Containment

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Season 1
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 66
  3. Negative: 19 out of 66
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  1. pythag0ras
    May 26, 2016
    6
    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 too much and drag on for too many eps.

    However, its still worth a watch as long as you have some way    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 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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Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Apr 19, 2016
    70
    Although the dialogue is occasionally a bit cute, the rest of the cast comes across as mostly solid and believable.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Apr 19, 2016
    40
    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.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Apr 19, 2016
    67
    None of this qualifies as breezy spring/summertime entertainment. Still, if apocalyptic drama is your entertainment of choice, then Containment might well keep you contented.
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