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The Sticks

1 season

A slow, heartfelt small-town drama about loss and rebuilding, with earnest performances and a hopeful underdog spirit that asks you to care.

Overview
In the small working-class town of South Dorothy, Minnesota, where the high school hockey team has been churning out of state championships and NHL stars for decades with their legendary Coach “Sully” Sullivan at the helm. When a bus crash claims the lives of several players and Sully himself, the town looks to Harper Sullivan— Coach Sully’s widow — to coach a new team of battered and broken young men. What unfolds is the hopeful and unforgettable story of an underdog team who comes together to galvanize their town, reclaim their way of life, and turn their shared grief into an unstoppable superpower.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 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
  • found family
  • healing
  • coming-of-age
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Nick Naveda
Starring
Émilie Bierre, Shai Chase, Josh MacQueen, Costa D'Angelo, Carter Shimp, Ethan Holder, Michelle Monaghan
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Netflix
Languages
English

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