TV series

School of Lies

2023 · 1 season

A slow, unsettling look at a boarding school after a boy vanishes, full of quiet suspicion and buried secrets.

Overview: A young 12-year-old boy, who goes missing from a private boarding school, RISE, and how the subsequent domino effect it causes as the truth is only as complex as simple.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, isolation, guilt, class
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: mystery
isolation
guilt
class
power
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild