TV series

Rubicon

2010 · 1 season

A slow, cerebral burn of paranoia and quiet dread, rewarding close attention as small details accumulate into a vast, unsettling pattern.

Overview: An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Conspiracy, obsession, isolation, parenthood
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: conspiracy
obsession
isolation
parenthood
morality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild