Quick summary
- The Guardian reviewed the thriller series Yaga on 31 October 2026 and awarded it four stars.
- Hudson Williams plays two characters, the missing heir Henry Park and his lookalike roommate Logan.
- The reviewer calls the show quirky and hit-and-miss, but says the story gets stronger as it goes.
- The series is a feminist reworking of the Baba Yaga legend, written by Kat Sadler.
Hudson Williams has followed the success of Heated Rivalry with a very different kind of project. According to a review in The Guardian published on 31 October 2026, the actor appears as two characters in Yaga, a genre-bending thriller set in a spooky Canadian coastal town. The critic gave it four stars out of five.
What Yaga is about
The Guardian’s review describes Williams as Henry Park, the missing heir of a very wealthy family in the town of Whittock. He also plays Logan, Henry’s lookalike roommate, who lives in the family mansion rent-free in exchange for helping with Henry’s podcasts and parties.
Henry’s parents are travelling in Japan and send a private investigator, Charlie Rapp, to find him. Henry has a history of vanishing on trips abroad. Rapp is played by Noah Reid and teams up with a by-the-book local officer, Carson, played by Clark Backo.
The review says the pair soon gather clues, suspects and folk-horror staples in roughly equal measure. Henry’s passport, laptop, watch and $15,000 are gone, yet his camera was left behind. His ex-girlfriend Pam, played by Ezra Franky, is unbothered by his disappearance.
A feminist spin on an old legend
The series is a reworking by writer Kat Sadler of the Slavic story of Baba Yaga. The Guardian says the legend is usually told through a misogynistic lens, and that the show turns it around. Each episode, the reviewer notes, opens with a voiceover in a Slavic accent, with lines such as “A witch isn’t born. She begins.”
The reviewer lists dead birds, chicken feet, mysterious symbols, a secret passage, a drug-fuelled party and plenty of mist and trees among the show’s recurring ingredients. Nightmares in which spiders crawl out of people’s mouths also feature.
Carrie-Anne Moss in a standout role
Carrie-Anne Moss, who is also the show’s executive producer, plays Katherine, a professor who specialises in bones and has written a book called Sexy Bones. The Guardian calls her fantastic and notes that the character hints at possible supernatural powers.
The verdict
The review is not all praise. It says the series is hit-and-miss and a little slow in revealing the town’s malevolent undercurrent. A body discovered on a beach shifts the tone from spooky towards police procedural, which the critic says improves the narrative flow even if fans of the supernatural may be disappointed.
By the end the reviewer rounds a solid three stars up to four. Their conclusion is that the show depends heavily on individual taste, and that everyone should give it a go. “It’s got something,” the review says, though the critic admits they cannot name exactly what.
For Williams, the role is a notable step after Heated Rivalry. The Guardian describes him as an overnight megastar created by that series, and Yaga shows him taking on a dual part in a genre far from sports romance. For more, see our earlier coverage: Hudson Williams Plays Two Roles as Yaga Lands on Sky, and browse the TV & Dramas section.
What happens next
The sources do not give further release details beyond the review’s headline, which places the series on Sky Atlantic. Viewers can read The Guardian’s full review for the critic’s complete take. More reviews are likely as the series reaches wider audiences, and we will report on them as they appear.
Frequently asked questions
Who does Hudson Williams play in Yaga?
He plays two characters: Henry Park, the missing heir of a rich family, and Logan, Henry’s lookalike roommate.
What did The Guardian think of Yaga?
The paper awarded it four stars, calling it quirky and hit-and-miss but improving as the story builds and the feminist twist on the legend takes hold.
Who else stars in Yaga?
The cast includes Noah Reid, Clark Backo, Ezra Franky and Carrie-Anne Moss, who is also an executive producer.
