Bitten

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Season 1
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 128 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 16 out of 128
  3. Negative: 26 out of 128
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  1. 4poppedcollars
    Jul 13, 2014
    2
    Ok so this show was just awful... let me apologize first for all Torontonians who are foced to cringe at the constant shout outs made each time this show airs. Let me also apologize for the terrible casting job done by this show. I assure you not all actors here in the great white north are this terrible.

    So I watched this with a group and needless to say we all felt the need to blast    Ok so this show was just awful... let me apologize first for all Torontonians who are foced to cringe at the constant shout outs made each time this show airs. Let me also apologize for the terrible casting job done by this show. I assure you not all actors here in the great white north are this terrible.

    So I watched this with a group and needless to say we all felt the need to blast it. Yes the show is mostly garbage and complete festering dog doo. But there are a few tiny gems. Jeramy isn't casted badly and is a cool actor, clay can be decent when he isn't forced to stoop to the female leads **** acting abilities. Never read the books myself so I can't really judge how its following the series. Only that this is a pretty god awful show and needs to be revamped or something to not make me want to gouge my eyes out. Originally from a small town and no girl looks like that, has a house that geared up, or guys look that Nicklebacky.

    Though watching a girl who is supposedly supposed to be on the run from a band of serial killers and kung fu master constantly wear heels is pretty funny and entertaining. I mean like seriously man? Whatever just fap to her later right? -_-    … Expand
  2. justsumnerd
    Jul 13, 2014
    0
    What a steaming pile of flaming **** The female lead asks like a whiny teen or 20 year old when she should be like 30+. The casting for the most part is just awful for the female cast. As someone from Toronto, read the books and is Male. This is just an over-hyped trashy way to get a hold of that twilight girl based target market.

    Here is a fun fact guys and girls like good plot    What a steaming pile of flaming **** The female lead asks like a whiny teen or 20 year old when she should be like 30+. The casting for the most part is just awful for the female cast. As someone from Toronto, read the books and is Male. This is just an over-hyped trashy way to get a hold of that twilight girl based target market.

    Here is a fun fact guys and girls like good plot lines, realistic casting, thought provoking dialogue and realistic plot/ character progression and development. When will tv stations learn to keep marketing and demographic sheets out of television. Because good television sells a hell of a lot more than marketed television. Arrow learned that in the second season gradually moving away from the tween- young adult market and more to the 20-25+ market. Orphan Black, Defiance, Suits all more content driven and less driven by statistics.

    Content drives views and ratings don't believe me? Look at the best vlogs, blogs and shows on TV. We live in a more enlightened age. So stop trying to sell us on the show and start trying to give us a compelling product we can't help but not miss.    … Expand
  3. comicstudybuddy
    Jul 13, 2014
    0
    Just watched this with my friend and so disappointed. I am a girl and to think that we would be so easily swayed by this twilight, soap opera, girly mush. Is just pathetic ladies are smart enough to know when they are being sold a bag of goods. Read the books and was soooooooo excited to see how it would be portrayed way to let me down. This show is nothing but buzz words, marketing sheetJust watched this with my friend and so disappointed. I am a girl and to think that we would be so easily swayed by this twilight, soap opera, girly mush. Is just pathetic ladies are smart enough to know when they are being sold a bag of goods. Read the books and was soooooooo excited to see how it would be portrayed way to let me down. This show is nothing but buzz words, marketing sheet dribble, poor female casting. I mean come on did you even try and read the books when making this show?

    The cast looks like they are more out of a Vogue catalogue then a pack of wolves. If we girls want sex in the city or girls we will watch sex in the city or girls. But if we want werewolves and action with dashes of romance then give the viewers what they want. Seriously guys stop treating us like consumers and least try and start seeing us ladies as someone with half a brain. Because a half brained chic would be able to tell whats **** and whats not. Yuk!!!!

