TV series

Barkskins

2020 · 1 season

A grim, slow-burning frontier drama that immerses you in mud, snow, and moral compromise, demanding patience but rewarding with atmospheric tension.

Tagline: Blood. Land. Empire.
Overview: A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, power, colonialism, betrayal
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
power
colonialism
betrayal
identity
Places: wilderness
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild