TV series

The Darkness

2024 · 1 season

A somber, slow-burning Nordic noir that lingers on grief and isolation, demanding patience as it quietly accumulates emotional weight.

Overview: Special investigator DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir tackles one last cold case before forced into early retirement. This one relates the mysterious and shocking murder of a young Russian asylum seeker a year prior.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, mystery, trauma
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Full breakdown

Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
isolation
mystery
trauma
aging
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild