TV series

Public Morals

2015 · 1 season

A slow, smoky stroll through a corrupt precinct where every favour has a price and loyalties fray quietly.

Tagline: Meet your landlord.
Overview: Set in the early 1960's in New York City's Public Morals Division, where cops walk the line between morality and criminality as the temptations that come from dealing with all kinds of vice can get the better of them.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, morality, crime, loyalty
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: corruption
morality
crime
loyalty
family
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild