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The Red Line

2019Show1 season · 8 episodesEnded

CrimeDrama
65
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Metacritic654.2Rotten Tomatoes72%77%
65
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Metacritic654.2Rotten Tomatoes72%77%

Summary

A heart-in-your-throat drama, Red Line begins with the mistaken shooting of a black doctor at the hands of a white cop and unfolds from the perspective of each of the families connected to the tragedy. It's a then-and-now meets us-and-them tale about the often-personal politics of crime.

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  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Binge-friendly

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Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Hits close to home.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Weighs on you.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Dysfunction Junctionin 653 titlesHarrison is a saintly E.R. doctor with a beloved adopted daughter...and he is killed in the first episode by Paul Evans.Cop/Criminal Familyin 96 titlesPlayed with. The Evans family (Paul, Gary, and Jim) are all cops. Paul accidentally shoots a doctor, mistakenly believing him to be a criminal because he's black.All 13 tropes

The Red Line episodes

1 season · 8 episodes

  1. S1 E1 We Must All Care, 7.3
  2. S1 E2 We Are Each Other's Harvest, 7.6
  3. S1 E3 For We Meet by One or the Other, 7.7
  4. S1 E4 We Need Glory for a While, 7.8
  5. S1 E5 One Day We May Be More Than a Body, 7.5
  6. S1 E6 We Turn Up This Music Louder Than a Mother's Cry, 7.7
  7. S1 E7 I Must Tell You What We Have Inherited, 7.5
  8. S1 E8 This Victory Alone Is Not the Change We Seek, 7.7

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