The Clearing
The Clearing Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
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About
"A quiet, creeping cult nightmare unravels"
Inspired by a real Australian cult, this eight-part thriller follows a woman haunted by her childhood inside a secretive commune, now forced to confront that past when a child disappears nearby. Told across two timelines, it slides between the cult's insular menace decades ago and a present-day abduction investigation that keeps circling back to it. The mood is slow-burn and unsettling rather than action-driven, leaning on dread, manipulation, and a chilling matriarch figure rather than jump scares. It rewards patience with atmosphere and strong performances more than fast answers.
a magnetic, unnerving performance as the cult's controlling matriarch anchors the whole story.
you want fast plotting rather than a slow, mood-driven dual-timeline mystery.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Season of Unfoldment | 6.7 | 266 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Kindred | 6.8 | 211 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Suffer the Little Children | 7.0 | 185 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Foundlings | 7.0 | 167 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Maitreya | 7.2 | 167 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Pied Piper | 6.9 | 141 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | This Too Shall Pass | 7.1 | 135 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Island | 7.3 | 142 | — |