Happy Face (2025)

Season 1

The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.

Released March 20, 2025 Episode 54 min 14+

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.based-on-memoir-or-autobiography, tmdb.based-on-podcast, imdb.serial-killer, imdb.based-on-podcast, imdb.killer, imdb.docudrama-drama, imdb.true-crime + 10 more, imdb.nickname-in-title, imdb.criminal, imdb.based-on-autobiography, imdb.reference-to-keith-hunter-the-happy-face-killer-jesperson, imdb.murder, tmdb.true-crime, mdblist.paramount-plus-original, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.serial-killer, tmdb.father-and-daughter

Watch Providers: fuboTV, Spectrum On Demand, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel + 3 more, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount+ Originals Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Essential

Production Companies: King Size Productions, iHeartPodcasts, Semi-Formal Productions, CBS Television Studios

Network: Paramount+

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 1410

6.6

/5885/

/477/

/53/

/23/

/15/

Jennifer Cacicio
Director

Annaleigh Ashford
Melissa Reed

Dennis Quaid
Keith Hunter Jesperson / Happy Face Killer

James Wolk
Ben Reed

Tamera Tomakili
Ivy Campbell

Khiyla Aynne
Hazel Reed

Benjamin Mackey
Max Reed

Momona Tamada
Eva

Connor Paton
Tyler

8.0

S1E1 - The Confession

After decades of no contact, the “Happy Face Killer” and his daughter are begrudgingly reunited, in order for her to find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime he committed.

March 20, 2025, midnight