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Detention

2020Show1 season · 8 episodesTV-MAEnded

DramaMystery
67
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IMDb6.4Rotten Tomatoes–62%
67
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.4Rotten Tomatoes–62%

Summary

During the period of martial law in 1960s Taiwan, some teachers and students from Cui Hua High School were arrested for possessing banned books. A female student fell to her death and rumors spread of a ghost haunting the campus. Thirty years later, the draconian culture of the school remains unchanged as a new transfer student uncovers the dark secrets behind the school’s haunting.

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  • Teens
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Spelling BeeRare · in 30 titlesIn "The Man With the Golden Brain", six of the kids aim to win a Get Out of Detention Free card.Egg Sittingin 68 titlesThe "babies" are water balloons that cry at random — permanently if the parent doesn't switch it off in time.All 33 tropes

Detention episodes

1 season · 8 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Devil, 7.4
  2. S1 E2 Who am I?, 6.9
  3. S1 E3 You are me, I am you, 7.4
  4. S1 E4 Falsehood, 6.7
  5. S1 E5 HIStory repeats, 7.1
  6. S1 E6 Re: Detention, 7.1
  7. S1 E7 Re: Re: Detention, 7.3
  8. S1 E8 Rain of Freedom, 7.2

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