Olive Kitteridge
drama
159
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
43
Educational Value/50
33
Craft & Quality/50
44
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Eight Emmy wins including Outstanding Limited Series (2014). Frances McDormand as a prickly Maine math teacher in this adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer-winning novel.
High cognitive demands from the character's emotional complexity and what remains unsaid. Some educational value from the portrait of small-town New England life. McDormand creates one of television's most fully realized characters.
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