What is The Assessment's IQ Score?

The Assessment has an IQ Score of 119/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 33/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 26/50 Educational Value, and 30/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Assessment educational?

The Assessment is moderate on educational value, 26/50 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 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/.

The Assessment IQ Score 119/200

The Assessment has an IQ Score of 119/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-03·Methodology

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119/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Verified score. Scored human-first by Jordan Robinson, with Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP on 2026-09-03 against TVI Rubric v1.3. Viewing basis: Complete film, first viewing. Component judgments on file (receipt d7182cad). The session's AI-assistance record is available on request. How verification works →

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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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

2,606 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Fleur Fortuné's chamber dystopia scores 119 because its ideas outrun its drama. A state that licenses parenthood, a seven-day assessment nobody has passed in six years, and Alicia Vikander's assessor as the system's human face hold attention; the metaphors land one-to-one, and both raters called it a better argument than a story.

The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

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