Ixesha lesihlanu leprojekthi yeflegi ye-NBC Channel Stannel Stannels iya kubona ngaphambili kunokuba bekulindelwe. Ekuqaleni, i-Premiere yoluhlu yayicwangciselwe ngoNovemba 11. Ngenxa ye-Coronaviru Pandemic, olu ngcelele, lunje, luye lwahlangabezana nengxaki yokuyeka imveliso yefilimu. Nangona kunjalo, kulwazi olungekho semthethweni, umsebenzi wexesha elitsha uza kuqala kule veki. Nangona ijelo aliqinisekisi le ngcaciso, kodwa sele lithe i-somboby yochungechunge olutsha iya kuqala ngo-Oktobha 27.
Ungcelele lwamanqaku athi "Oku" kuthetha ngobomi bentsapho yaseMelika, abazali uJack noRebecca Pears kunye nabantwana babo abathathu, "uGevin, uKate noRandall. Ngexesha lokuzalwa kukaTrinoi, omnye wabantwana uyafa, kodwa abazali banethemba lokuba banokuba nabantwana abathathu, ngoko umntwana omnyama ozelwe kwangalo mhla wokwamkelwa.
I-Shogeraner yeProjekthi uDan Fogelman wathembisa ukuba ngelo xesha lesihlanu abadali bomboniso baya kuthetha malunga neziganeko ezenzeka kulo nyaka. Esi sisifo se-coronavirus, kwaye uvuyo olubangelwa kukubulawa kwegosa lamapolisa arhanelwe. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, injongo yothotho kukubonakalisa umhlaba apho abalinganiswa kunye nabadali beprojekthi bahlala khona.
Kuluhlu, uMilo Ventimia, uMandy Moore, e-Sterling Brown, uKristi Metz, Justin Hortley, Ron Sefas Jones kunye nezinye zisusiwe.