It stars Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Aurora Perrineau, David Hull, Ray Santiago, Harvey Guillén, and Max Adler.

On the city streets, Wilkes bumps into three young people who are on their way to a party: Alan Morgan Adams (David Hull), Dorothy (Aurora Perrineau) and Nick (Harvey Guillén).

Wilkes kills Alan, then Dorothy accidentally shoots herself when a bullet intended for the hitman bizarrely rebounds off a flimsy metal tray and strikes her in the middle of her forehead.

[1][2][3] Simultaneously with the announcement of the series premiere, it was confirmed that Tom Bateman, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Aurora Perrineau, David Hull, and Ray Santiago would star in the episode.

[5] On September 21, 2018, Into the Dark held its world premiere during the annual LA Film Festival in Los Angeles, California with a screening of "The Body" at the Writers Guild Theater.

The website's critical consensus reads, "With its clever blend of comedic skills and horrific thrills, "The Body" initially intrigues, but its thin plotting and stock characters fail to sufficiently fill the feature length run-time.

"[7] In a positive review, Screen Rant's Kevin Yeoman praised the first episode saying, "The pacing is swift, the action is bloody and well choreographed — especially the showdown in a funeral home — and the characters (i.e., the victims) all have just the right sort of personalities that make them feel relatable and somewhat likable, but watching them be picked off one by one is still a lot of fun.

"[8] In a more mixed assessment, Variety's Daniel D'Addario criticized the series, calling the premiere "not good", and panning the acting, over-reliance on gore, and ineffectual twist ending.

[9] In a more outright negative critique, Paste's Jacob Oller gave "The Body" a rating of 3.7 out of 10 and said, "The fundamental problem is that overwritten dialogue has been brought in to compensate for the simple, clever, yet underwritten premise to eat up time.

"[11] In a further adverse editorial, Collider's Haleigh Foutch was equally critical saying, "the execution leaves a lot to be desired in the first episode, "The Body", which struggles to merit its feature length run time and fails to provide a sense of personality for the series.