A Million Little Things
A Million Little Things is an American family drama television series created by DJ Nash for ABC. Produced by ABC Signature and Kapital Entertainment, it features an ensemble cast including David Giuntoli, Grace Park, Romany Malco, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, James Roday Rodriguez, Stéphanie Szostak, Tristan Byon, and Lizzy Greene. The series aired from September 26, 2018 until May 3, 2023, across five seasons and 87 episodes.
Premise
In Boston, a tight-knit circle of friends is shocked after a member of the group unexpectedly dies by suicide. The friends realize that they need to finally start living life as they cope with their loss. The title is a reference to the saying "Friendship isn't a big thing – it's a million little things".Cast and characters
Main
- David Giuntoli as Eddie Saville, a musician, music teacher and stay-at-home dad who is a recovering alcoholic having marital problems with Katherine. He is the father of Theo and Charlie
- Romany Malco as Rome Howard, an aspiring filmmaker who yearns to accomplish something more meaningful with his life
- Allison Miller as Maggie Bloom, a therapist and Gary's love interest who survived breast cancer
- Christina Moses as Regina Howard, a chef who wants to open her own restaurant
- Christina Ochoa as Ashley Morales, Jon's assistant who is keeping a secret
- Grace Park as Katherine Kim, who used to be the fun one of the group, but now juggles her career as a lawyer with parenting her son, Theo, while trying to repair her marriage
- James Roday Rodriguez as Gary Mendez, a friend of Eddie, Jon, and Rome, and Maggie's love interest who also survived breast cancer. His birth name is revealed in season 3 to be Javier Mendez, Jr.
- Stéphanie Szostak as Delilah Dixon, Jon's widow and mother of Sophie, Danny and Charlie
- Tristan Byon as Theo Saville, Eddie and Katherine's son, and Charlie's older half-brother
- Lizzy Greene as Sophie Dixon, Jon and Delilah's oldest child, Danny's older sister and Charlie's older half-sister
- Chance Hurstfield as Danny Dixon, Jon and Delilah's son, Sophie's younger brother, and Charlie's older half-brother
- Floriana Lima as Darcy Cooper, Gary's new love interest, divorcée mother of Theo's classmate Liam, and a veteran of military service in Afghanistan experiencing PTSD
Recurring
- Ron Livingston as Jon Dixon, a successful businessman who unexpectedly takes his own life
- Constance Zimmer as Jeri Huntington, a councilwoman
- Bodhi Sabongui as Elliot, Danny's crush and later boyfriend
- Henderson Wade as Hunter, Katherine's co-worker
- Sam Pancake as Carter French, Katherine's legal assistant
- Drea de Matteo as Barbara Nelson, a mysterious woman from Jon's past
- Chandler Riggs as PJ Nelson, a young man who befriends Rome, later revealed to be Barbara Morgan's son
- Melora Hardin as Patricia Bloom, Maggie's mother
- Rhys Coiro as Mitch Nelson, Barbara's husband
- Jason Ritter as Eric, a man who claims to have Maggie's deceased brother's heart. He later reveals that the heart actually went to his fiancée, who was killed in a motorcycle crash that Eric caused
- Lou Beatty Jr. as Walter Howard, Rome's father
- Ebboney Wilson as Eve, a young pregnant woman planning on giving up her baby for Rome and Regina to adopt
- Anna Akana as Dakota, a young musician with whom Eddie produced music
- Chris Geere as Jamie, Maggie's Oxford roommate and friend with benefits
- Mattia Castrillo as Liam, a classmate of Theo's who is Darcy's son with her ex-husband
- Adam Swain as Tyrell an industrious teenager taken in by Rome and Regina after his mother is deported to Haiti
- Andrew Leeds as Peter Benoit, a music instructor who mentors Sophie when she attempts to get accepted into the exclusive music college MMI, and subsequently sexually abuses her
- Erin Karpluk as Anna Benoit, Peter's wife and later Eddie's love interest
- Karen Robinson as Florence, a woman Walter meets in the cemetery and subsequently starts a relationship with
- Terry Chen as Alan, a lawyer with whom Katherine forms a friendship and possible romantic relationship as her marriage to Eddie falls apart
- Nikiva Dionne as Shanice Williamson, a well-known actress and closeted bisexual woman who agreed to star in Rome's film before the COVID pandemic shut it down; she later becomes a potential love interest for Katherine
- Michael Patrick Thornton as Russ, a physical trainer who helps Eddie and who is a paraplegic in a wheelchair
- Ryan Hansen as Camden Lamoureux, a Boston Bruins player whom Maggie is dating
- Andrea Navedo as Valerie Sandoval, Regina's employee
- Stephnie Weir as Jane Goodman, a radio station manager who hires Maggie to give therapy advice on the station
- Cameron Esposito as Greta Strobe, Katherine's former high school best friend who later becomes her girlfriend and wife
- Bresha Webb as Dr. Jessica Bruno
- David Walton as Colton Cutler
Guest
- Sam Huntington as Tom, a man Maggie dated when she lived in Chicago, described as a "mystery man" from her past in early press
- Gerald McRaney and Paul Guilfoyle as Lenny Farache, Delilah's father and Sophie, Danny, and Charlie's grandfather who has Alzheimer's disease
- L. Scott Caldwell as Renee Howard, Rome's mother
- Romy Rosemont as Shelly, Regina's mother
- James Tupper as Andrew Pollock, Regina and Delilah's financial partner in the restaurant
- Tyler Cody as Jake Anderson, Sophie's boyfriend who works at Regina and Delilah's restaurant
- Marcia Gay Harden as Alice, Gary's estranged mother
- Sutton Foster as Chloe, Eric's deceased fiancée
- Olivia Steele Falconer as Alex Stewart, Eddie's deceased high school love interest
- Gerard Plunkett as Joseph Stewart, Alex and Colleen's father
- Betsy Brandt as Colleen, the sister of Eddie's deceased high school love interest
- Andrea Savage as Dr. Stacy, a therapist and radio talk show host
- Paul Rodriguez as Javier Mendez, Gary's father
- Azie Tesfai as Cassandra Thomas
- Mario Van Peebles as Ronald, Regina's father
- JoBeth Williams as Lana Strobe, Greta's mother