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Seven Seconds

★ 7.7 23K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 10 episodes Ended Netflix
Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Clare-Hope AshiteyBeau KnappMichael MosleyDavid LyonsRussell HornsbyRaúl Castillo
Written by
Veena Sud
Starring
Clare-Hope AshiteyBeau KnappMichael MosleyDavid LyonsRussell HornsbyRaúl Castillo
Written by
Veena Sud
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Votes per Episode
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"A slow, furious portrait of institutional cover-up"

A Black teenager is left dying in the snow after a hit-and-run, and the white police officer responsible scrambles to cover it up with his precinct's help. What follows is a slow-burn procedural about the boy's grieving mother, a jaded prosecutor, and a conflicted detective all circling the truth. It's heavy, deliberately paced, and unflinching about systemic racism and institutional rot, carried by raw performances rather than plot twists. Expect grief, moral compromise, and simmering outrage rather than fast crime-thriller thrills.

Watch it for

the devastating lead performances that make institutional failure feel unbearably personal.

Maybe skip if

you want brisk pacing or a satisfying, tidy resolution to injustice.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12018
7.66K1010h 17m
The first season of the series follows the murder of a 15-year-old African American boy in Jersey City, the ensuing police cover up, and the racial tensions that flare up in the absence of quick resolution of the case.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.3
75354 min
▶2Brenton's Breath7.3
63757 min
▶3Matters of Life and Death7.3
57857 min
▶4That What Follows7.6
56462 min
▶5Of Gods and Men7.5
54261 min
▶6Until It Do7.6
53759 min
▶7Boxed Devil7.7
53360 min
▶8Bailed Out7.8
53764 min
▶9Witnesses for the Prosecution8.0
53263 min
▶10A Boy and a Bike8.0
61680 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Clare-Hope Ashitey KJ Harper
Beau Knapp Peter Jablonski
Michael Mosley Joe 'Fish' Rinaldi
David Lyons Mike DiAngelo
Russell Hornsby Isaiah Butler
Raúl Castillo Felix Osorio
Patrick Murney Manny Wilcox
Zackary Momoh Seth Butler
Michelle Veintimilla Marie Jablonski
Regina King Latrice Butler

Crew

Veena Sud

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