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The Borderline
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Borderline actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Borderline reads strongest on Serialized, Tension and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A border town cop uncovers an illegal drug trade tied to his childhood friend and a ruthless British crime syndicate operating in the scenic 1000 Islands region between Canada and the U.S.
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Robert BudreauDirector
Where to watch
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