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Defending Jacob

TV · 2020 · 1 season

A slow, suffocating plunge into a family's unraveling, where every quiet moment carries the weight of suspicion and dread.

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Year
2020
Seasons
1
Episodes
8
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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
  • family
  • guilt
  • justice
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Morten Tyldum
Starring
Chris Evans, J. K. Simmons, Michelle Dockery, Jaeden Martell, Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Sakina Jaffrey, Poorna Jagannathan
Music
Ólafur Arnalds, Atli Örvarsson
Cinematography
Jonathan Freeman
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
Apple TV
Country
United States
Languages
English

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