What is Blood Simple's IQ Score?

Blood Simple has an IQ Score of 144/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 37/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 34/50 Educational Value, and 37/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Blood Simple educational?

Blood Simple is moderate on educational value, 34/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Blood Simple , IQ Score 144/200

Blood Simple has an IQ Score of 144/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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144/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

TVI Canon

Coen Brothers →

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The TVI Take

The Coens' debut feature, a Texas-bar-owner-hires-a-PI-to-kill-his-wife-and-her-lover structure that turns into a four-way misunderstanding cascade. The 1984 budget shows but the formal control doesn't; M.

Emmet Walsh's PI is the rare debut-film villain whose moral architecture the camera takes seriously. The fish-on-the-counter scene is the Coens' visual language already fully formed.

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