TV series

The Children

2008 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling family drama that keeps you guessing, with a cold, ambiguous ending that lingers.

Overview: An eight-year-old girl is found murdered on the patio of her home. Any one of the adults who care for her could have killed her, but which one?
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, guilt, deception, grief
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
guilt
deception
grief
betrayal
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild