Atlanta

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Season 3
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 6, 2016
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 55
  3. Negative: 18 out of 55
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  1. BRater
    May 6, 2022
    0
    Idk why no one is admitting how bad and offbrand this season is. But I’ll say it. Seasons one and two had comedic gold with a slow story build for drama. This genre-bending thriller stuff is not it! It’s not funny, plot straddles episodic and serial while failing at both, and the white-guilt/black cringe motif is all unoriginal.
  2. steveyme
    May 22, 2022
    1
    Seasons 1 and 2 were masterpieces. This is absolutely terrible. What happened?
  3. Mattyice
    May 19, 2022
    5
    After a long awaited 3rd season, I'm sad to say I was rather disappointed. This season, as a whole, was far more of a mixed bag than the first two seasons, which I consider some of the best TV produced in the last decade. It has some highs (Three Slaps and The Old Man and the Tree stood out to me as great episodes in particular), but the rest of the season, at many points, just doesn'tAfter a long awaited 3rd season, I'm sad to say I was rather disappointed. This season, as a whole, was far more of a mixed bag than the first two seasons, which I consider some of the best TV produced in the last decade. It has some highs (Three Slaps and The Old Man and the Tree stood out to me as great episodes in particular), but the rest of the season, at many points, just doesn't feel the same to me. A lot of the humor that made the first two seasons stand out got sidelined for more of the horror elements, which is not a bad thing, but does make some points of the season feel dry. The main cast gets sidelined for over half the season as well, which is a bold decision but one that ultimately doesn't work. Many people (myself included) loved the first two seasons for the leads, and for them to not even be in 5 of the episodes feels wrong and like fans of the show got ripped off. Finally, while some episodes feel unique in their thematic elements, others feel very much like they retread on themes of previous seasons. Overall, I hope for better things in the final season (and hopefully a return to Atlanta the city, rather than hopping all over Europe), but I must say the triumphant return of the series feels more like a roller coaster than consistent quality.… Expand
  4. Circe
    Jun 15, 2022
    1
    Boring, not funny, pretentious, so aware of its twists that they aren't twists. Go back to Atlanta please.
  5. troyleeisme
    May 17, 2022
    10
    I considered Atlanta a great show after Season 1 and 2. This season, in my opinion, cements the status of Atlanta as one of the greatest tv shows of all time.
  6. MetacriticOnur
    May 20, 2022
    6
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    not good in any manner or degree.
  7. viachicago22
    May 29, 2022
    10
    Absolutely brilliant. Every episode has been an amazing journey and it’s such a pleasure to sit back and take in what Donald Glover and team have cooked up. Incredible!
  8. JorgeGonzalez92
    Mar 25, 2022
    10
    It's been a long four years since Atlanta graced our television screens, yet nothing has truly changed. It is still fresh, unique, surrealistic, and above all poignant. It keeps pushing the boundaries of what to expect and even of what is acceptable. After such a long hiatus there is always a fear that a show has lost its magic, but Glover keeps proving that the creative genius cap thatIt's been a long four years since Atlanta graced our television screens, yet nothing has truly changed. It is still fresh, unique, surrealistic, and above all poignant. It keeps pushing the boundaries of what to expect and even of what is acceptable. After such a long hiatus there is always a fear that a show has lost its magic, but Glover keeps proving that the creative genius cap that was placed on his head nearly a decade ago is not unearned. I am looking forward to seeing where this season is going because I have no doubt it will keep surprising me.… Expand
  9. brockcheese
    Apr 13, 2022
    9
    This season is so far the most creative and experimental of the three. Yet even with this more artistic approach there are still hilarious situations that comment on race.
  10. SimboTheKing
    Aug 1, 2022
    8
    I'm not quite as big of a fan of this season as much as S2 but if there is one thing I must say, I am a fan of the increase in surrealism. There's so much in this that is reminiscient of Lynch without coming across as a pale imitation. My main issue is there may have been one too many one-off eps and I do find myself wishing the story progressed more. This is a minor nit-pick as anythingI'm not quite as big of a fan of this season as much as S2 but if there is one thing I must say, I am a fan of the increase in surrealism. There's so much in this that is reminiscient of Lynch without coming across as a pale imitation. My main issue is there may have been one too many one-off eps and I do find myself wishing the story progressed more. This is a minor nit-pick as anything that create an episode as good as 'three slaps' deserves its respect. V. excited for S4!… Expand
  11. All_ButTrU4
    Aug 23, 2022
    7
    [Original review:03/26/22]

    [original score:10 ] Gone long enough to convince people it might just be over ATLANTA returns as if ut never left. It's masterful tone intact perfecting it's balance of tension, horror, surrealism and social commentary. Debut with two long awaited episodes that quite any doubts about stagnation but instead challenge yet again what the bar is. It's still    [Original review:03/26/22]

    [original score:10 ]

    Gone long enough to convince people it might just be over ATLANTA returns as if ut never left. It's masterful tone intact perfecting it's balance of tension, horror, surrealism and social commentary. Debut with two long awaited episodes that quite any doubts about stagnation but instead challenge yet again what the bar is. It's still pushing forward capturing hard to discern moments of confusion, fear and anxieties. Despite usually being reluctant to score shows so early in a season Atlanta speaks for itself.

    [Update]
    This season hit the ground running with a balance of horror, humour and drama that we've come to love from Atlanta but this season played out like a time to a flower in a vase: begins as beautiful as when you picked it only to decay. Thats what season 3 has done,it feels off brand. It meanders and feels so out of touch like the inclusion of Liam Nielson who actively expressed violent racist sentiments or the infamous appropriator Chet Hanks who besides his privileged appropriation of Jamaican culture is documented being violent to black women,irrespective of intention these choices felt provocative for the sake of being so . As well as the lack of character development whatsoever, Vanessa is varely present,the European tour is insignificant. The way it confronts topics such as white guilt or black pain isn't revelatory or remotely interesting. This whole season felt forgettable and unnecessary .    … Expand
  12. CarlElmore
    Jan 23, 2023
    8
    Definitely the weakest season of the show overall but still great. The anthology episodes do feel like they were made solely because they couldn't get the whole main cast together for 10 episodes.

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#52 Most Discussed TV Season of 2022

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jun 30, 2022
    100
    Is this a sketch? A meta-critique of cancel culture? Or is Neeson just standing up and staying sorry? It is possibly all three at once. Above all, it is darkly, hysterically funny. And that is the genius of Atlanta – a comedy that is full of horror and bleak chuckles.
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  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Ellen E Jones
    Jun 29, 2022
    100
    Opening a new season with such a narrative non-sequitur would be a bold move for any other show, but here it makes perfect sense. This is television as likely to take inspiration from internet memes and 90s kids cartoons as from a Palme d’Or-winner’s canon.
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  3. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Chris Bennion
    Jun 29, 2022
    100
    It goes without saying that it is a show with a strong flavour and it won’t be for everyone, but Atlanta is a true great of the form, making other comedy-dramas feel like the toy you get inside a Kinder Egg. Atlanta is the Great American Novel trapped inside a flatscreen TV.
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