TV series

Chiefs

1983 · 1 season

A slow, somber generational mystery that weighs heavily, with a brooding Southern atmosphere and a mounting sense of injustice.

Overview: Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Crime, justice, race, corruption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
justice
race
corruption
death
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild