TV series

The Exchange Principle

2016 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning character study that immerses you in a broken man's haunted struggle for justice.

Overview: A police forensics officer, traumatized by the horrors he has seen and processed, leaves his job, wife and son and lives on the streets as a homeless wanderer. Try as he does he is unable to completely forget the past and finds himself in a struggle to unlock its secrets and see that justice is done.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Trauma, isolation, justice, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
justice
memory
guilt
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild