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Ganglands

7.1IMDb199 votesWorth your time

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2021 – 20232 seasons · 12 episodes~45 min per episodeTV-MAEnded

Crime Action & Adventure

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How Ganglands actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Ganglands reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Tension.

BingeabilityVery strong7.9

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SpectacleStrong6.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

TensionStrong6.5

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SerializedStrong6.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityStrong5.5

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

Character DepthPresent5.4

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

Emotional WeightPresent4.6

How much the series is designed to affect you.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

Mehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.

The run

Seasons

2 seasons · 12 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20216 episodes
6.6IMDb
To protect his family from a powerful drug lord, skilled thief Mehdi and his expert team of robbers are pulled into a violent and deadly turf war.
Best episode · S01E05 Episode 5
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20236 episodes
7.6IMDb
Mehdi, Liana and Tony find their plans to leave Belgium thwarted by the arrival of a new enemy — one that forces them to ally with former foes.
Best episode · S02E06 Episode 6

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Episode 2

S01E02 · Signature episode

Episode 2

7.4IMDb5 votes

Mehdi and his men search for the missing drugs. Chris sends the Djeblis a warning. Impressed by Mehdi's skills, Saber blackmails him into taking a job.

24 Sept 202145 min

Directed by Julien Leclercq

Still from Episode 1

S01E01 · Signature episode

Episode 1

5.4IMDb9 votes

Small-time hustlers Shaïnez and Liana land in hot water with a tough Brussels drug dealer after stealing from one of his men. Anissa asks Mehdi for help.

24 Sept 202151 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Episode 6

S02E06

Episode 6

8.3IMDb3 votes

17 Feb 202347 min

Still from Episode 1

S02E01

Episode 1

7.5IMDb2 votes

17 Feb 202350 min

Still from Episode 2

S02E02

Episode 2

7.5IMDb2 votes

17 Feb 202347 min

Still from Episode 3

S02E03

Episode 3

7.5IMDb2 votes

17 Feb 202346 min

Still from Episode 4

S02E04

Episode 4

7.5IMDb2 votes

17 Feb 202345 min

Still from Episode 5

S02E05

Episode 5

7.5IMDb2 votes

17 Feb 202340 min

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.

Writing

Julien LeclercqWriter
Hamid HliouaWriter

Direction

Julien LeclercqDirector

Where to watch

Streaming

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