Beyond (2017)

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Season 1
  • Network: Freeform
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 2, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 7 out of 22
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  1. Robo19
    Feb 20, 2017
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm not picky when it comes to TV shows and this is right up my ally, I would even go so far as to say I was hoping for a "Kyle XY" cheese. I appreciated the early and mid season, to my surprise this is when most critics seemed displeased, but the show really lost me in the last few episodes. There is good drama and then there cheesy drama; the drama that is beyond common logic, the "instead of doing something about the problem, we admit to the inevitability of it and talk about our feelings followed by the absolute resolve to never let them go only to...let them go" drama, ya it is that bad. Furthermore, I feel like the writers couldn't make up their minds as to who they wanted the main character's love interest to be so they just went with three, that is right, he has three intimate relationships in just one season. To credit, they did get rid of the most uninteresting one early on but had already wasted enough screen time to make it frustrating yet liberating that the most uninteresting side character was removed so inconclusively. I'll get back to his second love interest. His third love interest and what was assumed to be the most relevant and yet turned out to be the most dissatisfying pretty much ended with them sleeping together only to be separated by morning, I mean who wouldn't take a gun shot to leave after a one-night stand? The second love interest was probably the most shallow relationship with a "I remember you" make out scene and plenty of "I care about you" moments but so little intimacy you would assume they were "just friends" but by the end of the season you really can't tell who he is with or if he is just with them both. In the entire season, so little of the story is actually explained that you can't help but feel the season cliffhangers are the same mysteries as the whole season feeling like nothing actually happened. I was surprised to see this show get renewed for a second season and I will probably watch season two in hopes of improvement but I won't be expecting much.
    TLDR: If you are bored and have nothing to do, sure, but otherwise don't bother watching it.    … Expand
  2. whostosay
    Jan 16, 2017
    6
    An intriguing beginning that promised mystery and discovery with engaging characters. Unfortunately he last episode fell flat like a thud as if the writers didn't know where to take the storyline.

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Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Jan 3, 2017
    40
    The series, created by Adam Nussdorf and executive produced by “Heroes” creator Tim Kring, hardly feels new. We have seen this person who gets unwanted special powers thing before. But because all 10 episodes are available at once, you might find yourself meandering along before you know it.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Jan 3, 2017
    40
    The show is built to be mind-bending but doesn’t have the requisite urgency to entice you aboard for the ride. Instead, you have to force yourself to stay with it until about the four-hour mark, when it finally gets a bit of traction.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Jan 3, 2017
    40
    As it is, Beyond’s characters are so bland and their dilemmas so unremarkable that it may be difficult to make it through the show’s two-hour pilot.
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