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Long Bright River

2025 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning descent into a city's opioid crisis, where personal grief and a murder investigation intertwine with quiet, mounting tension.

Created by: Nikki Toscano, Liz Moore
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings

Overview: A police officer patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.

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Created by: Nikki Toscano, Liz Moore
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: addiction
family
isolation
grief
mystery
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, crime, mystery
Created by: Nikki Toscano, Liz Moore
Written by: Tricia V. Johnson, Nikki Toscano, Alye Capone, Russell Rothberg
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Nicholas Pinnock, Ashleigh Cummings, Callum Vinson, John Doman, Dash Mihok, Matthew Del Negro, Britne Oldford
Music: Dimitri Smith, James Poyser
Cinematography: William Rexer, Pepe Avila del Pino
Length: 1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network: Peacock
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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