TV series

East of Eden

1981 · 1 season

A sweeping, somber family saga that feels like a literary epic, heavy with moral weight and slow-building tragedy.

Tagline: AN INHERITANCE OF EVIL
Overview: A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their emotions.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, betrayal, guilt, morality
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
betrayal
guilt
morality
identity
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild