Clickbait: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: August 25, 2021

Summary: Nick Brewer (Adrian Grenier) disappears one day and reappears in an online video. As his family try to find him, they discover another side of Nick in this Tony Ayres and David Heyman thriller.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Tom Long

Aug 25, 2021

It holds together as myriad characters come and go thanks to strong turns by Kazan as a sister driven to find out the truth about her brother, and Gabriel, as a wife who finds her reality in tatters. They are the anchors who keep this dervish series grounded. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Roxana Hadadi

Aug 25, 2021

For the most part, though, the ensemble’s work feels urgent and in the moment, and that matters for a series like this. Ultimately, “Clickbait” doesn’t say anything singular about the anonymity of the Internet, and it flirts with a lot of big ideas it doesn’t pursue as vigorously as it could have. ... But a show that went down those roads wouldn’t have been “Clickbait,” and also probably wouldn’t have been this silly or low-brow entertaining. Read full review

Radio Times Jon O'Brien

Dec 3, 2021

Clickbait is, by its very definition, deceptive, misleading and prone to leaving you feeling slightly cheated. Yet overall, this modestly diverting whodunit manages to sustain, as well as draw, your attention without insulting your intelligence. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Aug 23, 2021

“Clickbait” has a suitably noir-ish look and a few neat wrinkles, but far too often, we branch out and fall down too many different rabbit holes. ... The cast turns in solid work and we appreciate the ambition and scope and timeliness of the subject matter, but the payoff is delivered off in currency that’s pure counterfeit. Read full review

The Guardian Adrian Horton

Aug 24, 2021

The resolution of the numerous plot twists are increasingly ludicrous and deliberately indiscernible to the audience, given the information presented. True to title, Clickbait head-fakes, but not to a place you’re likely to relish. Read full review

Angie Han

Aug 23, 2021

The show’s problems start with the fact that, well, it’s doing this over eight 45-ish-minute episodes. ... It’s not so incompetent as to be dismissed as total trash, but nor is it interesting enough to embrace as a hidden gem. It’s just kind of there, waiting for someone to find its title provocative enough to give it a click. Read full review

Allison Keene

Aug 25, 2021

This is yet another series that wants to be taken seriously thanks to the trappings of prestige drama, but gives us nothing but dreck. And yet, it’s too boring and offensive to be camp, either. I wish it could be the kind of Lifetime movie-level story that one could cuddle up and cackle along with; instead it’s deeply miscalculated in its delusions of grandeur. Read full review

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aantik4444

Sep 13, 2021

Poorly written and badly acted, barely made through the first episode. As that wise reviewer from Paste said, it's pure dreck.

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macgmatt

Dec 5, 2021

This is probably the worst written show I've watched in the last decade. Nothing about any of the characters motivations makes a lick of sense and there's just pointless misdirects for the sake of it. The entire mystery answer feels like a **** cop out and they just throw around dumbThis is probably the worst written show I've watched in the last decade. Nothing about any of the characters motivations makes a lick of sense and there's just pointless misdirects for the sake of it. The entire mystery answer feels like a **** cop out and they just throw around dumb technology terms to seem like they know what they're talking about.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 25, 2021
- No episode information is currently available for this season