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The Asset

2025 · 1 season

A slow-burning, quietly tense undercover drama where the pressure builds through intimacy rather than action, leaving you uneasy about who is really being played.

Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Clara Dessau, Maria Cordsen, Afshin Firouzi
Overview
A young agent goes undercover to befriend a drug smuggler's wife. But the closer she gets to her target, the more complicated her mission becomes.

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  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Clara Dessau, Maria Cordsen, Afshin Firouzi
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • deception
  • crime
  • isolation
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Starring
Clara Dessau, Maria Cordsen, Afshin Firouzi, Nicolas Bro, Arian Kashef, Lara Ly Melic Skovgaard, Dan Boie Kratfeldt, Annika Witt
Music
August Rosenbaum, Robin Hannibal
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes
Network
Netflix
Country
Denmark
Languages
Danish

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