Anatomy of a Scandal: Season 1

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Ratings

See All

5.2

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

5.2	Your Score
5.2	User Score Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Anatomy Of A Scandal

Now Playing: Anatomy Of A Scandal

Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: April 15, 2022

Summary: The legal thriller anthology co-created by David Kelley with Melissa James Gibson is based on the Sarah Vaughan novel of the same name about the scandal that endangers the marriage of an ambitious minister (Rupert Friend) in parliament and the barrister (Michelle Dockery) who prosecutes the case.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

Season 1 Episodes

No episode information is currently available for this season

See all Seasons and Episodes

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Apr 15, 2022

"Anatomy of a Scandal" is, nevertheless, far from anything approaching lightheartedness. It's a saga about justice as regards the matter of sex—a story burdened by its tonnage of flashbacks, but one that remains, throughout, unfailing in its power to captivate. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

Apr 26, 2022

If you’re someone who doesn’t mind substandard dialogue or visual gimmicks — and be warned, most episodes end with cheesy effects that make you think you’ve switched to a disaster flick — and you just want a decent page-turner that you don’t feel compelled to binge in one night, this fits the bill. Read full review

Nina Metz

Apr 14, 2022

“Anatomy of a Scandal” is a considerable upgrade [from "The Undoing"]. Don’t get me wrong, it’s garbage, but it’s high-end garbage and eminently binge-able. ... I would have liked more of an emphasis on how Kate builds her case, but the show isn’t particularly interested in the nuts and bolts of it all. It’s not a courtroom thriller. Read full review

Collider Carly Lane

Apr 5, 2022

Out of all the thriller fare that Kelley has adapted for the small screen to date, the whole of Anatomy of a Scandal is disappointingly much less compelling than the sum of its parts. Read full review

Peter Travers

Apr 15, 2022

Despite risible dialogue and a disturbing swing toward cheap theatrics, this weak but watchable legal thriller still puts a human face on the MeToo movement thanks to committed, compelling performances from Sienna Miller and Michelle Dockery. Read full review

The Independent Nick Hilton

Apr 15, 2022

If this confluence of saucy potboiler Apple Tree Yard and the Oxbridge oafs of The Riot Club sounds naff, that’s because it is. And the writing doesn’t help. Read full review

The Playlist Brian Tallerico

Apr 5, 2022

The truth is that this one feels phoned in, like a contract that Kelley signed and then never really bothered to put in the work to flesh out these characters beyond the checklist of salacious plot twists from the source material. The true scandal is how lazy it all feels. Read full review

SEE ALL 20 REVIEWS

User Score

Write a Review

5.2

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

User Reviews

MarcDoyle

May 16, 2022

It's a really solid show, an entertaining page-turner, but it's just... missing something. It doesn't drive the knife in.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

portmanteau

Apr 22, 2022

Yikes, Americans writing dialogue for posh brits, doesn't work out very well. It's super clunky and peppered with English clichés. Unintentionally hilarious. Very very bad.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00