TV series

The Eminence in Shadow

2022–2023 · 2 seasons

A gleefully absurd power fantasy that plays its ridiculous premise straight, letting you coast on its confident, self-aware silliness.

Overview: Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to be denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he’ll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, campy and light. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Power, identity, obsession, found family
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
identity
obsession
found family
ambition
Places: fantasy world
big city
Era: timeless
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild