TV Mini Series · 2020 · TV Mini Series · 2020s
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Two parallel scores from 139 z-qualifying reviewers and 150 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: TV Mini Series · 2020s (1,094 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers. The 25-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,094 peers in TV Mini Series · 2020s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.070 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 5.31 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 5.34 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.209 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 139 / 150 |
Summary
A six-part HBO documentary series based on Michelle McNamara's bestselling book, chronicling her obsessive investigation into the Golden State Killer, an unidentified serial rapist and murderer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s. The series interweaves McNamara's personal story and untimely death with survivor testimonies and the decades-long hunt that ultimately led to the suspect's identification through genetic genealogy.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
139 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.070. DB2 raw mean = 5.34.
90% CI-floor = -0.209. Thin samples penalized.
Global 43.9 / cohort 35.5. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: TV Mini Series · 2020s
