TV series

Durham County

2007–2010 · 3 seasons

A suffocating, slow-burning descent into suburban dread, where every polite neighbour might be a monster and the past never stays buried.

Overview: Detective Mike Sweeney has just moved with his wife and daughters from Toronto to his hometown of Durham County after the death of his partner. Hoping to escape the violent world of big city police work, Mike falls into a suburban world besieged by crime, abuse and murder.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, isolation, family, trauma
Content: Strong violence, sexual content and language. Mild gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
isolation
family
trauma
guilt
Places: suburbs
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong