What is Alice and Steve's IQ Score?

Alice and Steve has an IQ Score of 120/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 31/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 27/50 Educational Value, and 33/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Alice and Steve educational?

Alice and Steve is moderate on educational value, 27/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Alice and Steve , IQ Score 120/200

Alice and Steve has an IQ Score of 120/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-15·Methodology

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120/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,337 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Sophie Goodhart's six-episode comedy puts a decades-long friendship under unbearable pressure when Alice learns that Steve has begun dating her grown daughter. Nicola Walker plays the betrayal as something closer to grief than outrage, and the show is sharpest when it sits inside the discomfort rather than reaching for a joke.

The score reflects strong central performances working against narrative choices that strand the chemistry and a cliffhanger ending that withholds the resolution the premise earns.

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