Briarpatch

Name: Briarpatch
Genre: Drama
Released: February 6, 2020
Rating: 66

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USA | Release Date: February 6, 2020

Summary: The first season of the crime anthology series from Sam Esmail and Andy Greenwald features a story based on the Ross Thomas novel of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E10. Felicity
Air Date: April 13, 2020
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S1:E9. Game Theory And Mescaline
Air Date: April 6, 2020
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S1:E8. Most Likely To Succeed
Air Date: March 26, 2020

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Daniel D'Addario

Sep 9, 2019

Season 1 Review: USA’s plan is to treat “Briarpatch” as an anthology, and to create subsequent seasons focusing on new characters within its creative world. Based on their success with Allegra, it’s easy to imagine that’s doable; for now, though, the time we have with this well-wrought, sharply observant but fallible sleuth is reward enough. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Feb 5, 2020

Season 1 Review: Even at its murkiest, Briarpatch is furiously entertaining and wildly unpredictable. It's that rare thrill ride with smarts--and exotic animals. [3-16 Feb 2020, p.8]

Aaron Barnhart

Feb 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: On Briarpatch that protean mind [of creator Andy Greenwald] is put to surprisingly good use. Maybe the best idea Greenwald had was taking Benjamin Dill, the hero of Ross Thomas’s long-forgotten 1984 detective novel Briarpatch, and turning him into Allegra. Read full review

Alex McLevy

Feb 4, 2020

Season 1 Review: Briarpatch has a wonderful cast and some inspired ideas; if it can slow down and figure out a more elegant way to deliver its fusion of icy cool and ramshackle quirk, St. Boniface will become a wry and appealing place for viewers to put down some roots. Read full review

i Gwendolyn Smith

Dec 3, 2021

Season 1 Review: Briarpatch wasn’t the subtlest of shows (see the zoo metaphor), but it was sleek and propulsive enough to make me want to find out more. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Feb 15, 2020

Season 1 Review: There's nobody to love or even like much in Briarpatch. Even Allegra is flat and withdrawn; her insistence on staying to pursue the case is driven by intellect rather than emotion. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Feb 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: “Briarpatch” seems to pride itself on throwing in new strange details and characters when it can, but that type of goofy pulp becomes exhausting. Any glimmer of some spirited character work (like Edi Gathegi as a lawyer that Allegra trusts) is snuffed out by the bizarre feeling of watching a show that's so kooky and yet so stagnant. Read full review

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NeilFlix

Feb 10, 2020

Strange, off-beat characters portrayed be a stellar cast - mixed in with small-town noir vibes and draped in a layer of Lynchian style - make for a very entertaining start to a new series through the first two episodes. Excited to find out where this goes!

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shoulderoforion

Feb 15, 2020

Through 2 episodes, and gotta say, this show is outstanding. Just my level of quirk, mystery, detective fiction, there's touches of Elmore Leonard are through this show. I'm digging it's whole thing. "you're not as good at this as you think you are, girl. you don't have the miles on ya",Through 2 episodes, and gotta say, this show is outstanding. Just my level of quirk, mystery, detective fiction, there's touches of Elmore Leonard are through this show. I'm digging it's whole thing. "you're not as good at this as you think you are, girl. you don't have the miles on ya", said by an ancient alcolohic newspaperman. I mean, you really can't get better old school hardnose dialogue than that.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

66
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 6, 2020
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  S1:E10. Felicity
  Air Date: April 13, 2020
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  S1:E9. Game Theory And Mescaline
  Air Date: April 6, 2020
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  S1:E8. Most Likely To Succeed
  Air Date: March 26, 2020
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  S1:E7. Butterscotch
  Air Date: March 19, 2020
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  S1:E6. The Most Sinful Mf-er Alive
  Air Date: March 12, 2020
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  S1:E5. Behind God's Back
  Air Date: March 5, 2020
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  S1:E5. Behind God's Back
  Air Date: March 5, 2020
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  S1:E4. Breadknife Weather
  Air Date: March 2, 2020
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  S1:E3. Terrible, Shocking Things
  Air Date: February 24, 2020
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  S1:E2. Snap, Crackle, Pop
  Air Date: February 13, 2020
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  S1:E2. Snap, Crackle, Pop
  Air Date: February 13, 2020
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  S1:E1. First Time In Saint Disgrace
  Air Date: February 6, 2020