    Ps to all you social media ppl who wrote positive reviews on here or critics who were paid for their quotes where the heck is your journalistic integrity?    … Expand
  4. polexiasmallpox
    Mar 15, 2014
    0
    The only thing I knew about this show when I turned on the pilot was: something about werewolves. I had no hopes invested in this show, but it sounded interesting and I went in with an open mind. This show is horrible! I couldn't even stomach finishing the pilot. The show opens with a sex scene and from that moment on it felt like I was watching "soft" porn made for syfy. The acting wasThe only thing I knew about this show when I turned on the pilot was: something about werewolves. I had no hopes invested in this show, but it sounded interesting and I went in with an open mind. This show is horrible! I couldn't even stomach finishing the pilot. The show opens with a sex scene and from that moment on it felt like I was watching "soft" porn made for syfy. The acting was horrible, the writing was horrible, the story was uninteresting and my final impression was: They hoped to make a sad werewolf copy of "True Blood" and actually flat out failed! Who are these writers/directors/actors/producers? AND WHY would anyone EVER wast money on letting shows of this quality get on the air?… Expand
  5. Nightling13
    Mar 10, 2014
    0
    This show contains the most loathesom, dislikable protagonists on any TV show I have ever seen air on syfy. I can't sympathize with any character. The main protagonists are hateful, spiteful, sadistic, torturerers. I liked that the werewolves take on the form of actual wolves but that is about it.
  6. Nobilis1984
    Jan 31, 2014
    2
    total failure

    The series is a pure disappointment. In episode 1, it's all about the love life. This is just too little for a successful series. In terms of story you have to improve a lot. Disappointing across the board are the performances of the actors and the CGI. It is to see far better in the old series. If the series at the level of the pilot episode it is sold quickly how to    total failure

    The series is a pure disappointment.
    In episode 1, it's all about the love life. This is just too little for a successful series. In terms of story you have to improve a lot.
    Disappointing across the board are the performances of the actors and the CGI. It is to see far better in the old series.
    If the series at the level of the pilot episode it is sold quickly how to "werewolf" can say.    … Expand
  7. LeebaW
    Feb 5, 2014
    1
    I really wanted to like this show, but in the end gave it two episodes before throwing in the towel. The good: Laura Vandervoort is fantastic as secret werewolf Elena Michaels. She's a great actress and very beautiful. The bad: Unfortunately any good acting on Ms. Vanderhoot's part gets bogged down with bad writing. Good fantasy shows pull the viewer into a complex and thoroughlyI really wanted to like this show, but in the end gave it two episodes before throwing in the towel. The good: Laura Vandervoort is fantastic as secret werewolf Elena Michaels. She's a great actress and very beautiful. The bad: Unfortunately any good acting on Ms. Vanderhoot's part gets bogged down with bad writing. Good fantasy shows pull the viewer into a complex and thoroughly captivating world. I can't help but compare Bitten to Sleepy Hollow, and in comparison Bitten feels shallow. It's hard to care about the plot or the characters because there is no character development. This show is basically the caliber of the tween Twilight-esque shows with more sex scenes. Also, the CGI of the wolves was distractingly bad in comparison with the werewolves on True Blood. All in all I rate the show a "2". There are much better shows on television, so don't waste your time.… Expand
  8. annieb123
    Mar 23, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before I start, let me clarify, I am a filmmaker, an avid reader and a fantasy geek... So Bitten... When I first heard that they were adapting one of my favourite book series for tv I thought fab, this is going to be good... Then I saw the trailer, and thought ok, this is looking ok, I thought the CGI was a little rough, but maybe they were playing a little teasing it out to intrigue people. Then came the big day, I sat down, tuned in and watch the pilot episode. Now, every show takes a little while to get going sometimes, get into the swing of things, cast are often still finding their feet and their characters, getting used to working with the director and producers, so though I was not overly thrilled by the pilot, I thought, ok lets give it a few episodes. By week three you should really be settled. How wrong I was!

    Elena is constantly going backwards and forwards between Toronto and Stonehaven, which is totally stupid. The whole point is that she gets caught up by the world of Stonehaven, too much to think about talking much to Phillip. Also the whole Phillip's mother hating Elena thing? Cut it out, please!

    Clay? Well, he hardly sounds that southern does he! And he needs to get rid of the facial hair please!!!! Not good for him, also blond curls, ripped abs, muscular body, the actor looks nothing like Clay, did the casting director really not read the books before they started!!!

    Nick, well if they got something right, it was Nick. People tend to ignore him a bit more as he has less of a role, but the whole point is Nick is the go between for Elena and Clay who is his best friend. He makes her see sense when Clay has done something irrational, however, he is a follower not a leader.

