| Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: October 25, 2024 |
Summary:
Child psychiatrist Eli Adler (Billy Crystal), who lost his wife (Judith Light) recently, meets a foster child (Jacobi Jupe) who might have a connection to his past in the psychological thriller written by Sarah Thorp.
Genre(s):
Drama, Suspense
Season 1 Episodes
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The Guardian
Oct 24, 2024
Before remains more of a mood piece than a full-on ghost or gory horror story. It is at least as interested in the manifestations of guilt in real life as it is using them as fuel for the supernatural narrative, and maintains the grief-stricken atmosphere as well as it does the spine-tingling stuff. And Crystal is brilliant.
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Oct 24, 2024
It moves slowly until the accelerating endgame, urged forward by a ticking clock. There is also more than a bit of repetition — scenes played in different settings, with different energies, props and clues, but making more or less the same point, even as the series lopes bit by bit toward a conclusion.
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Oct 25, 2024
Oct 24, 2024
Crystal turns in a solid, intense, straight dramatic performance as a singularly focused, borderline narcissistic and not particularly likable character who is in more immediate need of therapy than most of his patients. Unfortunately, his character is mired in a great-looking but glacially paced and gimmick-riddled ghost story that might have worked as a feature film but grates like Freddy Krueger’s nails sliding down a chalkboard over the course of 10 episodes.
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The Times
Oct 24, 2024
Oct 24, 2024
The series fails on just about every level. It’s emotionally shallow and, stretched across 10 repetitive episodes, chronically boring—a psychological thriller that offers neither psychological insight nor thrills. The story is at once familiar and ridiculous. The dialogue is a string of clichés.
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Air Date: October 25, 2024
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