What is The Puppet Master's IQ Score?

The Puppet Master has an IQ Score of 121/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 39/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 9/50 Educational Value, and 46/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Puppet Master educational?

The Puppet Master is low on educational value, 9/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

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/.

The Puppet Master , IQ Score 121/200

The Puppet Master has an IQ Score of 121/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-05-21·Methodology

documentarytrue crime

121/ 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

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

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

Database scale

2,282 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Netflix's 2022 documentary series about Robert Hendy-Freegard, the British con artist whose 'MI5 agent' impersonation isolated victims from their families across years. The structural commitment to letting the families' rescue work be the structural through-line, rather than the spectacle of Hendy-Freegard's deceptions, is what separates it from the standard true-crime register.

Anthropologically serious work about coercive-control mechanics.

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