TV series

The Undertaker

2013–2019 · 7 seasons

A somber, quietly gripping procedural where death is everyday work and every corpse hints at a puzzle worth solving.

Overview: A detective leaves the force to take over the family business as an undertaker at the same time as he is being investigated for murder. His close encounters with corpses and his earlier police training lead him to see things some of his ex-colleagues miss and he investigates the crimes he encounters in an unofficial capacity often to the dismay of the official police.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, death, mystery, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
death
mystery
guilt
justice
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild