The Rising

2022 eight-part series: murdered bisexual protagonist Neve and Alex develop a romantic relationship while investigating Neve’s death; central queer discovery and loss, not merely the earlier boyfriend

Ended2022United Kingdom1 season · 8 episodes

Neve Kelly wakes in a lake and returns home expecting to explain a missing night. Instead, she discovers that she has died, and that the people…Read more +Read less −

Neve Kelly wakes in a lake and returns home expecting to explain a missing night. Instead, she discovers that she has died, and that the people she loves are already trying to make sense of her absence. Unable to leave the mystery to the living, Neve begins investigating her own murder. Alex Wyatt becomes an unexpected connection to the world she can no longer fully enter, and their growing attraction gives the search a deeply personal urgency. Family loyalties, old assumptions and concealed histories shift as Neve learns how little she understood about those closest to her. The supernatural premise allows her to reclaim a voice in a story that others are already telling on her behalf.

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Major sapphic storylineDrama Crime Supernatural

Sapphic characters & cast

Clara Rugaard

as Neve Kelly

Main sapphic character

1997-12-05Sagittarius

Nenda Neururer

as Alex Wyatt

Supporting sapphic character

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Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Premiere: 2022-04-22
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8

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Poster: TVmaze series artwork catalogue · Source
Clara Rugaard: TVmaze performer catalogue · Source
Nenda Neururer: TVmaze performer catalogue · Source

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