TV series

The Critical List

1978 · 1 season

A sober, talky political-hospital drama that builds quiet pressure as a respectable man's career and conscience are slowly squeezed.

Overview: A hospital director in line for a federal cabinet post discovers that his private life may jeopardize the opportunity and then finds himself in the middle of a scandal involving stolen federal health funds.
How it feels: Tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Power, corruption, ambition, morality
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
corruption
ambition
morality
betrayal
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild