TV series

The Iceman Cometh

1960 · 1 season

A long, talky, claustrophobic chamber piece where broken men trade illusions and drink, slowly stripping away comfort.

Overview: Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, grief, identity, addiction
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
grief
identity
addiction
morality
Places: workplace
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
serialised
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild