# The Cheat (2017)

> A software developer who patches video games discovers that one flawless game is spilling its consequences into the real world.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/75661

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 20 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: science fiction, mystery, thriller
- Created by: Taha Ulukaya
- Network: BluTV
- Cast: Taha Ulukaya, Harun Can, Andaç Ulukaya, Taner Şahin, Ebru Sarıtaş, Neslihan Ulusoy, İlhami Uludağ, Cem Asan
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6456546/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Tone: tense, paranoid, contemplative, eerie

## Synopsis

The Cheat (2017-2020) is a Turkish science fiction mystery thriller series created by Taha Ulukaya for BluTV. Taha Ulukaya plays Felix Weber, a software developer at an anti-virus company who moonlights repairing bugs in video games. When he receives an offer from the famous game studio R.W Games, he expects routine error fixing, but the game turns out to contain no errors at all. Felix soon realizes the game is echoing into real life, and his world is no longer the same. Harun Can plays Edmond and Andaç Ulukaya plays Azra, with Taner Şahin as David, rounding out a cast that moves with Felix through the escalating strangeness. The series runs three seasons across twenty-four episodes of about twenty minutes each, following a continuing story where each season deepens the mystery. The engine is Felix's effort to understand the anomaly while the line between game and reality keeps dissolving around him. The tone is tense and paranoid, with a contemplative sense of unease about technology and control. Fans of Black Mirror and Mr. Robot will find resonance in its digital dread, its hacker-tinged intrigue, and its unsettling questions about what is real.

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