Containment: Season 1

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The CW | CW | Season Premiere Date: April 19, 2016

Starring: Claudia Black, Trevor St. John, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence

Summary: An epidemic in Atlanta forces a large quarantine that separates love ones from each other in this drama based on a Belgian series named Cordon.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E13. Path to Paradise
Air Date: July 19, 2016
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S1:E12. Yes Is the Only Living Thing
Air Date: July 12, 2016
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S1:E11. Nothing Gold Can Stay
Air Date: July 5, 2016

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Tom Long

Apr 19, 2016

This is a disaster movie writ large for TV and the simple fact is, it works despite some none-too-subtle turns. You can’t help being enthralled by a story you wouldn’t want to be a part of. Read full review

David Wiegand

Apr 15, 2016

Containment may not be the CW’s answer to “Downton Abbey,” but it’s a very well-made, well-written and well-acted thriller that will keep you guessing about everything except for the quality of the series. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Apr 19, 2016

However derivative Containment may be, it attains a certain creepy power as it rolls along its yuckily apocalyptic way. Read full review

Rob Owen

Apr 18, 2016

A multi-character drama, Containment is fine but unexceptional. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Apr 19, 2016

Undemanding viewers (not a judgment) may find Containment diverting nonetheless. If nothing here seems the least real, the series' flaws, from its underpowered budget to its overripe dialogue, are those of innumerable, sometimes beloved B-, C- and D-grade pictures before it — not excluding the high-toned epigrams, from Socrates and Matthew and such that introduce each episode with a sheen of classy meaning. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Apr 18, 2016

The CW's Containment is an occasionally terrifying, mostly formulaic tribute to the primal unease that comes from watching somebody coughing up blood. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Apr 14, 2016

Plagued by mediocre writing and stubbornly dull acting, this unpleasant misfire feels like slow death as it spins out subplots from Disaster Movie 101. [18 Apr-1 May 2016, p.19]

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FrenchRoast

May 4, 2016

I really recommend the show. Whether or not it is, it all seems very realistic to me. The acting is great, and what really makes this show interesting is the various perspectives we get to see as the crisis mounts, including the dilemmas that leadership faces, the reasonable concerns andI really recommend the show. Whether or not it is, it all seems very realistic to me. The acting is great, and what really makes this show interesting is the various perspectives we get to see as the crisis mounts, including the dilemmas that leadership faces, the reasonable concerns and outrage that people inside feel, and so on. And then there are all those near misses where the characters we follow almost meet or interact at times as strangers, which really adds to the whole everyone-has-their-own-problems-and-perspective thing. As a fan of the Walking Dead, this show really fills the void left behind by the end of the season.… Expand

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Purple2020

May 22, 2016

Everyone has a right to there opinions. I enjoy show and I really like it. It's different than any other show I watched. I found out, they can't returning for second season that's junk though. I look forward to watch Containment every week on Tuesday night's. I hope show move to Hulu or Netflix.

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rouse515

Jun 7, 2017

i love this show!! why is always have to be all right and end well?? this tv show is simply good and is like have to be! i dont see if it will be cancelled but i hope not finnaly i have somenthing to watch!

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pythag0ras

May 26, 2016

First of all...you cant expect too much from CW to begin with . The bar is real, REAL low for them. That being said, this show is probably the most interesting on that channel. It has very few likable characters. It has alot of splinter stories from the main arc that are used as filler tooFirst of all...you cant expect too much from CW to begin with . The bar is real, REAL low for them. That being said, this show is probably the most interesting on that channel. It has very few likable characters. It has alot of splinter stories from the main arc that are used as filler too much and drag on for too many eps.

However, its still worth a watch as long as you have some way to fast forward thru the filler. Once you do that you get a decent story. One thats been told countless times but still worth a watch IMO. Basically people doing what they do to each other now, just in greater quantities .… Expand

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CSGois

Apr 25, 2016

A primeira cena já mostra qual o protagonista da série, o vírus. Nenhum personagem me cativou mas o pior deles foi o major, que ator péssimo que escolheram. Certeza que a série vai virar uma espécie de the walking dead com grupos que vão tentar sobreviver em meio à epidemia. Abandonei.

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akila1

Jun 25, 2016

Matt from TV Guide summed it up best: Plagued by mediocre writing and stubbornly dull acting, this unpleasant misfire feels like slow death as it spins out subplots from Disaster Movie 101.
I couldn't have written a better comment. Just terrible.

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SAVEWRITERS

May 19, 2016

This is the worst piece of crap on TV. Those reviews that scored it high were paid or blind. Story opens with teacher taking bus load of kids to HOSPITAL FOR FUN TRIP TO WATCH RAT EXPERIMENTS...idiocy. Writer blames muslim for plague spreading. City barricades area only to assign a few copsThis is the worst piece of crap on TV. Those reviews that scored it high were paid or blind. Story opens with teacher taking bus load of kids to HOSPITAL FOR FUN TRIP TO WATCH RAT EXPERIMENTS...idiocy. Writer blames muslim for plague spreading. City barricades area only to assign a few cops not army? One food drop by international aid group happens after people starve in city full of resources? Then white cops put down their weapons to black robbers who take all food boxes in a little truck? Big scary scene showing unwashed child looking at empty water bottles in city full of working water taps? Single woman faces basement biker gang while two guys sit upstairs, saying whatever? And emergency food boxes contain turkey tetrazinni, really? Cop tells teacher he burnt a little girls body and she like 'what about my day'? Women in charge are protrayed as bossy and stupid. This script is so bad, unbelievable, and incompetent that its almost funny. This is yet again another waste of resources. How many racist sexist 'get rich off trash' executives have to die off in this industry before real writers and producers can show America great TV? And the worst part of this is the high reviews that were given because they show the low level of crap and corruption we expect from the media. Were pathetic just like this sickly sweet luke warm pile of doo doo.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 19, 2016
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  S1:E13. Path to Paradise
  Air Date: July 19, 2016
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  S1:E12. Yes Is the Only Living Thing
  Air Date: July 12, 2016
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  S1:E11. Nothing Gold Can Stay
  Air Date: July 5, 2016
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  S1:E10. A Time to Be Born...
  Air Date: June 28, 2016
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  S1:E9. A Kingdom Divided Against Itself
  Air Date: June 21, 2016
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  S1:E8. There Is a Crack in Everything
  Air Date: June 14, 2016
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  S1:E7. Inferno
  Air Date: May 31, 2016
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  S1:E6. He Stilled the Rising Tumult
  Air Date: May 24, 2016
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  S1:E5. Like a Sheep Among Wolves
  Air Date: May 17, 2016
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  S1:E4. With Silence and Tears
  Air Date: May 10, 2016
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  S1:E3. Be Angry at the Sun
  Air Date: May 3, 2016
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  S1:E2. I to Die, You to Live
  Air Date: April 26, 2016
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: April 19, 2016