Amazing Stories (2020): Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: March 6, 2020

Summary: The first season of the reboot of the 1985 Steven Spielberg anthology series features Sasha Alexander, Kerry Lynn Bishé, Edward Burns, Juliana Canfield, Whitney Coleman, Robert Forster (in his final performance), Josh Holloway, Dylan O'Brien, and Victoria Pedretti.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. The Rift
Air Date: April 3, 2020
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S1:E5. The Rift
Air Date: April 3, 2020
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S1:E4. Signs of Life
Air Date: March 27, 2020

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Dorothy Rabinowitz

Mar 5, 2020

The color, settings and lavish social detail are mainly what distinguishes this enterprise—an adventure well worth an hour’s viewing, though its resolution is a bit cryptic, as sagas that belong to a category called “Amazing Stories” are wont to be. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Mar 6, 2020

The first episode of Amazing Stories, which is all that Apple made available, is OK, but doesn't merit its A-list adjective. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Mar 6, 2020

If you can let yourself watch as a child again, the hour can become charming once more, even for those old enough to remember when the future Marty was going back to (“It’s your kids, Mary!”) was still to come. Read full review

Alex McLevy

Mar 6, 2020

Given the entire story feels like it came out of a time capsule from 1987, it shouldn’t be surprising that the execution is as outdated as the material. Jessica Sharzer’s script is twee and pat, with characters that feel more like old Disney cartoons than flesh-and-blood people. Pedretti and O’Brien are solid, doing their best with underwritten roles, but their characters’ stories play out with all the excitement and passion of an after-school special about the importance of following your dreams. Read full review

Verne Gay

Mar 6, 2020

Nice, also determinedly dull. Read full review

Collider Rafael Motamayor

Mar 6, 2020

At the end of the day, it’s tricky to judge an entire anthology series based on a single episode, especially when the trailers hinted at more effects-heavy (and hopefully, more “amazing”) stories to come soon. But as it stands, Amazing Stories is not a good enough reason to subscribe to yet another streaming service. Where the original 80s show was bold and boundary-pushing, the first episode of the reboot feels like a safe story that pales in comparison to similar tales of romance that transcend time. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Mar 9, 2020

You’re waiting and waiting for some Black Mirror whiplash twist that never comes. Instead, all that you’re given is the sort of dopey, tapioca time-travel romance we’ve all seen before. ... The show doesn’t know what it wants to be yet—or even get who it’s supposed to be for. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 6, 2020
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  S1:E5. The Rift
  Air Date: April 3, 2020
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  S1:E5. The Rift
  Air Date: April 3, 2020
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  S1:E4. Signs of Life
  Air Date: March 27, 2020
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  S1:E4. Signs of Life
  Air Date: March 27, 2020
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  S1:E3. Dynoman and the Volt
  Air Date: March 20, 2020
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  S1:E3. Dynoman and the Volt
  Air Date: March 20, 2020
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  S1:E2. The Heat
  Air Date: March 13, 2020
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  S1:E2. The Heat
  Air Date: March 13, 2020
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  S1:E1. The Cellar
  Air Date: March 6, 2020
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  S1:E1. The Cellar
  Air Date: March 6, 2020