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Disenchantment

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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 88 Ratings

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Disenchantment

Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date: August 17, 2018

Summary: The Matt Groening animated comedy follows the adventures of hard-drinking Princess Bean (voiced by Abbi Jacobson), her elf Elfo (voiced by Nat Faxon), and her personal demon Luci (voiced by Eric Andre).

Creator: Matt Groening

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Recent Episodes

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S5:E10. Goodbye Bean
Air Date: September 1, 2023
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S5:E9. Darkness Falls
Air Date: September 1, 2023
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S5:E8. The Battle of Falling Water
Air Date: September 1, 2023

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Metascore

56

Positive:

9

Mixed:

22

Negative:

1

Critic Reviews

80

Decider

Raven Brunner

Sep 1, 2023

Season 5 Review: The show remains hilarious, ambitious, and binge-worthy as it carries itself to the finish line. Read full review

70

TV Guide

Brian Patchett

Sep 19, 2019

Season 2 Review: Disenchantment works best when it is an inspired, anything-goes fantasy show, and worst when it is a sitcom set in a fantasy world. Read full review

67

The A.V. Club

Danette Chavez

Aug 8, 2018

Season 1 Review: Despite some snarls, we do find ourselves caring and rooting for this defiant teen, wayward elf, and conflicted demon, and it’s thanks in great part to the cast. Disenchantment has the potential to become as engrossing an updated fairy tale as it is a debauched one, without choosing between one-offs and longer arcs. Read full review

50

Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert

Aug 15, 2018

Season 1 Review: It’s somewhat entertaining, but you may feel as though you’ve seen it all done before, and better. Read full review

50

IGN

Hayden Mears

Sep 1, 2023

Season 5 Review: The fifth and final part of Disenchantment almost certainly won't earn the series any new fans, but Matt Groening and company manage to close out this offbeat epic with enough spunk and spirit to satisfy more forgiving viewers. Read full review

50

TV Guide

Tim Surette

Aug 16, 2018

Season 1 Review: What Disenchantment should have done is taken advantage of being on Netflix and gone for a more serialized story, which would help it distinguish itself from Futurama and also help bring it into this century of binge TV. Read full review

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New York Post

Michael Starr

Aug 9, 2018

Season 1 Review: Disenchantment was billed as “an adult animated comedy fantasy series” but misses its mark, since it’s neither “adult” nor is there much comedy. The 10-episode series will appeal more to a preteen sensibility than to anyone over 14 and it’s got plenty of, well, cartoonish violence a la “Itchy and Scratchy” from “The Simpsons.” What it doesn’t have is the charm or wit of that series--either in its storyline or its characters--and mostly plods along with only the occasional throwaway line eliciting a smile. Read full review

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User Reviews

10

samichsupernova

Feb 13, 2022

I have so much to say about this show. It is not perfect, but I sure love the heck out of it. I started watching fairly recently and was lucky enough that Season 4 dropped just as I was finishing Season 3. I love the characters and voice cast, the art, the humor, the fact that they try toI have so much to say about this show. It is not perfect, but I sure love the heck out of it. I started watching fairly recently and was lucky enough that Season 4 dropped just as I was finishing Season 3. I love the characters and voice cast, the art, the humor, the fact that they try to stay somewhat consistent with their world-building despite juggling so many disparate tones and elements, and that the show has kept its heart in the right place throughout its run so far. Character arcs progress organically and there is a real sense that the writers are building up to an overarching climax, even if they're taking some roundabout ways of getting there, and as the case with many Netflix/Amazon shows, certain tonal inconsistencies between adjacent episodes highlight the incongruous nature of applying the episodic TV "writer's room" format to a streaming series. King Zog and Bean are some of the best and most iconic characters Groening and Cohen have ever worked on. DiMaggio and Jacobson fill them with so much soul. Probably any burnt-out, underachieving, neurotic Millennial (I was born in '87 and happily married with a kid now, but she reminds me in so many ways of my lost, lonely college self, and my early-mid '20s coming to terms with personal responsibility) can relate to Bean and all of the stressors she's saddled with, and King Zog is my favorite take on the "burnt-out dad" archetype, a truly three-dimensional character, even if the writers tend to forget that sometimes (stealing gold and jewels from the Sea Trogs? really?). What he goes through at the asylum and monastery is masterfully written. Luci, Elfo, Oona, Pops, Jerry, Dagmar, and Ursula are all fantastic supporting players, even if they are never given enough to do and get to be a bit one-note at times.

