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Sense8

2015 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 7.7 · 75% critics

DramaScience FictionThriller

After a shocking event, eight strangers around the world find their minds suddenly linked, letting them share feelings, skills, and secrets across distance. As the connection deepens, they’re pulled into each other’s lives and forced to rely on empathy and teamwork while facing a growing threat that puts them all in danger.

Also known as Sense 8 · Sense8: A Christmas Special

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Streaming on Netflix.

25 hours to watch · 24 episodes.

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Details
Years
2015–2018
Release date
2015-06-05
Network
Netflix
Language
English
Rated
TV-MA
Max quality
UHD
Critic score
75/100
TMDB rating
7.7/10 (1,846 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a globe-spanning sci‑fi thriller built around found-family bonds, identity, and intense intimacy, with bursts of action; Not for you if explicit sex, preachy themes, or messy pacing bother you, and try Marvel's Jessica Jones for a darker vibe.

Pros: bold global scope; emotional connection; memorable ensemble | Cons: slow early episodes; heavy romance focus; uneven pacing later

Themes

  • sexuality
  • identity
  • telepathy
  • secret agent
  • supernatural
  • conspiracy
  • superhuman
  • super power
  • bigotry
  • lgbt
  • persecution
  • social issues
  • +9 more

Cast & crew

Episodes2 seasons · 24 episodes

Season 112 episodes
  • S1E1Limbic Resonance68m
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  • S1E2I Am Also a We55m
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  • S1E3Smart Money Is on the Skinny Bitch49m
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  • S1E4What's Going On?56m
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  • S1E5Art Is Like Religion53m
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  • S1E6Demons53m
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  • S1E7W. W. N. Double D?56m
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  • S1E8We Will All Be Judged by the Courage of Our Hearts51m
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  • S1E9Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye56m
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  • S1E10What Is Human?60m
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  • S1E11Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes46m
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  • S1E12I Can't Leave Her55m
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Season 212 episodes
  • S2E1Happy F*cking New Year.125m
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  • S2E2Who Am I?56m
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  • S2E3Obligate Mutualisms52m
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  • S2E4Polyphony59m
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  • S2E5Fear Never Fixed Anything52m
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  • S2E6Isolated Above, Connected Below68m
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  • S2E7I Have No Room in My Heart for Hate62m
    Netflix
  • S2E8All I Want Right Now Is One More Bullet57m
    Netflix
  • S2E9What Family Actually Means58m
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  • S2E10If All the World's a Stage, Identity Is Nothing But a Costume53m
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  • S2E11You Want a War?58m
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  • S2E12Amor Vincit Omnia152m
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