What is Evil Genius's IQ Score?

Evil Genius has an IQ Score of 126/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 8/50 Educational Value, and 48/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Evil Genius educational?

Evil Genius is low on educational value, 8/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Evil Genius IQ Score 126/200

Evil Genius has an IQ Score of 126/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-10-05·Methodology

documentarytrue crime

126/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Legacy score. Published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026. A founder reviewed and approved it against our methodology, under a process that does not meet the standard we hold now. What this means →

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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The Verdict

Best forTrue-crime viewers who want the Pizza Bomber case told through primary-source tapes

Skip ifYou want tidy answers; the case's ambiguities remain open when the four parts end

Use it asA case study in letting an antagonist's own words carry a documentary

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, v1.3.1

Formula

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

Database scale

2,608 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Trey Borzillieri and Barbara Schroeder's 2018 Netflix four-part documentary about the Pizza Bomber case (the 2003 Brian Wells robbery / homicide / explosion in Erie, Pennsylvania). The structural commitment to letting Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong's actual recorded interviews carry the documentary is rare true-crime work that gives the antagonist character-depth without endorsement.

People & Production Trey Borzillieri · Netflix · United States 5 connections