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The OA: Standards & Science

The OA is an American mystery drama television series with science fiction, supernatural, and fantasy elements. The OA debuted on Netflix on December 16, 2016. Created and executive-produced by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, the series is their third collaboration. The series consists of two seasons of eight episodes each, nearly all directed by…

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The OA topic overview

The analysis highlights Standards and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around The OA.

Related topics: 87
Source areas: 6
Connected nodes: 93
Extracted relationships: 198
Concept neighborhoods: 18
Bridge connections: 93

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 32 topics

Overview · 27 topics

Reception · 11 topics

Cancellation and fan response · 7 topics

Production · 6 topics

Synopsis · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre: Mystery · Drama · Science fiction · Supernatural · Fantasy
Cinematography: Lol Crawley · Steven Meizler · Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Composers: Rostam Batmanglij · Danny Bensi · Saunder Jurriaans · Jay Wadley · John Rossiter
Country of origin: United States
Created by: Brit Marling · Zal Batmanglij
Directed by: Zal Batmanglij · Andrew Haigh · Anna Rose Holmer

Suggested research paths

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Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Synopsis

FBI
Another dimension Parallel universes in fiction
San Francisco
Private eye Private investigator

Cast

Production

Cancellation and fan response

Reception

Empire Empire (magazine)
BBC BBC Online
100 greatest TV series of the 21st century BBC's 100 Greatest Television Series of the 21st Century
NME
Wired Wired (magazine)
Collider Collider (website)
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Drama Series GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series
Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Drama Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama
2018 70th Writers Guild of America Awards
29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards

Advanced semantic analysis

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How The OA connects Entity context

The extracted context around The OA shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The OA → Abel Johnson, Alfonso, Angie, BBA, Betty, Brit Marling, Broderick-AllenAlice Krige, Buck Vu, Chloë Levine, Dr, French, Hap, Homer RobertsScott Wilson, Hunter Aloysius, Jason Isaacs, Jesse MillsBrandon Perea, Karim Washington, Michelle Vu, Nancy Johnson, Nina AzarovaEmory Cohen Another extracted example is The OA → Additionally, Alex Kurtzman, Batmanglij, Change, Fans, Jason Isaacs, Kelly, Live, Mark, Marling, Netflix, Netflix's Los Angeles Headquarters, OA, On August, On June, One, Prominent, Sam Esmail, SaveTheOA, Shonda Rhimes. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The OA

Top relations

related to Main · 35

The OA → Abel Johnson, Alfonso, Angie, BBA, Betty, Brit Marling, Broderick-AllenAlice Krige, Buck Vu, Chloë Levine, Dr, French, Hap, Homer RobertsScott Wilson, Hunter Aloysius, Jason Isaacs, Jesse MillsBrandon Perea, Karim Washington, Michelle Vu, Nancy Johnson, Nina AzarovaEmory Cohen

related to Cancellation and fan response · 25

The OA → Additionally, Alex Kurtzman, Batmanglij, Change, Fans, Jason Isaacs, Kelly, Live, Mark, Marling, Netflix, Netflix's Los Angeles Headquarters, OA, On August, On June, One, Prominent, Sam Esmail, SaveTheOA, Shonda Rhimes

related to Production · 25

The OA → Anonymous Content, Batmanglij, Brad Pitt's Plan, Brit Marling, Choreographer Ryan Heffington, December, Entertainment, Following, From, He, Heffington, March, Marling, My Voice, Netflix, Plan, Rostam Batmanglij, Sound, The, The East

Starring · 15

The OA → Alice Krige, Brandon Perea, Brendan Meyer, Brit Marling, Chloë Levine, Emory Cohen, Ian Alexander, Jason Isaacs, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Patrick Gibson, Paz Vega, Phyllis Smith, Scott Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Will Brill

related to Accolades · 13

The OA → Actors, Actresses Union Awards, America Award, Best Female Performance, Brit Marling, Episodic Drama, GLAAD Media Awards, Homecoming, International Production, Outstanding Drama Series, Paz Vega, Writers Guild, Zal Batmanglij

Editors · 10

The OA → Alex O'Flinn, Andrew Weisblum, Blake Holland, Geraud Brisson, Jonathan Alberts, Lisa Lassek, Luke Ciarrocchi, Matthew Hannam, Neil Meiklejohn, Saela Davis

Executive producers · 10

The OA → Alison Engel, Blair Fetter, Brad Pitt, Brit Marling, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Michael Sugar, Nina Wolarsky, Sarah Esberg, Zal Batmanglij

related to Critical response · 10

The OA → BBC, Best TV Shows, Collider, Decade, Empire, In, NME, The, TV, Wired

related to Part II · 9

The OA → America, Hap, Karim Washington, Meanwhile, OA, OA's, Prairie, San Francisco, The

Composers · 7

The OA → Aaron M. Olson, Danny Bensi, Jay Wadley, John Rossiter, Keegan DeWitt, Rostam Batmanglij, Saunder Jurriaans

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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The OA relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 198 structured relationships around The OA. Examples in this analysis include The OA → Cinematography → Lol Crawley and The OA → Cinematography → Steven Meizler. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
The OA	Cinematography	Lol Crawley	1.00	infobox
The OA	Cinematography	Steven Meizler	1.00	infobox
The OA	Cinematography	Magnus Nordenhof Jønck	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	Rostam Batmanglij	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	Danny Bensi	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	Saunder Jurriaans	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	Jay Wadley	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	John Rossiter	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	Aaron M. Olson	1.00	infobox
The OA	Composers	Keegan DeWitt	1.00	infobox
The OA	Country of origin	United States	1.00	infobox
The OA	Created by	Brit Marling	1.00	infobox
The OA	Created by	Zal Batmanglij	1.00	infobox
The OA	Directed by	Zal Batmanglij	1.00	infobox
The OA	Directed by	Andrew Haigh	1.00	infobox
The OA	Directed by	Anna Rose Holmer	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Jonathan Alberts	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Geraud Brisson	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Matthew Hannam	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Lisa Lassek	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Andrew Weisblum	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Alex O'Flinn	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Neil Meiklejohn	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Luke Ciarrocchi	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Blake Holland	1.00	infobox
The OA	Editors	Saela Davis	1.00	infobox
The OA	Executive producers	Brit Marling	1.00	infobox
The OA	Executive producers	Zal Batmanglij	1.00	infobox
The OA	Executive producers	Brad Pitt	1.00	infobox
The OA	Executive producers	Dede Gardner	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The OA bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Series, Season and Tv. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

The OA
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The OA, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The OA with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

The OA — Cast · splits 61 ⟂ 33

The OA — Overview · splits 66 ⟂ 28

The OA — Reception · splits 82 ⟂ 12

The OA — Cancellation and fan response · splits 86 ⟂ 8

The OA — Production · splits 87 ⟂ 7

The OA — Synopsis · splits 89 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

The OA

Nodes94

Edges93

Triples198

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.021277

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The OA to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Standards & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The OA · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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