TV series

Childhood's End

2015 · 1 season

A hushed, philosophical slow burn that lulls you with calm utopia while quietly unsettling you about what humanity gives up.

Tagline: No war. No disease. No poverty. But at what cost?
Overview: The peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious “Overlords,” whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, fate, power, isolation
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 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: identity
fate
power
isolation
faith
Places: big city
space
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild