{ "id": "ep0syp0jp9", "slug": "tore", "title": "Tore", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama", "label": "Family and relationship drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama.family-and-domestic-drama", "label": "Family and domestic drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama.family-and-domestic-drama" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama.family-and-domestic-drama.family-sagas-and-household-dramas", "label": "Family sagas and household dramas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama.family-and-domestic-drama.family-sagas-and-household-dramas" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Western Europe · 2021 and later: Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021", "label": "Western Europe · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Tore is a 2023 Swedish comedy-drama miniseries on Netflix, created, written by, and starring William Spetz, directed by Erika Calmeyer. Six episodes follow a 27-year-old funeral-home assistant suppressing grief through Stockholm queer nightlife.", "snippet": "Tore is a 2023 Swedish comedy-drama miniseries on Netflix, created, written by, and starring William Spetz, directed by Erika Calmeyer. Six episodes follow a 27-year-old funeral-home assistant suppressing grief through Stockholm queer nightlife.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.family-and-relationship-drama.family-and-domestic-drama.family-sagas-and-household-dramas", "markdown": "# Tore\n\n**Tore** is a Swedish comedy-drama television series created, written by, and starring William Spetz, released globally on Netflix on October 27, 2023.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) The six-episode series follows a 27-year-old funeral-home assistant who suppresses his grief after his father's death and escapes into Stockholm's queer nightlife.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) Netflix describes it as a \"feel-good-and-bad dramedy about running away from all the things that hurt while trying to figure out who you are.\"[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Six-episode Swedish dramedy, average runtime about 32 minutes, rated TV-MA[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) • [2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/71020/tore) |\n| Premiere | October 27, 2023, globally on Netflix; all six episodes released the same day[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) • [3](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81589003) |\n| Creator and star | William Spetz, who also plays the title role; directed by Erika Calmeyer[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) |\n| Production company | B-Reel Films; producer Anna-Klara Carlsten[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) |\n| Setting | Stockholm and its suburbs[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news) |\n| Recognition | Nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New Series[5](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tore-creator-star-william-spetz-234442810.html) |\n| Reception | 81% average Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes; 6.9/10 on IMDb[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/tore) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24132876/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nWhen 27-year-old Tore loses the most important person in his life, his father Bosse, in a garbage truck accident, he does everything he can to suppress his grief.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) During the day he continues working at his father's funeral home, Årsta Funeral Home, as if nothing has happened, and begins flirting with Erik, the new florist.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) • [4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news) After dark, he takes up a spot aboard a party boat in the city, where he tries alcohol, sex, and drugs for the first time.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix)\n\nNetflix Tudum describes Tore as a late bloomer who spirals into self-destruction to cope, jeopardizing his friendships and livelihood, but who finds light in a friendship with the florist Erik and with a drag performer known as Shady Meat.[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news) His best friend Linn and the funeral home colleagues grow worried that he is losing his footing in his attempts to escape reality.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) The series is not based on a book or a true story.[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n\n### Cast and characters\n\n- William Spetz as Tore, an assistant at Årsta Funeral Home[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Sanna Sundqvist as Linn, Tore's best friend[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Peter Haber as Bosse, Tore's father and owner of the funeral home[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Hannes Fohlin as Erik, a florist[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Victor Iván as Viggo, a man Tore meets at a gay club[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Carlos Romero Cruz as Shady Meat, a drag performer at Tore's local club[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Karin Bertling as Heidi, a client of the funeral home who has just lost her husband[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Lotta Tejle as Ulla and Per Svensson as Per, employees at Årsta[4](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n- Doreen Ndagire as Lo, Tore's friend[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix)\n\n### Episodes\n\nAll six episodes were released on October 27, 2023.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) The first episode, \"Something New Will Do You Good,\" introduces Tore's annoyance at his father's push for him to move out, before a fatal collision changes his life.[13](https://www.netflix.com/title/81589003) Later episodes include \"If They Wear Watches, They're Straight,\" in which Tore tries to approach Erik while Shady Meat shows him how to navigate a new environment, and \"To Speak or to Die,\" in which an unexpected guest at the funeral home worsens his erratic behavior.[13](https://www.netflix.com/title/81589003) The finale, \"Hjem,\" aired October 27, 2023, with a new friend's indiscretion getting Tore in trouble before he stops in Uppsala on a journey to redeem himself.[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/71020/tore)\n\n## Production\n\nWilliam Spetz created and wrote the series and plays the title role; Erika Calmeyer directed all six episodes.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) The production company was B-Reel Films, with Anna-Klara Carlsten producing, Karl-Erik Brøndbo as director of photography, Sara Wiklund as production designer, Emelie Henriksson as costume designer, and Erika Nicklasson as make-up designer.[1](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix) Spetz had previously starred in Netflix's first Swedish original series, *Quicksand*, and began his career at 15 posting comedic videos on YouTube.[5](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tore-creator-star-william-spetz-234442810.html)\n\nIn a 1202 Magazine interview, Spetz said the series touches on grief, family, LGBTQIA+ identity, mental health, and community, and that every character, scene, and story is fictional, which he found more manageable than portraying someone actually like himself.[8](https://www.1202magazine.com/culture/william-spetz-on-creating-writing-starring-in-netflix-series-tore)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe series holds an average Tomatometer of 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/tore) On the Swedish review aggregator Kritiker, season 1 scored 3.3 out of 5 across critics, with Cinetaste giving 5/5, Filmtopp and Sydsvenskan 4/5, Aftonbladet 3/5, and Barometern and Borås Tidning 2/5.[9](https://www.kritiker.se/serier/tore/) Aftonbladet's reviewer Karolina Fjellborg called it \"fine but expected tragicomedy,\" rating it 3 of 5 and describing the core of Spetz's anxiety-humor series as a person who would rather not have to deal with life, whether growing up, exploring his sexuality, or handling grief, but ultimately must.[10](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/8J0XkA/tore-recension-fin-men-forvantad-tragikomik-av-william-spetz)\n\nIn *El País*, Ángel S. Harguindey wrote that the series is essentially about the difficulties, real or imagined, of personal relationships, with sex, drugs, and disco music abounding against a dramatic background.[11](https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-08/tore-or-the-clumsiness-of-human-beings-for-finding-pleasure.html) In an academic treatment of queer grieving, Antu Sorainen, Associate Professor of Gender Studies at the [University of Helsinki](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-helsinki), placed *Tore* alongside *Good Grief* as a Netflix series that engages mass audiences with the complexities of attachment to a lost love object, noting that *Tore* addresses grief through a post-queer, destructive path that ends relatively well.[12](https://lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/download/1023/752)\n\nThe show was nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New Series, and Spetz received favorable reviews for his performance.[5](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tore-creator-star-william-spetz-234442810.html)\n\n## References\n\n1. ['TORE' Premieres October 27 On Netflix, About Netflix (5 September 2023)](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tore-premieres-october-27-on-netflix)\n2. [Tore, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/71020/tore)\n3. [Is 'Tore' on Netflix? Where to Watch the Series, New On Netflix USA](https://usa.newonnetflix.info/info/81589003)\n4. ['Tore': Everything You Need to Know About the Swedish Series, Netflix Tudum (2 November 2023)](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/tore-release-date-news)\n5. ['Tore' Creator & Star William Spetz Signs With TFC Management, Yahoo Entertainment (29 February 2024)](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tore-creator-star-william-spetz-234442810.html)\n6. [Tore, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/tore)\n7. [Tore (TV Series 2023), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24132876/)\n8. [William Spetz on Creating, Writing, and Starring in Netflix Series TORE, 1202 Magazine](https://www.1202magazine.com/culture/william-spetz-on-creating-writing-starring-in-netflix-series-tore)\n9. [Tore (2023) – recensioner, betyg & streaming, Kritiker](https://www.kritiker.se/serier/tore/)\n10. [Tore, recension: Fin men förväntad tragikomik av William Spetz, Aftonbladet](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/8J0XkA/tore-recension-fin-men-forvantad-tragikomik-av-william-spetz)\n11. ['Tore' or the clumsiness of human beings for finding pleasure, El País (8 November 2023)](https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-08/tore-or-the-clumsiness-of-human-beings-for-finding-pleasure.html)\n12. [Antu Sorainen, queer grieving in *Tore* and *Good Grief*, Lambda Nordica](https://lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/download/1023/752)\n13. 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