Shut Eye
Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10Heists & consCapers, con artists and elaborate schemes.This show: 7/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 7/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jeffrey DonovanKaDee StricklandAngus SampsonDavid ZayasSusan MisnerIsabella Rossellini
Written by
Leslie Bohem
Starring
Jeffrey DonovanKaDee StricklandAngus SampsonDavid ZayasSusan MisnerIsabella Rossellini
Written by
Leslie Bohem
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Shut Eye Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | |
| S2 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
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About
"A con artist's fake visions start turning uncomfortably real"
Shut Eye follows Charlie Haverford, a small-time LA psychic who runs cons out of a storefront while paying tribute to the Romani crime family that controls the city's fortune-telling rackets. When his fake readings start producing real, unsettling results, the line between grift and gift blurs. The show is a moody, slow-burn crime drama steeped in dread rather than action, carried by its lead performance and a persistent question of whether anything supernatural is actually happening. It rewards patience with atmosphere more than answers.
Watch it for
the slow unraveling of whether Charlie's psychic con is becoming something genuinely uncanny.
Maybe skip if
you want fast plotting or a clear answer on the supernatural elements.
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Season 12016
7.32K107h 21m
Charlie Haverford is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of Los Angeles. A blow to the head from a client's angry boyfriend intersects with a hypnosis session while auditioning a new “clairvoyant,” and suddenly, a man whose entire life has been based on fraud begins to see and feel some very real and fundamental truths. Charlie's wife Linda is sick and tired of their mediocre life and wants to break away from Fonso, the single father who runs the Marks family's psychic empire, and controls the Haverford's future.
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Season 22017
7.6711107h 55m
Charlie and Linda’s escape plan falls apart and they continued their rocky relationship with Fonso, who was banished by the Romani clan after the murder of White Tony. Charlie’s psychic visions grow more cryptic as he struggles for answers, which leads to an introduction of a new character, the mysterious Paz, a spiritual guru who posses gifts similar to his.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jeffrey Donovan Charlie Haverford
KaDee Strickland Linda Haverford
Angus Sampson Fonso Marks
David Zayas Eduardo Bernal
Susan Misner Dr. Nora White
Isabella Rossellini Rita Marks
Dylan Schmid Nick
Havana Guppy Drina, Drina Marks
Layla Alizada Simza
Emmanuelle Chriqui Gina
Crew
Leslie Bohem
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