no paperwork has been signed yet, Carrey Mulligan, who portrayed the character from the very first episode has showed her interest in reprising the role and has mentioned that she's stayed in contact with both Cross and Wright in case anything turns up. The series would likely be made up of mostly original material, unlike Hellblazer which strictly holds to the comic series.
==Plot==
John Constantine is an exorcist, drifter and practitioner in the occult living a steady life as a con artist in eastern London. However, he is drawn back into the world of magick by a mage named Zed who informs Constantine that his 15-year-old neice Gemma Masters has been kidnapped by a satanist and rapist known only as "the Man". After returning back to his hometown of Liverpool and saving the girl, however, he discovers that her parents have become involved with a cult known as the Crusaders of Resurrection. John spends most of series one trying to shutdown the Crusaders and subdue the many demonic forces they have unleashed, along with investigating the origins of the Man and the mysterious Demonic Army organization with the help of both Zed and his longtime friend Chas Chandler. The series ends in Constantine's final confrontation with the demon Nergal and the brainwashed Zed.
Starting with series two and ending in series four, Hellblazer begins to become somewhat episodic, though each series has it's own respective and overarching plot. After the culmination of series three's Family Man arc and the boost in ratings (along with the temporary leave of Dan Swimer and his replacement by D.B. Weiss), the writers began to delve into longer, series-spanning stories, especially those involving the First of the Fallen and his war on Constantine, with similar plots involving the demon Nergal. Using both inspiration from the comics and from their own imagination, stories began to dip into genres varying from horror to long and twisted love stories, notably including those involving Angie Spatchcock and Epiphany Greaves. After various minor appearances in seasons two and three, Gemma returned to prominence in the series six arc "Reasons to be Cheerful", in which it has been revealed that she has become a magician and con-man like her uncle, specifically targeting, tricking and attacking date rapists. Her return as a major character includes her assistance to her uncle during the arc, which also showed her reckless and dangerous ways of using magic stemming from her lack of skill and knowledge. So to stop her from getting herself killed, John eventually agrees to become her mentor in the black arts.
The following series show Constantine's continous battles against the occult and demons, training of Gemma into a skillful magician against his own will, the budding of his romance with Epiphany Greaves and his realization of the destruction he causes to all of those around him. 
==Cast and Characters==
Name 	Portrayed By
John Constantine 	Jude Law
Francis "Chas" Chandler 	Joel Edgerton
Gemma Masters 	Kiernan Shimpka 
Epiphany Greaves 	Naomi Scott
Papa Midnite 	Ving Rhames
First of the Fallen 	Doug Bradley
Rosacarnis 	Elexa Chung
Nergal 	Robert Carlyle
Cheryl Masters 	Natasha Law
Tony Masters 	Kenneth Brannagh
Angie Spatchcock 	Lena Heady
Terry Greaves 	John Cleese
Richard "Rick" Nilson 	Charles Dance
The King of the Vampires	Ralph Fiennes
Julian 	Ty Simpkins and Naomi Scott
The Family Man 	Bill Nighy
==List of Episodes==
Series	Episodes	Original Air Date 	Original End Date
1 	12 	December 11, 2015 	February 26, 2016
2 	9 	December 25, 2016 	February 19, 2017
3 	9 	June 19, 2017 	August 24, 2017
4 	14 	April 11, 2018 	July 11, 2018
5 	13 	September 23, 2019	December 16, 2019
6 	14 	August 2, 2020 	November 1, 2020
7  	15 	April 12, 2021 	July 19, 2021
8 	9 	May 10, 2022 	July 5, 2022
9 	9 	March 18, 2023 	May 13, 2023
10 	9 	January 1, 2024 	February 26, 2024
11 	4 	April 19, 2025 	May 10, 2025
===Series One===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Original Sins 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross 	December 11, 2015
Johnny Comes Marching Home 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross 	December 18, 2015
Predjudice 	Edgar Wright	Iain Morris 	December 25, 2015
Ghosts 	Edgar Wright	Iain Morris 	January 1, 2016
Intensive Care 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and Iain Morris 	January 8, 2016
Straight to Hell 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross 	January 15, 2016
Sex and Death 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and Dan Swimer 	January 22, 2016
What Happened in Newcastle Part 1	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross 	January 29, 2016
What Happened in Newcastle Part 2	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross 	February 5, 2016
The Devil You Know Part 1 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and Dan Swimer 	February 12, 2016
The Devil You Know Part 2 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and Dan Swimer 	February 19, 2016
The Devil You Know Part 3 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 26, 2016
===Series Two===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
A Day at the Beach 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	December 25, 2016
Touching the Earth 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 1, 2017
Shepherd's Warning 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 8, 2017
Rough Justice 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 15, 2017
My Fellow Travellers	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 22, 2017
Love and Hate 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 29, 2017
A Broken Man 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 5, 2017
Betrayed 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 12, 2017
The God of All Gods 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 19, 2017
===Series Three===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Larger than Life 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 19, 2017
The Family Man 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 26, 2017
Early Warning 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 3, 2017
Learning to Love 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 10, 2017
Hold Me Tightly 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, and Iain Morris 	July 17, 2017
Thicker Than Water	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 24, 2017
Sick At Heart 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 31, 2017
Fatality Part 1 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and Iain Morris 	August 7, 2017
Fatality Part 2 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	August 24, 2017
===Series Four===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Mourning a Magician 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 11, 2018
New Tricks 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 18, 2018
Sunday Funday 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	April 25, 2018
Bogeyman 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	May 2, 2018
A Dead Boy's Heart 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	May 9, 2018
An Undiscovered County 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	May 16, 2018
A Man's Work 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	May 23, 2018
A Boy's Games 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	May 30, 2018
Hangman 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	June 6, 2018
Magus 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	June 13, 2018
The Beginning of the End	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	June 20, 2018
Friends in High Places 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	June 27, 2018
Dangerous Habits Part 1 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	July 4, 2018
Dangerous Habits Part 2 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	July 11, 2018
===Series Five===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
The Pub I Was Born In	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	September 23, 2019
Love Hurts 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	September 30, 2019
Lord of the Dance 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	October 7, 2019
Our Remarkable Lives 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	October 14, 2019
Counting to Ten 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	October 21, 2019
The Players 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	October 28, 2019
Revelations 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	November 4, 2019
The Good Ol' Days 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	November 11, 2019
Dog Eat Dog 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	November 18, 2019
Fallen Women 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	November 25, 2019
Nativity Infernal 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	December 2, 2019
Stairway to Heaven 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	December 9, 2019
End of the Line 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and D.B. Weiss	December 16, 2019
===Series Six===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Reasons to be Cheerful 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	August 2, 2020
Reasons to be Destructive	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	August 9, 2020
Reasons to be Worried 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	August 16, 2020
Reasons to be Fearful 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	August 23, 2020
Cross Purpose 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	August 30, 2020
Down in the Ground... 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	September 6, 2020
Highway to Hell 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	September 13, 2020
Unholy Communion 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	September 20, 2020
What's At Stake 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	September 27, 2020
Quite the Party 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	October 4, 2020
...Where the Dead Men Go 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	October 11, 2020
R.S.V.P. 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	October 18, 2020
The Gift 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	October 25, 2020
Cover Changes 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and D.B. Weiss	November 1, 2020
===Series Seven===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Plague Doctor 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross 	April 12, 2021
Unquiet Spirits 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross and Dan Swimer 	April 19, 2021
Phonecalls 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 26, 2021
Temptations 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 3, 2021
Epiphany 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 10, 2021
The Cottage 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 17, 2021
A Long Friday 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 24, 2021
India Part 1 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 31, 2021
India Part 2 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 7, 2021
Return of Evil 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 14, 2021
Discord 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 21, 2021
The Catonic Ward	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 28, 2021
Apotemnophilia 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 5, 2021
Kiss 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 12, 2021
Psychotic Love 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 19, 2021
===Series Eight===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Oh, Lucky Man 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 10, 2022
Venus and Mars 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 17, 2022
A Square Cricle 	
Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 24, 2022
Cold Hearted 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 31, 2022
Wedding Part 1 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 7, 2022
Wedding Part 2 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 14, 2022
Wedding Part 3 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 21, 2022
Wedding Part 4 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	June 28, 2022
Cold, Cold Ground	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	July 5, 2022
===Series Nine===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
The Thumb 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	March 18, 2023
Lazarus 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	March 25, 2023
Dead Man's Hand 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 1, 2023
Gemma's Story 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 8, 2023
Choked 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 15, 2023
Inside Out 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 22, 2023
Lingering Stench 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 29, 2023
The Devil's Trenchcoat	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 6, 2023
F*cking Terry Greaves 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 13, 2023
===Series Ten===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	
Another Season in Hell 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 1, 2024
Fallen Fun 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 8, 2024
An Unquiet Grave 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 15, 2024
Disaster at the Whore House	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 22, 2024
.Dear Ms. Spatchcock 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	January 29, 2024
The Wolf House 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 5, 2024
Constantine's Curse 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 12, 2024
Finny Boy 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 19, 2024
Hungry Grass 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	February 26, 2024
===Series Eleven===
Title 	Directed By 	Written By 	Original Air Date
Blighted Blood	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 19, 2025
Family Reunion	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	April 26, 2025
Death 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 3, 2025
Cigarettes 	Edgar Wright	Neil Cross, Iain Morris and Dan Swimer	May 10, 2025
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