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Shows that feel likeThe Undoing (2020)

Grace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.

If you loved The Undoing, the closest series we have are Defending Jacob (2020), The Chestnut Man (2021) and The Night Of (2016). All three share The Undoing's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Alienist (2018).

★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · HBOcreated by David E. Kelleycontemplativegrittytwisty
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If The Undoing hit the spot, these will too

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Defending Jacob
2020 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 7.7drama · mystery · crimeApple TV+

Both are built on the same subject: miniseries

A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.

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The Chestnut Man
2021–2026 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Contemplative and gritty in the same breath

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

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The Night Of
2016 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.4crime · drama · mysteryMax

The same preoccupation in both: murder investigation

After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

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The Alienist
2018–2020 · 2 seasons · TNT
★ 7.7drama · crime · mystery

Twisty drama, and it commits to that

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
2024– · 3 seasons · BBC Three
★ 6.8drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't believe he's responsible and teams up with Sal's brother Ravi to uncover the truth. If Sal Singh isn't a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from finding out the truth?

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The Killing
2011–2014 · 4 seasons · AMC
★ 8.3drama · crime · mysteryHulu

Common ground: murder investigation

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

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Slow Horses
2022– · 6 seasons · Apple TV
★ 8.4crime · drama · mysteryApple TV+

Gritty mystery in both cases

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

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CSI: NY
2004–2013 · 9 seasons · CBS
★ 7crime · drama · mystery

Drama built on twists, twice over

Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

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The Outsider
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimeMax

Both lean on stillness more than on crime

When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

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Big Little Lies
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8.4dramaMax

David E. Kelley working the same nerve twice

The difference: Easier on the twists than The Undoing

The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

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Ratched
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.2mystery · drama · crimeNetflix

Mystery with a pulse of grit, in both cases

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

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Quantico
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · ABC
★ 6.7crime · drama · mystery

Drama with a pulse of twists, in both cases

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

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