TV series

The Disappearance

2017 · 1 season

A slow, somber family mystery that keeps you leaning in, with quiet tension and buried secrets surfacing.

Overview: When Anthony Sullivan disappears on his tenth birthday, his family is devastated. However, as more and more time passes without the police being able to locate him, long-buried family secrets are dragged to the surface, turning the Sullivan family against one another.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, isolation, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: family
grief
isolation
deception
mystery
Places: suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild