Yes. More sad than 84% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Better easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 75% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Does Better leave you hopeful?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Better

Name: Better
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2023
Rating: 5.96
Cast: Leila Farzad, Lucy Black, Olivia Nakintu, Carolin Stoltz, Andrew Buchan

Created by Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent

On BBC One

20231 season5 episodes59 min6.0 / 10

A morally interior crime drama about a corrupt detective's painful reckoning with twenty years of wrongdoing, cut short before resolution.

After a family tragedy is narrowly averted, a corrupt police detective undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right twenty years of wrongdoing but satisfying her newfound conscience won't be straightforward.

Clusters

Guilt, Memory, and Broken Trust Grief, Guilt, and the Long Investigation Time's Weight, Quietly Carried Dread That Wears a Halo

Genres

Drama Crime

Keywords

Detective Police Corruption Moral Reformation

Questions people ask

Is Better sad? Yes. More sad than 84% of series.
Is Better easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is Better scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.
Is Better violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does Better leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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