SPECIAL

About the Series

Nolan, a lonely data analyst, escapes the monotony of his life by using fake identities to scam chain restaurants for free meals. What begins as a harmless rebellion gives him a fleeting sense of control — and a way out of his isolation.

Then he meets Julia: cultured, wealthy, highly educated and just as comfortable with deception. The difference is that Julia is an assassin.

Drawn together by a shared appetite for risk and a mutual longing to be understood, they begin an exhilarating relationship that blurs the line between harmless rule-breaking and genuine danger. As Julia carries out deadly assignments and Nolan pushes his own schemes further, each begins to reshape the other’s sense of what is acceptable.

At its core, SPECIAL explores loneliness, modern relationships, the subjectivity of morality and the intoxicating feeling of finally meeting someone who truly sees you — even when that person may be the worst possible influence on your life.

The World of SPECIAL

SPECIAL lives in the space between the ordinary and the dangerous — restaurants, apartments, rental cars, motels and family dinners becoming the backdrop for increasingly consequential choices.

The humour is grounded in character and behaviour; the danger emerges gradually from the same instincts that first bring Nolan and Julia together.