    Jeremy... Where to start!!! Jeez, they got him wrong haven't they? Jeremy is meant to be part Asian due to his heritage with the Kitsune, revealed in a later book plot... But it starts here with his 6th sense for noticing when his family is in trouble. But does he have that... No, neither is there any mention of it what so ever! The actor is general fairly strong in other series, I have heard, but in this there is no Alpha in him whatsoever.

    Antonio ***SPOILER ALERT*** They killed him off instead of Logan!!!!!! Seriously???? Why??? Logan is meant to die, for Elena to see why she has to stay at Stonehaven and help track and kill the mutts.

    While we are on the subject of Logan ***SPOILER ALERT*** His girlfriend is pregnant??? With a boy? Why? Why cause this controversy?? Also, he's a lawyer not a psychologist and is not based in Toronto nr Elena... Also he would never have been able to fight of Karl in the latest episode (yes I am still watching, because I want to see it succeed but it probably won't) anyways... He would never have been able to fight of Karl as he is a seasoned werewolf and a pro and Logan is only young.

    Onto the mutts, all I can say is they are completely weird it is unclear at times how Daniel found them. Karl is most definitely portrayed the closest to what he is in the book, though this may be through the actors doing rather than the writers. Daniel feels choppy and bringing a girl into the situation didn't help one bit. The torture scenes by Clay and their aftermath are stupid in my opinion. Clay never regrets what he done, he protects the pack above all else and this is missing from his character.

    Ohh and the awful attempt at a love triangle with Phillip! Not the Vampire Diaries guys, please, come on, had enough of people fighting over the same girl!!!

    Sort it out, fire your writers, bring in some stronger ones and remake the whole thing with a better budget and more concentration on the book. Set the characters in this series, then you can start to pick the storylines apart like they did with TrueBlood. Notice how they stuck to the books fairly regularly changing it here and there for specific needs for putting it onto the tv. Why couldn't they have done this!!!???

    A full review will be posted on my tumblr after the series has ended! Til then have fun and watch a stronger show PLEASE and dont let this get a second season til they have sorted out their problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    … Expand
  9. shezza97
    Feb 2, 2014
    2
    This show is so amateur and boring being human UK and USA trumps this piece of crap show, i saw the first episode and literally fell asleep watching it , though i kept watching out of curiosity and hope this show will start to pick up and get better but unfortunately i don't think it will.
  10. rholt80
    Feb 24, 2014
    3
    The writers, directors, and producers are ruining this entire series. I can't believe that a show based on a book wouldn't actually use the books more as reference to the characters. The character's backstories, descriptions, and instincts are all wrong! Having read the entire series three times just because of the chemistry between all the characters and how their plotlines interchangeThe writers, directors, and producers are ruining this entire series. I can't believe that a show based on a book wouldn't actually use the books more as reference to the characters. The character's backstories, descriptions, and instincts are all wrong! Having read the entire series three times just because of the chemistry between all the characters and how their plotlines interchange just doesn't seem to be coming to fruition in this show. This show is killing Armstrong's work, doesn't make any sense why she wouldn't be included.… Expand
  11. rmifaabsbb
    Jan 20, 2014
    3
    Though seeing Super-girl exited me, somehow this show managed to make me hate it. Starting off the makers of the movie involve a sex scene, a bold move, i imagine in their minds, but it was unnecessary, kinda vulgar and set a tradition of showing naked men every chance they get. I mean they go out of their way to get rid of straight male audience. Did i mention that they involved a clicheThough seeing Super-girl exited me, somehow this show managed to make me hate it. Starting off the makers of the movie involve a sex scene, a bold move, i imagine in their minds, but it was unnecessary, kinda vulgar and set a tradition of showing naked men every chance they get. I mean they go out of their way to get rid of straight male audience. Did i mention that they involved a cliche dream scene? to add to it Clayton starts to finger Elena...who's sex fantasy was that, it was so unnecessary, it was painful. Then there is Clayton, probably the most annoying werewolf ever put on TV, oh wait Jacob exists; second most annoying werewolf ever put on TV. His acting is "okay" at best, his character is boring and the actor easily manages to make his fighting choreography look stupid. The transformed werewolves are just plain cartoonish wolves made of bad CGI. It's bad. I can't help but feel thankful for Teen wolf's portrayal of werewolves, MTV saved our werewolves, as weird as that sounds. The whole show feels like a twillight ripoff, not as bad but still very bad. If you are looking for a love story, watch TVD or Teen wolf, both are miles better than this piece of twillight. Practically Super-girl is the only thing this show has going for it, the three points I gave are solely due to her...so beautiful.… Expand
  12. Slipper
    Jan 14, 2014
    3
    First episode didn't manage to keep my attention all the time. If this show is like all other shows with werewolves, this is not good. I would say that it is gonna be very boring and predictable. My first impression is that CGI must be better, acting must be improved and first of all story has to be much better.
  13. Jnny
    Feb 3, 2014
    1
    I love shows like these and when I saw the ads saying it was coming I couldn't wait...boy was I disappointed. I don't mind sex scenes when they make sense in the plot, but these are completely gratuitous...especially in the first show. The actor who plays Clay speaks as low and monotone as possible, makes for horrible acting. This show tries too hard to be something it's not. ThereI love shows like these and when I saw the ads saying it was coming I couldn't wait...boy was I disappointed. I don't mind sex scenes when they make sense in the plot, but these are completely gratuitous...especially in the first show. The actor who plays Clay speaks as low and monotone as possible, makes for horrible acting. This show tries too hard to be something it's not. There should've been more of a back story instead of choosing to bring us in where they have. The scenes with Elena and her boyfriend in Toronto do not seem sincere, and now that I think about it could be said with any scene between any actors in any scenes.
    You don't have any feelings for any of the characters and this show doesn't really try to make you like them. They do let you know that no one in the town likes them and they over dramatize this point whenever the come into contact with the townspeople. So annoying. I will try and watch this show to give it a chance, but it's so HOKEY. I don't know how much longer I can be bothered watching it.
    I know people are complaining that it's another werewolf show, but that doesn't bother me anymore than there being another cop show, those never seem to end. There's at least one new one per major network every season. I love this genre, but this show does not do anything positive for it. It doesn't really hold my attention. I'm watching it as I type this and I really don't care that I'm barely following the "plot".
    I do like to give shows a chance to find it's groove, but I'm not going to hold my breath with this one. There is just something 'off ' about this show. The idea of the show isn't bad, but the directing, script and acting are really bringing it down. :(    … Expand
  14. film
    Mar 21, 2014
    0
    A disaster. Who writes this boring, generic, stereotypical garbage? If it wasn't for the hyped TnA, I would have never tuned in for Episode One. Seriously, does anyone watch this?
  15. AvantGuardian
    Jan 5, 2015
    3
    Possibly the worst show ever, Bitten is a supernatural series about Werewolves who live in a house together and argue over who stole who's **** It's the most pointless, teen-angsty lovey-dovey horrific series I've ever seen. How on EARTH did it get a second season? It's literally like this;

