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Small Sacrifices

1989 · 1 season

A grim, slow-unfolding true-crime drama that sits heavily with you, more unsettling than thrilling. It watches like a sober procedural haunted by a mother's unreadable calm.

Created by
David Greene
Genres
Crime, Drama
Overview
A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.
How it feels
Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Crime, parenthood, deception, guilt
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Created by
David Greene
Genres
Crime, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Created by
David Greene
Written by
Joyce Eliason
Starring
Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, John Shea, Gordon Clapp, Garry Chalk, Emily Perkins, Maxine Miller
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes
Network
ABC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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