Black Bird: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: July 8, 2022

Summary: Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) was sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison with no possibility of parole but is given a choice of a shorter sentence if he enters a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and can elicit a confession from serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser).

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. You Promised
Air Date: August 5, 2022
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S1:E5. The Place I Lie
Air Date: July 29, 2022
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S1:E4. Whatshername
Air Date: July 22, 2022

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Robert Levin

Jul 8, 2022

"Black Bird" effectively conveys the complicated reality of undercover work and what it has to say about the human condition. This is a must-see and not just for fans of the prison genre. Read full review

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The Playlist Valerie Ettenhofer

Jun 30, 2022

“Black Bird” is the type of expertly built, thoughtfully crafted drama that makes its seams invisible, so that it’s nearly impossible to point to any one section of the six-hour story and declare it the reason the show is so good. It feels singular moment to moment, yes, but it also has an impressively strong overall impact. ... “Black Bird” tells a great story, and tells it well. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Jul 6, 2022

One of the few recent series that doesn’t distend into unnecessary episodes; it’s fleshed out but compact, brooding but not slow and indulgent, and crystal clear on its themes of redemption and the nature of criminality without being repetitive. ... Egerton and Hauser deliver on all of the script’s promise, both in what they do and don’t say. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Jul 7, 2022

Despite its true-crime trappings, the Apple TV+ adaptation is never especially authentic or convincing on any factual level. It is, however, thoroughly unsettling and anchored by exceptional performances by Paul Walter Hauser, Taron Egerton and Ray Liotta, who collectively more than compensate for myriad flaws of structure and focus. Read full review

The Independent Amanda Whiting

Jul 8, 2022

Keene’s book has been deftly adapted for television by first-time showrunner Dennis Lehane. Read full review

Tom Long

Jul 7, 2022

Hauser doesn’t set out to overwhelm. In fact, his monster is all the more scary because he’s so low key and obviously demented. But he has so much there that all else seems commonplace. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Jul 7, 2022

While Lehane and director Michaël R. Roskam conjure up an effective mood of unease and horror, Black Bird’s wallow in depravity, wading in deeper and deeper as it goes, proves less enlightening, less thought-provoking than its creators no doubt hoped. Read full review

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lucasmorlim

Jul 13, 2022

Finding good series/movies nowadays is not an easy task. Black Bird, so far, is committed to entertainment. Make the viewer connect with the characters and dive into a good story. It's not woke. It's not a rally. It's simply: entertainment. Congratulations on that!

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LuanBenedito

Aug 3, 2022

Incredible series, with incredible performances. One of the best true crimes

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

anaalice1

Jul 19, 2022

Black Bird is a series that leaves you intrigued from start to finish, and with great performances. A great choice for those who like true crime

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

konanamly

Aug 13, 2022

really like this ！ cant wait to watch more，ahahahaahah!!!! get me up please

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metacritiqueur

Aug 18, 2022

Good show, the actors are impeccable and well invested in their characters. The second good series from Apple+ with Severance.

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UncleWillard

Jul 12, 2022

I'm two episodes in and while I generally like it and am interested to see what happens, there's a cheesiness to it, a Wahlbergness about it, that just throws me off. For example, the scene where the DA (agent, whatever she is) tells the main character that she'll have to pose as hisI'm two episodes in and while I generally like it and am interested to see what happens, there's a cheesiness to it, a Wahlbergness about it, that just throws me off. For example, the scene where the DA (agent, whatever she is) tells the main character that she'll have to pose as his girlfriend and he'll have to grope her to make it look legit was just corny af. The first two episodes are full of that Miami Vice **** I was hoping this would be much darker. We'll see.… Expand

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

moth3

Sep 26, 2022

Mildly entertaining, wildly over-acted. This show takes itself too seriously.

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 8, 2022
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  S1:E6. You Promised
  Air Date: August 5, 2022
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  S1:E5. The Place I Lie
  Air Date: July 29, 2022
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  S1:E4. Whatshername
  Air Date: July 22, 2022
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  S1:E3. Hand to Mouth
  Air Date: July 15, 2022
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  S1:E2. We Are Coming, Father Abraham
  Air Date: July 8, 2022
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: July 8, 2022