TV series

Strangers

2018 · 1 season

A slow-burning, melancholic plunge into a foreign city where grief and paranoia blur into a tense, tangled mystery.

Overview: A sheltered London professor attempts to uncover the cause of his wife’s mysterious death in Hong Kong, traveling there after discovering she died in a car accident on the mountain roads of Tai Po.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, conspiracy, betrayal, isolation
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
conspiracy
betrayal
isolation
deception
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild