--- title: "Mood" year: 2022 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/mood" fi1m_id: "mood" imdb_id: "tt17520694" tmdb_id: 155500 wikidata_id: "Q111218853" fi1m_score: 76 critics_score: 80 critics_reviews: 5 published: "2026-10-07T19:51:00.276682+00:00" updated: "2026-10-07T19:51:09.730443+00:00" region: "US" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Mood (2022) Created by Nicôle Lecky · 45m · Drama ## Identity Mood - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/mood - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** mood - **IMDb ID:** tt17520694 - **TMDB ID:** 155500 - **Wikidata ID:** Q111218853 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17520694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/155500, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111218853 **Fi1m score: 76** · Critics 80 (early) from 5 reviews *In a sentence:* A musical about a girl who sings when nobody is paying and stops the moment somebody is > Nicôle Lecky writes, stars and sings in a six-part drama about a would-be singer who drifts from her mother’s spare room into influencing and then into selling herself online. It is honest, funny and tense for most of its length; some of the songs let it down. ## Synopsis Sasha Clayton (Nicôle Lecky) is twenty-five, lives in London in her childhood bedroom, and sings, though only into her phone. Her mother Laura (Jessica Hynes) has remarried; her stepfather Kevin (Paul Kaye) wants her out, and her younger half-sister Megan (Mia Jenkins) has learned to tiptoe round her. Sasha still wants Anton (Jordan Duvigneau), who has moved on without telling her. A drunk night ends with the police and her mother’s front door shut behind her. Sleeping where she can, she meets Carly (Lara Peake), an influencer with a white flat, a ring light and a steady income from people who pay to watch her online. Carly offers a bed and a lesson in how followers become money, and Sasha, who has never been paid for anything, starts to listen. ## Review *Mood* is built on a trick that should not work. Sasha Clayton (Nicôle Lecky), a twenty-five-year-old Londoner with a voice and nowhere to use it, breaks into song when the scene can no longer hold what she feels. Not a montage over a track: a full number, lit and choreographed, in a kitchen or a club or a stranger’s bedroom, after which the plot picks up where it left off. Lecky created the series, wrote all six episodes and plays the lead, and the numbers are hers. The first episode is the best. Sasha is living at home with her mother Laura (Jessica Hynes), her stepfather Kevin (Paul Kaye), who has had enough, and her half-sister Megan (Mia Jenkins), who keeps out of the way. She is still fixed on an ex, Anton (Jordan Duvigneau), who has moved on. One drunk night ends with the police at the door and Sasha on the pavement with a bag. Lecky writes the family argument the way families argue, everyone talking about something other than what they mean, and Hynes plays Laura as a woman who has chosen her second family over her first child and will not apologise for it. Then Sasha meets Carly (Lara Peake), and the series finds its subject. Carly is an influencer with a white flat, a ring light and an income from people who pay to see more of her than her followers do. Peake is the find here. She plays Carly as generous and mercenary in the same breath, a girl who will lend you her clothes and sell you something while you are wearing them. The scenes of the two of them in that flat, filming each other, counting likes, are the sharpest the series has about why anyone says yes to this. Nobody is forced. Somebody is simply kind to Sasha for the first time in a while. Nick Morris and Molly Manning Walker shoot the two worlds differently. Laura’s house is daylight through net curtains and the orange of a kitchen at night. Carly’s flat is pink, white and lit from below by phones, and Sarah Jenneson has furnished it with mirrors and almost nothing else, so Sasha is always looking at a version of herself. Verity May Lane and Charlie Knight dress her in hoodies and borrowed dresses, and you can read the series by which she is wearing. Directors Stroma Cairns and Dawn Shadforth stage the numbers with commitment; the best, early on, has Sasha singing to an empty room with the lights changing round her, and it told us more about her than any speech could. What got us, and we had not expected it, was a doorstep scene in the second half that we will not describe. It is Sasha asking her mother for something small and being told no, in a tone that means it is final, and Lecky’s face as she takes it. We were angrier at Laura than at any man in the series, and we think that is what Lecky intended. The flaws are plain. Some of the songs sound finished and some sound like demos, and the weaker ones arrive when the drama has just earned silence. The middle episodes jump around, and the editing by Alastair Reid, Anil Griffin and Eve Doherty cannot always hide that scenes have been dropped. Once Sasha moves from filming herself to meeting clients, the story goes where every version of this story goes. Bryan Senti’s score holds back and lets the songs carry it, which is right. It is an 18 and earns it, for the sex and the language rather than anything lurid; the series never makes the work look like fun. At six episodes of 45 minutes it is not a large commitment. Watch it for Peake, for Hynes, and for the first hour. The rest is good enough to keep you on the sofa. *Fi1m score 76, published 7 October 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is Mood worth watching?** *Mood* is worth watching for anyone with an appetite for a sharp, honest London drama with songs in it, and we scored it 76. Nicôle Lecky writes, stars and sings, and the first episode and Lara Peake's performance as the influencer Carly are the reasons to stay. Some of the songs sound unfinished and the middle episodes jump about. **How long is Mood, and what is it rated?** *Mood* has episodes of about 45m. It is a drama series. **Where can I watch Mood in the US?** *Mood* is available to buy from Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service. **How violent or frightening is Mood, and is it suitable for children?** *Mood* is an 18 and earns it, for sex and strong language rather than violence or anything lurid, and it is not for children. The subject is a young woman drifting into selling herself online, and the series never makes that work look like fun. Teenagers under the certificate should be steered elsewhere; nobody squeamish about frank sexual content should expect an easy watch. **How does Mood compare to I May Destroy You?** *Mood* and [*I May Destroy You*](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you) are both London dramas written and performed by one woman turning a bad year into something sharp and funny, but Michaela Coel's is the stronger and the more frightening of the two. *Mood* is lighter and shorter, six episodes against twelve, with musical numbers in place of Coel's investigation. Choose *Mood* for a smaller commitment and the songs; choose Coel for the better-written series. **What should I watch after Mood?** After *Mood*, try [*I May Destroy You*](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you) (2020, Fi1m 88): Another London writer-performer turning her own worst year into something sharp and funny. Then [*Chewing Gum*](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum) (2015, Fi1m 78): Michaela Coel’s east London comedy about a girl who wants more and asks loudly; and [*Dancer in the Dark*](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark) (2000, Fi1m 71): The hard version of a woman who sings because the plain world will not have her. ### Reviews we read (5) - **The i Paper**, Ed Power (85/100, inferred): The critic finds the series intense and absorbing, with a devastating emotional impact. They praise how its songs illuminate Sasha’s hopes and fears rather than serving as padding. [Read](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/mood-bbc-three-review-nicole-lecky-music-1492966) - **The AV Club**, Saloni Gajjar (B+): Gajjar calls the series a resonant, hopeful, and often bleak drama, praising its empathy and fresh writing. She singles out Lecky and Peake’s raw performances and Lecky’s catchy original songs as particular strengths. [Read](https://www.avclub.com/mood-tv-show-review-bbc-america-1849729607) - **Evening Standard**, Katie Rosseinsky (4/5): Rosseinsky finds the drama consistently challenging and compelling, praising its nuanced exploration of online sex work. She especially singles out its refusal to impose tidy moral conclusions or glamourise the characters’ choices. [Read](https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/mood-review-bbc-three-nicole-lecky-b984510.html) - **The Guardian**, Rebecca Nicholson (80/100, inferred): Nicholson finds the drama invigorating and refreshingly assured, despite occasional songs that feel amateurish. She praises its tense opening and its surreal music sequences for making Sasha’s complicated inner life vivid. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/01/mood-review-songs-sorrow-and-sex-work-in-nicole-leckys-bold-fresh-drama) - **The Hollywood Reporter**, Daniel Fienberg (70/100, inferred): The critic calls the series good and sees it as a breakout for Nicôle Lecky, despite choppy pacing and predictable plotting. They praise Lecky’s original songs and performance for bringing empathy and hope to Sasha’s story. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/mood-nicole-lecky-bbc-america-1235255586/) ## Details - **Created by:** Nicôle Lecky - **Creator:** Nicôle Lecky - **Director:** Stroma Cairns, Dawn Shadforth - **Writer:** Nicôle Lecky - **Cinematography:** Nick Morris, Molly Manning Walker - **Editor:** Alastair Reid, Eve Doherty, Anil Griffin - **Music:** Bryan Senti - **Production design:** Sarah Jenneson - **Costume design:** Verity May Lane, Charlie Knight - **Producer:** Lisa Walters - **Cast:** Nicôle Lecky as Sasha Clayton; Lara Peake as Carly; Ebony Aboagye as Teenage Sasha; Jordan Duvigneau as Anton; Jessica Hynes as Laura; Paul Kaye as Kevin; Mia Jenkins as Megan; Jason York as Curtis - **Runtime:** 45m - **Release (the US):** 1 March 2022 - **Genres:** Drama ## Where to watch in the US - Amazon Prime Video: buy, hd - Apple TV: buy, hd *Checked 2026-10-07.* Also available in: AT, CA, DE, GB, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *I May Destroy You* (2020), Fi1m 88: Another London writer-performer turning her own worst year into something sharp and funny. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md) - *Zola* (2020): A road trip into sex work, told at phone speed, that never pretends anyone is innocent. - *Girlhood* (2014): Paris estate, a new friend, a borrowed dress, and the same slow slide towards trouble. - *Chewing Gum* (2015), Fi1m 78: Michaela Coel’s east London comedy about a girl who wants more and asks loudly. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum.md) - *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Fi1m 71: The hard version of a woman who sings because the plain world will not have her. — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/tv/mood