TV series

Wakefield

2021 · 1 season

A quietly unsettling, slow-burning psychological puzzle that blurs the line between caretaker and patient, leaving you uneasy and absorbed.

Overview: Nikhil Katira is a psychiatric nurse working at Wakefield, a facility perched on the edge of Australia's spectacular Blue Mountains. There's one problem - while his patients are getting better, he's getting worse.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Madness, identity, isolation, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
isolation
trauma
healing
Places: hospital
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild