Devs

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Season 1
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 5, 2020
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Mar 12, 2020
    30
    Devs is immediately ponderous, alienating, and full of unintentionally funny details. ... Devs is only the latest in a series of puzzle-box shows more preoccupied with their own cleverness and their labyrinthine twists than with the burden of watchability. ... And the show’s aesthetic details—the score by Ben Salisbury and Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, the Kubrickian jumps and color-blocked portrait shots—feel so detached from the story that they’re often insufferable.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Mar 5, 2020
    30
    Bad television that’s striving to be great, that’s got ideas and style but sinks under the weight of its own oversize ambition—a sheep with a 50-pound weight tied to its forelegs and dropped in a river. ... Except in Devs, multiple versions of the same sheep inhabit multiple realities. It sinks like a stone in every single one.

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#89 Best TV Season of 2020
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#65 Most Discussed TV Season of 2020

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 46 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 46
  3. Negative: 6 out of 46
  1. Thelog32
    Mar 13, 2020
    9
    I'm in for whatever Alex Garland decides to put his genius mind into. My favorite contemporary director/writer has nailed it again. Expect aI'm in for whatever Alex Garland decides to put his genius mind into. My favorite contemporary director/writer has nailed it again. Expect a cerebral mind trip and enjoy the ride.… Full Review »
  2. notor12
    Mar 9, 2020
    6
    Two episodes in....

    This show has promise. That said, you will probably only like it if you are the type of person who has devoted time to    Two episodes in....

    This show has promise. That said, you will probably only like it if you are the type of person who has devoted time to thinking about metaphysics..

    The show explores the concept of determinism as it relates to universal laws of physics, human morality, and free will.....and it does so pretty well. It explores how even simply embracing the concept of determinism itself can affect human behavior.

    But it isn't all that. Overlaid with that thematic exploration is the intrigue of a spy novel/mystery which keeps the show from being so cerebral that it is boring or off-putting.

    Great start in the first two episodes. I think some of the critical reviews are way harsh. I'm excited to see where it goes from here. I give it an 8 because I do agree that it is somewhat lacking in character development, but it is thought provoking sci-fi.    … Full Review »
  3. bruceylegs
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    Very interesting pilot. Big fan of Alex Garland and this has his trademark sense of foreboding. You just know it ain't going to end well.Very interesting pilot. Big fan of Alex Garland and this has his trademark sense of foreboding. You just know it ain't going to end well. Shame I don't have security clearance for the Devs building to find out what happens next.… Full Review »
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