    What? I'm a wolf now? Oh no! Now I have to go live in a house with my wolf family because they    Possibly the worst show ever, Bitten is a supernatural series about Werewolves who live in a house together and argue over who stole who's **** It's the most pointless, teen-angsty lovey-dovey horrific series I've ever seen. How on EARTH did it get a second season? It's literally like this;

    What? I'm a wolf now? Oh no! Now I have to go live in a house with my wolf family because they need me for my super sensitive nose and abandon my husband and my wonderful life. What should I do? I guess i'll go hookup with my old wolfy ex who lives in the house and have mixed emotions. Every episode.    … Expand
  16. chrisd1111
    Apr 16, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I truly hate this show. I'm on episode 8 and I am done. I tried to like it but I can't. It went from boring, to bad, to downright disgusting. I'm sick of seeing people being tied up and tortured. I hate ever single main character - especially Clayton who loves brutalizing, torturing and killing everyone he can. Boring bad writing and amateurish acting.… Expand
  17. jenkkies
    Feb 8, 2015
    0
    if you truly want to see what this show is like, smoke just a tiny bit of cannabis(0.4g) and you will see how **** this show really is................
  18. purpleanna
    Sep 15, 2018
    0
    Bad acting, bad script, bad storyline, In fact bad is not the right word. twaddly ****

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jan 13, 2014
    58
    Bitten is mildly diverting while also being pretty goofy in spots--even for a werewolf drama.
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  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jan 13, 2014
    50
    If you are curious about the show, tune into the last 10 minutes of the hour, and you’ll learn everything you need to know. Right now, Bitten is a nibble of a show.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jan 13, 2014
    60
    Bitten seems aimed more at a mainstream audience than the hard-core werewolf/vampire crowd, which is okay. Probably smart, in fact.
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