# Trigger (2020)

> A disgraced Russian psychologist, jailed after a client's suicide, returns to solve other people's impossible problems while trying to prove his controversial method worked.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/83776

## Facts

- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 40
- Episode runtime: 49 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: drama, mystery
- Created by: Dmitry Tyurin
- Network: Channel One, Kinopoisk
- Cast: Maksim Matveev, Elena Tronina, Igor Kostolevskiy, Svetlana Ivanova, Viktoriya Maslova, Roman Mayakin, Vladislav Tiron, Danila Dunaev
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9011124/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: intense, morally uneasy, tense, melancholic, gripping

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series positively, with praise for its provocative psychological case-of-the-week premise and the lead's performance, and a stronger second season.

## Synopsis

Trigger (2020-present) is a Russian scripted drama series created by Dmitry Tyurin and aired on Channel One and Kinopoisk. Psychologist Artem Streletsky (Maksim Matveev) has built his reputation on a provocative therapy method, until one of his clients takes their own life after a rooftop session that Artem urged. Convicted and sentenced to eight years in a penal colony, he loses his license, his wife Dasha (Svetlana Ivanova) and most of his friends. With help from his best friend Denis (Roman Mayakin), he gets out and sets out to prove his method works and that the death was not his fault. His father (Igor Kostolevskiy) and sister (Angelina Strechina) orbit the story as family pressure. Each episode is a self-contained case in which Artem tackles a seemingly impossible personal problem, while a serialized thread about his own vindication runs through the season. The tone is intense and morally uneasy, mixing clinical tension with emotional dread and a steady hunger for justice. Fans of In Treatment and Mr. Robot will find resonance in its therapist-driven drama and its flawed protagonist fighting for his name. Across three seasons with a strong audience reception, it is a Russian television drama built on therapy sessions, personal ruin and redemption.

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