Babies: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: February 21, 2020

Summary: The six-part documentary series filmed over three years follows 15 infants during their first year.

Genre(s): Documentary, Science

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. First Steps
Air Date: February 21, 2020
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S1:E5. Sleep
Air Date: February 21, 2020
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S1:E4. First Words
Air Date: February 21, 2020

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John Serba

Feb 21, 2020

Just eggheaded enough to engage those of us who want to put a smidgen of math behind the overwhelming flood of emotional sludge we parents feel when we’re being parents, or thinking about being parents, or generally existing as parents. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Feb 21, 2020

“Babies” is akin to watching a documentary about falling in love that spotlights couples but also leans primarily on the testimony of dating app experts. There’s a story to tell there, but the priorities seem skewed. Read full review

The Telegraph Helen Brown

Feb 21, 2020

There was much food for thought in the series for anybody about to embark on parenthood. And although the whole thing could have been compressed into half the length, perhaps it all moves at the right, soothing, gooey-eyed pace for those whose brains are currently being pureed by newborns. Read full review

The Guardian Chitra Ramaswamy

Feb 21, 2020

Ultimately, Babies is a lovely inclusive celebration of humans in their most compact, adorable form that slightly irritated me. While it is exciting that babies learn and know more from a very early age than we ever thought possible, it is also stressful. And it never seems to lead to a greater valuing of parenting, which is mostly done by women. Read full review

Dan Kois

Feb 20, 2020

I often felt as though it could use less science and more … babies. Read full review

Robyn Bahr

Feb 20, 2020

Babies takes a non-linear approach when highlighting the families, editing in footage of infants and toddlers as dictated by the episode's theme, not the chronological progress of the child. ... This choppiness ultimately denies viewers the opportunity to bond with the babies as characters, so we instead start seeing them as objects to "prove" the developmental theories proposed by the episode's featured researchers. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 21, 2020
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  S1:E6. First Steps
  Air Date: February 21, 2020
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  S1:E5. Sleep
  Air Date: February 21, 2020
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  S1:E4. First Words
  Air Date: February 21, 2020
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  S1:E3. Crawling
  Air Date: February 21, 2020
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  S1:E2. First Food
  Air Date: February 21, 2020
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  S1:E1. Love
  Air Date: February 21, 2020