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Before

2024 · 1 season

This series feels like a slow, psychological descent into secrets buried beneath a veneer of professional care.

Created by: Sarah Thorp
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Billy Crystal, Judith Light, Rosie Perez

Tagline: Your past can drag you under.
Overview: After tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli's past.

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Created by: Sarah Thorp
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Starring: Billy Crystal, Judith Light, Rosie Perez

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
mystery
trauma
identity
madness
Places: home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	5
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, mystery
Created by: Sarah Thorp
Written by: Audrey Rosenberg, Joseph Sousa, Emmy Grinwis, Sarah Thorp
Starring: Billy Crystal, Judith Light, Rosie Perez, Jacobi Jupe, Maria Dizzia, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Julia Chan, Sakina Jaffrey
Music: Jay Wadley
Cinematography: William Rexer, Christopher LaVasseur
Length: 1 seasons, 10 episodes
Network: Apple TV
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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