TV series

Devil's Advocate

1995 · 1 season

A tense, sombre legal drama that traps you in a foreign prison alongside a desperate outsider, slowly tightening its grip.

Overview: A young British nanny, Clare Rigby, is accused of arson and the attempted murder of the child she looked after. Incarcerated in the San Stephano prison in Naples, desperate and alone, she turns to top advocate Alessandra Locatelli.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, justice, betrayal, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: isolation
justice
betrayal
survival
power
Places: prison
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild