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Containment

2016 · TV Series · TV-14 · 43 min · ★ 6.8 · 49% critics

DramaHorrorThriller

When a deadly outbreak hits Atlanta, authorities seal off a large section of the city, trapping residents inside and cutting families apart. As fear spreads and resources run thin, people must navigate shifting rules, rising tensions, and hard choices while a new kind of community forms under pressure.

Based on Cordon

Also known as Cordon

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Details
Years
2016
Release date
2016-04-19
Network
The CW
Language
English
Rated
TV-14
Runtime
43 min
Critic score
49/100
TMDB rating
6.8/10 (213 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fast-moving outbreak drama that mixes survival pressure with messy relationships and moral dilemmas, similar to Helix or The Passage; Not for you if you need strict realism or subtle melodrama.

Pros: tense quarantine premise; emotional stakes; some strong character arcs | Cons: uneven writing; questionable logic; can feel soap-operatic

Themes

  • atlanta
  • quarantine
  • epidemic
  • trapped
  • virus

Cast & crew

Episodes1 season · 13 episodes

Season 113 episodes
  • S1E1Pilot43m
  • S1E2I to Die, You to Live43m
  • S1E3Be Angry at the Sun43m
  • S1E4With Silence and Tears43m
  • S1E5Like a Sheep Among Wolves43m
  • S1E6He Stilled the Rising Tumult43m
  • S1E7Inferno43m
  • S1E8There's a Crack in Everything43m
  • S1E9A Kingdom Divided Amongst Itself43m
  • S1E10A Time to Be Born43m
  • S1E11Nothing Gold Can Stay43m
  • S1E12Yes Is the Only Living Thing43m
  • S1E13Path to Paradise43m