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On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery

2008 · 86 min

A cozy-cable detective yarn with a tangled small-town conspiracy, carrying an earnest warmth beneath its harassment and murder.

Tagline: America's favorite gay private eye is back.
Overview: When the residents of a neighborhood are offered huge sums of money to sell their homes to a developer, the only ones to refuse are an elderly lesbian couple. Soon after, the couple's home is besieged by anti-gay vandalism, but Don suspects that the attack is motivated by big-business rather than homophobia.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Conspiracy, deception, corruption, identity
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 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: conspiracy
deception
corruption
identity
loyalty
Places: small town
suburbs
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild