TV series

Black Dog

2019–2020 · 1 season

A sincere, grounded workplace drama that makes institutional bureaucracy feel personal, buoyed by warm camaraderie and quiet everyday stakes.

Overview: In a temporary position at a private high school, a compassionate teacher fights to support her students' dreams while navigating school politics.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Education, work, class, coming-of-age
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: education
work
class
coming-of-age
found family
Places: school
workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none