TV series

Seven Seconds

2018 · 1 season

A heavy, slow-burning procedural that sits with grief and institutional rot, leaving you tense and unsettled long after each episode.

Overview: Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Race, corruption, grief, justice
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: race
corruption
grief
justice
family
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild