The North Water
Those who journey here will find only themselves.
Created by Andrew Haigh
On AMC+
A bleak, violent psychological study of two damaged men—a psychopath and a haunted surgeon—trapped together in the Arctic, where survival becomes inseparable from moral reckoning.
Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
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Questions people ask
Is The North Water sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of series.
Is The North Water violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of series.
Does The North Water leave you hopeful? No. Less hopeful than 96% of series.
Is The North Water easy watching? No. Less comforting than 94% of series.
Is The North Water scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 93% of series.
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How much more it delivers than it promises
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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
