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Mental

8.5
3 seasons
33 episodes
Returning Series
Drama
Comedy

Plot Summary

Four young adults with different stories but the same destination; closed psychiatric ward.

First Aired:May 14, 2016
Last Aired:August 27, 2021
Episode Runtime:30m
Networks:
Yle TV2
Created By:
Teemu Nikki, Jani Pösö

Cast & Characters

Where to watch free (US)

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Seasons (3)

Season 1

Season 1

15 episodes

Aired: 2016

Four young people end up in closed psychiatric ward for different reasons. All of them have some serious issues going on - 3 tried to kill themselves and one is suffering from bad mixed drug abuse problem. Treatments seem to be working, but after all new friendships cure better than any drug. But when you get out of the mental institution are you normal again?

Season 2

Season 2

10 episodes

Aired: 2018

Hyde, Papillon, Satakieli ja Lumikki have all got out of the psychiatric ward and are now trying to get back to normal life.

Season 3

Season 3

8 episodes

Aired: 2021

Hyde has ended up working at a reception centre where a busload of young asylum seekers arrive. Included are teenagers Omar, Hussein and Masumah, one fleeing killers, another abuse and third boredom. Once there, they are met not only by a new friend, Aisha, but also by a host of enemies. They come face to face with the fact that there is no escaping the nightmares, but they must be faced with courage.

Production

YLE

It's Alive Films