TV series

Patrick Melrose

2018 · 1 season

A harrowing, darkly funny plunge into addiction and inherited cruelty, demanding but laced with brittle wit.

Overview: A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, satirical and melancholic. Measured and demanding.
About: Addiction, trauma, family, class
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
trauma
family
class
redemption
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong