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The Woman at the Bottom of the Stairs
Who's in it
Cast
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TV DNA
How The Woman at the Bottom of the Stairs actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Woman at the Bottom of the Stairs reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Serialized.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
John Campbell investigates the mysterious death of Auckland woman Rachel Molloy and her mother's fight for police to fully investigate the peculiar circumstances.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 10 episodes.
- Poster unavailableSeason 1
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20266 episodes
John Campbell investigates the mysterious death of Auckland woman Rachel Molloy and her mother's fight for police to fully investigate the peculiar circumstances.
- Poster unavailableSeason 2
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20264 episodes
John Campbell investigates the mysterious death of Auckland woman Rachel Molloy and her mother's fight for police to fully investigate the peculiar circumstances.
Behind the series
Created by
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- John CampbellWriter
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