Which AI short to watch first? Pick by mood

How to use this picker

Read the mood that sounds like your evening and ignore the rest. Each answer is a series from this site with a free first episode, so a wrong guess costs about a minute of your time. Where two titles are listed, the first is the safer start and the second is slightly stranger. The heat of each story is described on its own page, in words, before you press play.

If you want a slow-burn romance

Opposing Counsel puts two rival barristers in the same Leeds trial and then in the same hotel bar. Until Midnight does it with a fake date and a clock. Both let tension build instead of rushing.

If you like office power games

Under the Boss follows a temp in a London office whose boss keeps noticing her. My Billionaire Boss opens on a ruined presentation and one question about a name.

If you want fantasy and magic

The Witch Who Made Me King gives a knight seven days and a witch with a price. Creatures of Habit is lighter: an actor rehearsing dates with a vampire, a ghost and a succubus.

If you want a sci-fi twist

Matched is about an assigned marriage under inspection, and Factory Settings is about an android switched on by an engineer who was meant to take her apart.

If you want a thriller

Talia Undercover sends an investigator into a biotech firm, and Protective Custody keeps an agent in a cabin with a rule. Both are tight and fast.

If you want to laugh

Grim has the Reaper stuck with a target not due until Friday. Killer Neighbour has a hitwoman who cooks too well to finish the job.

If you want married-life drama

Who Keeps Texting My Wife? begins with a phone going dark. The Man Next Door Knows starts when a new neighbor notices what Amanda stopped expecting anyone to see.

If you want a getaway

Connecting Door sails a Mediterranean cruise across twelve episodes, and Changing Room takes a spa break in the Cotswolds.

If you only have ten minutes

Free first episodes are short. Cleopatra and Caesar is under a minute, The Witch Who Made Me King also under a minute, and most Dreamy Shorts run about a minute. Newest Model is just over a minute and a quarter, and Matched about the same. In ten minutes you can sample six series and still have time to pick one.

If you are unsure about heat

Secrets AI shows a flame rating from 0 to 5 on every episode, and first episodes on this board sit at 0 or 1. Dreamy Shorts and Candy AI do not show a number, so read the series page, where we say how far each story goes. Everyone in them is an adult, and the door always closes before the details.

If you liked this, try that

• Liked Matched? Try Factory Settings.
• Liked Grim? Try Creatures of Habit.
• Liked Kiss My Enemy? Try Centre Pass, another rivalry.
• Liked Blade and Body? Try Sworn to the Queen.

Still undecided? Read the free episodes page, the pricing rundown, or the guide on how AI short episodes work. The channels for Candy AI, Dreamy Shorts and Secrets AI hold the rest.