Briarpatch: Season 1

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USA | Season Premiere 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. DC investigator Allegra Dill (Rosario Dawson) returns to her small Texas hometown to look into her police detective sister's death from a car bomb.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Even Allegra is flat and withdrawn; her insistence on staying to pursue the case is driven by intellect rather than emotion.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

“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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geewah

Dec 24, 2020

Disappointing.
Was expecting so much more when I first heard who was associated with this production.
You can see what they were trying to achieve but the final product comes across as poor imitation of Twin Peaks

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BillJustBill

Feb 13, 2020

What a letdown! A new show from Sam Esmail, creator of Mr Robot, such high hopes for some good entertainment! And then, maybe halfway through the first episode (this was the pilot?) my wife and I went on to something else.
What's the problem with the show? 1) a hackneyed script 2)What a letdown! A new show from Sam Esmail, creator of Mr Robot, such high hopes for some good entertainment! And then, maybe halfway through the first episode (this was the pilot?) my wife and I went on to something else.
What's the problem with the show? 1) a hackneyed script 2) stereotyped characters 3) terrible director. These combine for an unwatchable show.
I know they didn't start out to make a bad show. Where were the producers? Didn't they see the trainwreck coming? Isn't that what they're paid to do? Now the writers are stuck in that writers' room every week, and it must be so depressing. The actors are stuck with this show for some episodes, and it must be so depressing. Go home at the end of the day, don't tell your friends about the show, hoping they won't watch it. Such a bummer.
What happened? It would be interesting to know. There's lots to be learned from a complete failure like this, but it takes courage to face the music and figure it out.
Anyway, good luck to all concerned.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- 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