Deceit
Deceit Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
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About
"A true-crime sting that interrogates its own morality"
Deceit dramatizes a real and controversial Metropolitan Police operation: an undercover officer is sent to seduce and extract a confession from a suspect in a brutal murder case, using psychological manipulation as evidence. The show is tense, morally queasy, and slow-burning, less interested in shootouts than in the ethics of entrapment and the toll deception takes on the officer doing it. It's a tight four-part watch, heavy on atmosphere and dialogue, carried by a strong central performance and a growing sense of unease about who the real victim of the operation might be.
the lead performance capturing the psychological cost of a deeply unethical undercover assignment.
you want fast-paced crime thrills rather than a slow, dialogue-heavy ethical drama.
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All Seasons

| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.2 | 196 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.4 | 159 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 7.6 | 149 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 7.7 | 154 | 47 min |