TV series

StartUp

2014 · 1 season

A grounded, chatty ensemble drama about young strivers sharing a building, where ambitions and relationships simmer in easy, soapy doses.

Overview: Fifteen young ambitious people are all working together in an empty building, some also live there. They try to achieve the same goal: having a selfmade business. Despite having the same goal, they're different people with different opinions about how to reach their goal. One of them is Sterre de Vries, who initiated the whole thing. Her father (Bert de Vries) is the owner of the building. It's all there: ambitions, arguments, secrets, intrigues, friendship, family ties, romance, lust.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, romantic and satirical. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Ambition, friendship, betrayal, work
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
friendship
betrayal
work
love
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild