First Look: Tegan & Sara Original Series ‘High School’

Amazon Freevee has released the official trailer and key art for its highly anticipated Young Adult (YA) series High School, based on platinum recording artists Tegan and Sara Quin’s New York Times best-selling memoir of the same name.

The trailer also includes an Amazon Original cover of the song “Today” by The Smashing Pumpkins, performed by the duo, which is now available to hear exclusively on Amazon Music. Fans can hear the track by simply asking “Alexa, play the new song from Tegan and Sara.”

Produced by Amazon Studios and Brad Pitt’s Emmy and Academy Award-winning production company Plan B Entertainment, High School is a story about finding your own identity–a journey made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own struggle and self-discovery so closely mimic your own. Told through a backdrop of 90’s grunge and rave culture, the series weaves between parallel and discordant memories of twin sisters growing up down the hall from one another.

TikTok creators and TV newcomers Railey and Seazynn Gilliland were cast as the series leads, portraying the high school versions of Tegan and Sara, respectively. Special guest stars include Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) and Kyle Bornheimer (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as the twins’ parents, Simone and Patrick.

Clea DuVall, who directed several episodes of High School, will serve as the series executive producer alongside Tegan and Sara, Laura Kittrell, and Plan B’s Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Carina Sposato. She and Kittrell are also co-showrunner and co-writers.

The first four episodes of High School will premiere on Amazon Freevee in the U.S. and the U.K. starting October 14, with two additional episodes airing each subsequent Friday. Additionally, Prime Video has announced that all eight episodes of High School will be available in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand starting October 28.

Tegan and Sara will made an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers to discuss the show, as well as their forthcoming album Crybaby, which is scheduled to release October 21.

Watch the trailer below.

Photos courtesy of Michelle Faye/Amazon Freevee