Rules of the Game (2022)

Name: Rules of the Game
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Maxine Peake, Rakhee Thakrar, Dominic Vulliamy, Ben Batt, Alison Steadman

Thriller

Sam is a hard-headed manager at a family-run business in the North West. However, when Sam arrives at work one day to find a dead body in the office reception she is forced to reckon with not only murky behaviour in the present, but murderous secrets from the past as well.

IMDb rating: 6.3 (2,326 votes)
Episode average: 6.9 ↑ +0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Hulu
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2022)

6.88 avg 4 episodes 6.7 → 7.0 57 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	6.7	124
2	Episode #1.2	6.8	95
3	Episode #1.3	7.0	91
4	Episode #1.4	7.0	95