The North Water (2021)

Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (19,531 votes)
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): AMC+ · Philo · Spectrum On Demand · The Roku Channel · Hoopla
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Season 1 (2021)

7.86 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 57 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Behold the Man	7.6	881
2	We Men Are Wretched Things	7.9	750
3	Homo Homini Lupus	8.1	709
4	The Devils of the Earth	8.0	692
5	To Live Is to Suffer	7.7	639