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Chosen (2022 TV series)

Chosen is a 2022 Danish science-fiction teen drama series released on Netflix, created by Jannik Tai Mosholt and Christian Potalivo. Over one season of six episodes, the show centers on Emma, a 17-year-old girl whose life is upended after she and her friends uncover an unsettling secret hidden within their small, quiet Danish town, a mystery that traces back to a meteor that fell 17 years before.¹

Key fact	Detail
Format	Danish-language sci-fi teen drama, 1 season, 6 episodes, about 44 minutes each¹^•²
Premiere	January 13, 2022³
Creators	Jannik Tai Mosholt and Christian Potalivo¹
Lead cast	Malaika Berenth Mosendane (Emma), Andrea Heick Gadeberg (Marie), Andreas Dittmer (Frederik), Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt (Mads)¹^•²
Rating	TV-MA; Common Sense Media suggests age 15+ for language and teen drinking³^•⁴
Netflix availability	Added to Netflix USA on January 27, 2022, with Danish original audio plus dubs and subtitles in many languages⁵

Spoilers

Premise and episodes

The story begins when Emma loses her job at a local tourist attraction and teams up with a group of teens investigating the secrets behind a meteor crash 17 years earlier. After learning that the tale of the meteor is entirely false, she uncovers an improbable and dangerous secret hidden within the quiet town, and finds herself alone just when she most needs companionship and community.¹^•⁶

The six episodes, in order, are "The Fact That Meteors Are Made of Glass Is Pretty Crazy!", "Just Think of Queen Margrethe", "Have You Heard?", "Call Mads", "You Hold It with Your Fingers. You Eat It with Your Mouth", and "You Still Want Everything to Be About You". Across the season, Emma searches for evidence to prove she is not lying about what she found, the group follows a strange signal to an abandoned sawmill, Mads confronts the CEO of the company Astraeus about his suspicions, and the finale centers on Emma coming to terms with her parentage while her friends choose sides.¹

Cast and characters

Malaika Berenth Mosendane plays Emma, the teen of color at the center of the series. The supporting ensemble includes Andrea Heick Gadeberg as Marie, Andreas Dittmer as Frederik, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt as Mads, Mohamed Djeziri as Elvis, Magnus Juhl Andersen as Jonas, and Anders Heinrichsen as Lukas.²^•⁴

Reception and content notes

Netflix categorizes the show as Danish, Sci-Fi, Teen, and TV Thriller, describing it as mind-bending, suspenseful, and Nordic Noir with coming-of-age elements.¹ Common Sense Media's review called it deliberate and atmospheric, an unusual entry into the teen-mystery genre that rewards patient viewers, while noting that the action is somewhat slow, with many scenes carrying more mood than plot development.⁴

The series carries a TV-MA rating. Common Sense Media's parents' guide flags frequent cursing, scenes of teens drinking shots of hard liquor at parties, and sci-fi-esque danger from otherworldly forces as well as humans, and notes that such content is atypical for teen series made in the United States; in Denmark, where the show was made, teens can buy beer and wine at 16.⁴

On Rotten Tomatoes the series shows no counted critic reviews and an audience average of 47 percent from fewer than 50 ratings, a small sample.³

Distribution

Netflix lists Chosen with Danish original audio and audio description, plus dubbed audio tracks in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (Latin America), and subtitles in Danish, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, and other languages depending on region.¹^•⁵ Flixboss records the series as available on Netflix in many countries from January 27 or 28, 2022, with one season of six episodes.⁵

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026