TOO CLOSE TO LEAVE
Too Close to Leave S01 2026
EP_01–33
CRIME
ROMANCE
CODE_001 //
NØRM + VØYD × SHU.STUDIO

TOO CLOSE
TO LEAVE

WRITTEN BY / AMY ELLISON  ·  DIRECTED BY / VOYD  ·  PRODUCED BY / CELINE ZEN · FRANCHIN DON  ·  SEASON ONE
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CODE_001 // LEADVICTOR MORETTI

"I'm fine,
my doctor."

VICTOR
MORETTI
Lucas Newson

Head of the south side operation. Six years of loyalty. One night of betrayal. Cold under pressure — unexpectedly tender when no one's watching.

CODE_002 // LEADELI CARTER, M.D.

"If you tear it open
one more time,
I'm not fixing
it again."

ELI
CARTER
Noah Bennett

ER doctor. Was thirty minutes from a quiet dinner. Saves Victor's life, then can't explain why he keeps coming back.

CODE_003 // SUPPJEANNY

"This is not
your world.
You are not
this person."

JEANNYIris Kade

Investigative journalist. Two years on the Moretti file. When the truth matters, she doesn't hesitate.

CODE_004 // SUPPREX

"You know
what that means."

REXJosh Josh

Loyal in the truest sense. Sees everything. Says very little. When he speaks, it lands.

CODE_005 // ANTAGRICHARD

"You're getting
too hard
to control."

RICHARDRichard VONS

The man who pulled the trigger. His resentment was structural, not personal. That makes it worse.

The Story

A CRIME LORD
BLEEDING OUT.
A DOCTOR
WHO SHOULDN'T STAY.

When Victor Moretti is shot by his own right-hand man, he pulls a stranger into a world Eli was never meant to know. What begins as a desperate surgery in a villa bedroom becomes something neither man can name — and neither can walk away from.

AMY ELLISONWritten by
VOYDDirected by
CELINE ZEN
FRANCHIN DON
Produced by
33Episodes
CODE_001 //
INT. VILLA
NIGHT
NEITHER
LEAVES.
Too Close To Leave — 2026 — S01
EP 01 // THE SHOT

HE TRUSTED
THE WRONG MAN.

Abandoned Red Club, Night — Richard pulls the trigger

Betrayal / Trust / Blood
Crime · Romance · Survival
EP 03 // LOCKED IN

"STAY."
ONE WORD.
EVERYTHING CHANGES.

Victor to Eli — half-conscious, villa bedroom

Stay / Leave / Return
Lucas Newson · Noah Bennett
EP 06 // TAKEN

NOT A PATIENT.
NOT A PRISONER.
SOMETHING CHOSEN.

He stays. Again. This time it means something.

Doctor / Criminal / Neither
NØRM + VØYD × SHU.STUDIO
EP 18 // ONE NIGHT

"I'LL WAIT."
AND THAT MIGHT COST
EVERYTHING.

No conditions. No deadline. Just that.

Wait / Cost / Worth It
// Official Trailer

"DON'T GO.
PLEASE."

Victor Moretti hasn't said please in twenty years. The night Richard's bullet changes everything, he says it to a stranger. And the stranger — against every reasonable instinct — stays.

33Episodes / Season One
9:16Vertical Format
2026Release Year
TOO CLOSE
TO LEAVE
Official Trailer · S01 · 2026
9:16 · Vertical · NØRM + VØYD
Best viewed on mobile · Vertical series
// Key Episodes
01
The Shot
Richard pulls the trigger. Three years of trust gone in one second.
02
The Surgery
Eli saves his life with borrowed tools in a villa bedroom.
06
Taken
"He stays." The word that restructures everything.
14
Date / Danger
A rooftop. A stuffed bear. Cold hands warmed slowly.
18
One Night
"I'll wait." No conditions. No deadline. Just that.
33
After
A consultation room. A patient who removes his mask.
Production Credits
Written by
AMY ELLISON
Directed by
VOYD
Produced by
CELINE ZEN
FRANCHIN DON
Lead Cast
LUCAS NEWSON
NOAH BENNETT
Supporting Cast
IRIS KADE · ARTHUR KNIGHT
JOSH JOSH · AYI LI
ANNA BROOKS · LUMI STERLING · ZEA NYX
Production Houses
Production Studio NØRM + VØYD A Creative & Production Studio
Presented by SHU.STUDIO Vertical Storytelling Ecosystem
Format: Vertical Series · 9:16
Season One · 33 Episodes
Language: English
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