56 Days

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Season 1
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11

Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Feb 18, 2026
    30
    56 Days is supposed to show the erotic chemistry between two people that led to a wild affair then a gruesome murder. But the affair feels artificial and the investigation of the murder feels excruciatingly drawn out, and the timeline jumping makes the show tiring to watch.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Feb 18, 2026
    20
    If you stick it out until the end of the eight episodes – assuming you’re in the TikTok demographic or you’re bed-bound and have mislaid the remote control – you will find that it does have quite a satisfying ending when it comes to identifying the body in the bath. But by then, like the corpse, your brain will have turned to slop.