TV Series2021 · 1 season · 5 episodes · Ended

The North Water

Name: The North Water
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Cast: Colin Farrell, Jack O'Connell

Taste attributes: dramamysteryhistoricaldetectiveadventureslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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"Those who journey here will find only themselves."

Boxlist takeA serious mystery series that is unsavoury, rough-edged and unhurried. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

TMDB · 81 votes

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Season

Miniseries

· 2021 · 5 episodes

Episodes (5)

1Behold the Man14 Jul 2021
Patrick Sumner, hoping to escape the horrors of his past, finds himself on an ill-fated journey to the arctic that throws him into the path of brutish harpooner Henry Drax.
2We Men Are Wretched Things21 Jul 2021
Sumner's adventure turns into a nightmare when one of the crew is murdered. There's no proof, but Sumner can't escape a feeling that Henry Drax is the true culprit.
3Homo Homini Lupus28 Jul 2021
A discovery by Sumner sends Drax into a murderous rage. Cavendish proves crucial in Baxter and Brownlee's plan. An arctic storm rages and threatens the safety of the ship's crew.
4The Devils of the Earth4 Aug 2021
Drax has a daring opportunity to escape, but must convince Cavendish to help him. Otto's vision coming to life, Sumner hunts a bear, but strays too far into icy oblivion.
5To Live Is to Suffer11 Aug 2021
After healing in a missionary cabin, Sumner returns to Hull to demand money from Baxter to start a new life. Can he outrun his demons, and has he really seen the last of Henry Drax?

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

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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