The writing is the show's strongest suit, but also perhaps its greatest hindrance. The world as established is so rich with little details, throwbacks (the Fritz Lang Metropolis refences in Steamland? Heck yes!), and recurring jokes that at times it feels as if the writers are hemmed in by their own wit, either stuck writing between the lines so as not to diverge too much from the typical trappings of the fantasy, comedy, or sitcom genres, or perhaps their hands were tied by Netflix themselves, those killers of joy and pushers of mediocrity.

I will say this - I really dig the idea of the "episodic, but not" format where plot threads and thematic elements weave and bob in and out. Yet, despite episodes having varying runtimes, I don't so much feel that this show's unique storytelling format has been allowed to breathe and blossom in quite the way that it could have. With a little more focus and time, this show could be an absolute epic masterpiece of comedic and fantasy storytelling, but it isn't, and that's an absolute shame. It works better as a series of character studies (when it gets to developing and fleshing out its cast) with sharp quips and cool concepts. Does that make it a disappointment? I don't know. I'm just so darn glad that it exists, because just like Futurama, it warms the cockles of my heart.

Anyway, if anyone who's ever worked on the show is reading this, THANK YOU!! Thank you for making such an excellent and life-affirming show!! As long as you can keep the political and social justice stuff to a minimum, focus on the characters as established, and axe any dialogue that references real-world stuff, I have absolute confidence that you will stick the landing. Bring on Season 5!! Oh, one more thing - I am amazed that the only merch available for Zog and Bean are ugly Funko Pops. I want actual figures, darn it!! HONK!… Expand

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10

Ryleegates

Jan 30, 2021

I love this show! I love season 3! What an ending ! Can’t wait to see what happens next!

1 of 4 users found this helpful13

10

ColBuckshot

Oct 7, 2021

Fantastic series!! Really fills the hole the futurama left. Amazing animation, well recognisable voices from futurama characters. Great wit, the humour is top notch. Can't believe there's official reviews out there rating it at 56. What absolute drongos!! Watching it through for a 3rd timeFantastic series!! Really fills the hole the futurama left. Amazing animation, well recognisable voices from futurama characters. Great wit, the humour is top notch. Can't believe there's official reviews out there rating it at 56. What absolute drongos!! Watching it through for a 3rd time and can't wait for series 4, long may the series continue!… Expand

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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GundalfTheGrey

Jan 23, 2021

Quite a fun new series that feels like a medieval fantasy setting of Simpsons/futurama. It has some
fun references to actual history as well as current political occurrences. It has to be noted however, that season one is nice, season two less good, and now half way through season 3 I amQuite a fun new series that feels like a medieval fantasy setting of Simpsons/futurama. It has some
fun references to actual history as well as current political occurrences. It has to be noted however, that season one is nice, season two less good, and now half way through season 3 I am considering watching altogether...… Expand

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6

agg8877

May 10, 2020

Toda la serie girará en torno al empoderamiento femenino que tal parece significa consumir licor, drogas y ser promiscua. Humor más bien poco pero eso sí unos gráficos superiores incluso a otras series como los Simpson del cual saca su arte.

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roxxkie97

Feb 12, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Seasons 1 and 2 were great, 3 was a bit of a let down in light of how all over the place the season was, and season 4 was very much the same if not more so than its predecessors. With this most recent season, it just feels like no ones knows what they're doing. Plot's all over the place/ends too quickly, pacing is terrible, needless dialogue and moments, things are revealed way too quickly with very little suspense. They start one plotline, don't take it anywhere or handle it poorly. Take the transition where the group is chasing after the puppets for instance. They're chasing them, then they suddenly are in the underwater world. It was handled in a very strange way. My hopes are not high for the remainder of the show. Very disappointing.… Expand

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Phteve11

Feb 18, 2022

Season 1 is good but the rest are God awful. Not funny at all, weird story, add political pokes. Just don't watch it.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

tbd
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E10. Goodbye Bean
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E9. Darkness Falls
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
- tbd
  S5:E8. The Battle of Falling Water
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E7. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E6. The Stience of Homemade Lightning
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E5. Who Shot Elfo?
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E4. I Hear Your Noggin, But You Can't Come In
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E3. Electric Ladyland
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E2. Fish Out of Water
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
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  S5:E1. Heads or Tails
  Air Date: September 1, 2023
Season 4

tbd
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: February 9, 2022
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 15, 2021
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2019
Season 1

56
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 17, 2018