Documentary series · Paramount+
Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal
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TV DNA
How Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Devotion: Obedience or Betrayal reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
For over 50 years, daily life in Gloriavale has been governed by rigid beliefs and hierarchies as men rule over their wives. When shocking allegations of sexual abuse and a cover-up threaten their way of life, former members speak out while others fiercely defend their way of life.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Terence WrongExecutive Producer
- Julie ChristieExecutive Producer
- Susan ZirinskyExecutive Producer
Direction
- Nicole RittenmeyerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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