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The Tunnel: Season 1

10 episodes Premiered Oct 16, 2013 Updated Oct 15, 2026

Task: Create a JSON object for "The Tunnel" Season 1. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented details. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points (in the overview, but the primer is an array of strings). Output valid JSON only. Tone: Meticulous archivist, neutral, encyclopedic prose. Source [1]: T

Season overview

Task: Create a JSON object for "The Tunnel" Season 1.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented details. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points (in the overview, but the primer is an array of strings). Output valid JSON only.
Tone: Meticulous archivist, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Source [1]: Title: The Tunnel (2013). Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery. Characters: Karl Roebuck, Elise Wasserman. Plot: Detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wasserman working together to find a ser[ial killer].
Source [2]: Irrelevant (Robert Towne obituary).
Source [3]: Locations: Folkestone and Calais. Characters: Karl Roebuck, Elise Wassermann. Plot: Investigating the death of a French politician. Shocking discovery at the crime scene leads to an uneasy partnership. Seeking a politically-motivated serial killer who draws them into his own person[al...].
Overview Construction:
The series The Tunnel follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann as they investigate the death of a prominent French politician. The body is discovered on the border between the United Kingdom and France, presumably under the sea. The investigation takes place across Folkestone and Calais. Following a shocking discovery at the crime scene, the two detectives are forced into an uneasy international alliance and partnership. As the investigation progresses, the pair seeks to identify and apprehend a politically-motivated serial killer. This individual draws the detectives into his own personal agenda or motives. The narrative is categorized within the action and adventure, crime, drama, and mystery genres. The series was released in 2013 and is rated TV-14. The investigation requires the detectives to work together despite the complexities of the international setting and the nature of the crime discovered during their initial inquiry.
Word Count Check (Overview):
"The series The Tunnel follows detectives Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann as they investigate the death of a prominent French politician. The body is discovered on the border between the United Kingdom and France, presumably under the sea. The investigation takes place across Folkestone and Calais. Following a shocking discovery at the crime scene, the two detectives are forced into an uneasy international alliance and partnership. As the investigation progresses, the pair seeks to identify and apprehend a politically-motivated serial killer. This individual draws the detectives into his own personal agenda or motives. The narrative is categorized within the action and adventure, crime, drama, and mystery genres. The series was released in 2013 and is

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Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Oct 16, 2013 · 47 min

British and French detectives are brought together when a body is discovered inside the Channel Tunnel.

S1·E2 Core

Episode 2

Oct 23, 2013 · 47 min

While the killer's second 'truth' unfolds, Stephen Beaumont crosses the paths of Karl and Elise once more.

S1·E3 Core

Episode 3

Oct 30, 2013 · 47 min

The police face a race against time to identify and capture the killer as he steps up his campaign, targeting a further elderly victim in his 'moral' crusade.

S1·E4 Core

Episode 4

Nov 6, 2013 · 47 min

Karl and Elise battle to locate an elderly soldier before he freezes to death at the hands of the killer. Meanwhile, runaway teen Sophie puts her trust in Benji.

S1·E5 Core

Episode 5

Nov 13, 2013 · 47 min

The Truth Terrorist's third truth begins as Benji carries out his Samurai mission. The police hope to use teenage runaway Sophie to help trap the killer.

S1·E6 Core

Episode 6

Nov 20, 2013 · 47 min

As the killer's incendiary fourth truth begins, Karl and Elise's suspicions fall on Stephen Beaumont. A manhunt begins, but is he the correct suspect?

S1·E7 Core

Episode 7

Nov 27, 2013 · 47 min

Police think they may finally have a lead as the serial killer's actions escalate in his fifth and final 'truth', inciting mob violence in England and France.

S1·E8 Core

Episode 8

Dec 2, 2013 · 47 min

French police capture but then lose the prime suspect before Elise mysteriously disappears. As Karl searches Danny's flat, things start to fall into place.

S1·E9 Mytharc

Episode 9

Dec 9, 2013 · 47 min

In the cross-Channel crime thriller's penultimate instalment, events take a nasty turn for Karl as police get within a hair's breadth of catching the killer.

S1·E10 Mytharc

Episode 10

Dec 9, 2013 · 47 min

The tense crime drama comes to an unmissable climax as Karl falls apart when the Truth Terrorist's change of direction becomes too much to bear.

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