Unchosen, Netflix, Series 1 (6 episodes)
“Over two thousand cults exist in the United Kingdom. Some are closed communities. But many, like this fictional one, live in plain sight.”
Having grown up around what the creators of this show would no doubt call cult-adjacent communities, reading these words in the opening of Netflix’s new mini-series Unchosen piqued my interest immediately. How would they portray the dynamic between leaders and members? The beauty and security of such a sheltered existence, as well as the pitfalls such sheltering brings? Sadly for those desiring such an exposé, the show’s busy and time-constrained plot did not allow for the full airing such a topic deserves.
