Deceit

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Release Date

8/13/2021

Runtime

4 eps, 188 mins

Genres

Drama Crime

Overview

The true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, Deceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

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A morally murky true-crime procedural that's as much about institutional failure and sexual politics as it is about murder. Watching it means wrestling with uncomfortable questions about who the real victim is.