Dispatches from Elsewhere

AMC | Release Date: March 1, 2020

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Ratings

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Davrosdaleks1Apr 27, 2020

The first season of Dispatches from Elsewhere, an AMC anthology series created by and starring Jason Segel, is about a team of four people entering an alternate reality game. However, is everything as it appears? This is a very uniqueThe first season of Dispatches from Elsewhere, an AMC anthology series created by and starring Jason Segel, is about a team of four people entering an alternate reality game. However, is everything as it appears? This is a very unique series.

This is one of those "mystery box" shows, but rather than be a story with life-and-death circumstances, this is a dramedy about the human experience and universalism. All four leads are likable. There are clever visual choices strewn throughout, including a couple that are downright brilliant.

To be honest, it is the center seven episodes where this season really shines. The show doesn't kick into high gear until the third episode. (The first two episodes heavily focus on the characters of Peter (Segel) and Simone (Eve Lindley). While they are both interesting characters, I do feel that there are times that they are given more screentime than the writers have to say about them.)

The ending is going to be very controversial. I'm not talking in a Games of Thrones way, though. I did not get what I wanted, but I respect the boldness of it. It's definitely different.

The cast is all great, my favorites being Sally Field, André Benjamin (also known as André 3000), and Richard E. Grant as both the narrator and organizer of the game. I particularly think the latter two may have given some of their best work.

Though there were things I'd like to do differently as a whole I was impressed by this. This won't be for everyone, but I think it's worth giving a shot at least to see the very first scene.… Expand

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imhervJun 22, 2020

The Dispatches from Elsewhere series is a mixture of fear and the circumstances that each person can deal with a single problem, in the series, we see ourselves as characters to know how far each of the group goes. Courage, daring, fear,The Dispatches from Elsewhere series is a mixture of fear and the circumstances that each person can deal with a single problem, in the series, we see ourselves as characters to know how far each of the group goes. Courage, daring, fear, loss, all of this has an advantage or a disadvantage when it comes to group work, and the series sends this message indirectly, that help and humanity can still exist even with a problem bigger to solve.… Expand

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