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<i>The Rain</i> Is a Taut Dystopian Thriller

Nordic noir meets YA apocalypse drama meets ludicrous climate fiction in this rollicking new series.
Source: Netflix

It’s best not to think too hard about the premise for , which is that a sudden storm appears one day in Denmark and wipes out most of the country’s population.In short: the rain contains a bioengineered virus, and whoever comes in contact with it starts instantly vomiting and choking to death, and all water is therefore contaminated and totally deadly, except people are mostly fine going out as soon as the rain stops,

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