College friends in a perfect town hide dark secrets and alibis after a murder, as the mystery unfolds with brisk, gritty suspense.
Suspenseful and darkly comic. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 27, 2026.
Some innuendo or implied sex and mild language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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In Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, a group of three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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