A computer engineer unearths a tech company's dark secrets, unraveling a bleak and intimate mystery.
Suspenseful and cerebral. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Hulu.
Moderate sex and nudity, and some violence, about what a TV-MA should carry.
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Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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