TV series

Here and Now

2018 · 1 season

A thoughtful, uneasy ensemble drama that mixes wry humour with uncomfortable questions about identity and belief.

Overview: A provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day American culture, as experienced by the members of a progressive multi-ethnic family — a philosophy professor and his wife, their adopted children from Vietnam, Liberia and Colombia and their sole biological child — and a contemporary Muslim family, headed by a psychiatrist who is treating one of their children.
How it feels: Dark, satirical, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, family, race, faith
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
race
faith
madness
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild