TV series

SCAMS

2019 · 1 season

A brisk, grimy descent into phone-scam underworld life, tense and cynical but grounded in everyday desperation.

Overview: Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Crime, corruption, greed, survival
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
corruption
greed
survival
morality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild