TV series

High Stakes

2025 · 1 season

A slow tightening spiral of temptation and risk, watching a gifted young woman get pulled deeper into a world she can't quite control.

Overview: Ayla urgently needs money for her internship at NASA. By chance, the highly gifted Muslim woman discovers her talent for poker and becomes increasingly drawn into the world of gambling—until she almost loses everything.
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Addiction, ambition, identity, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
ambition
identity
family
greed
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild