
Shadowplay
Taste attributes: dramathrillerhistoricalheavyintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy
"Change begins in darkness."
Boxlist takeIntricate and heavy: an emotional drama series. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.8 /10
TMDB · 31 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Shadowplay in the US right now.
Season
Season 1
· 2020 · 8 episodesEpisodes (8)
1Episode 130 Oct 2020
Arriving in Berlin, Max quickly gets a taste of the violence plaguing the city. Elsie sets the precinct's sights on a sinister and elusive crime boss.
2Episode 230 Oct 2020
Max and Elsie investigate the murder of two American GIs. Karin falls deeper into the Angel Maker's orbit. The Russians make a brutal move.
3Episode 331 Oct 2020
Moritz's barbaric vigilante spree continues as Max learns more about the trauma he endured in the war. Elsie's suspicion closes in on Karin.
4Episode 431 Oct 2020
Izosimov exploits Elsie's vulnerabilities to coerce her cooperation. Gad helps Max pull on the tentative threads of a conspiracy.
5Episode 51 Nov 2020
Finding herself cornered, Karin makes a desperate move to escape. Tom puts Max on the trail of a suspected traitor. Moritz torments another captive.
6Episode 61 Nov 2020
Elsie and Max make a breakthrough in the case, but Karin helps the Angel Maker stay a step ahead. Elsie takes a risky step to protect Leopold.
7Episode 72 Nov 2020
Max learns the truth about the secret flights and gives Moritz an ultimatum. Karin and the Angel Maker devise a deadly assault against the precinct.
8Episode 82 Nov 2020
Max and Elsie uncover the Angel Maker's whereabouts, but the crook has a final trick up his sleeve. Moritz targets Tom, provoking a showdown with Max.
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
In 1946 Berlin, an American cop searches for his missing brother while helping a novice German policewoman fight the violent crimes engulfing the city.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2020
- Episode length
- 52 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Bron Studios
- Taste scores
- How we score
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