Eyewitness: Season 1

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USA | USAHD-E | Season Premiere Date: October 16, 2016

Summary: In the adaptation of the Norwegian drama Øyevitne, two teenage boys named Lukas (James Paxton) and Phillip (Tyler Young) try to avoid a killer and keep their relationship secret after witnessing a brutal quadruple murder.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Mother's Day
Air Date: December 18, 2016
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S1:E9. Savior Unknown
Air Date: December 11, 2016
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S1:E8. The Larsons' Dog
Air Date: December 4, 2016

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Glenn Garvin

Oct 15, 2016

The intrusion of urban mayhem into the pastoral small-town setting gives Eyewitness an unsettlingly claustrophobic sense of a village under siege. You may not want to live there, but I bet you'll want to visit once a week. Read full review

Alex McCown

Oct 12, 2016

Eyewitness isn’t reinventing the narrative wheel (really, it’s just adding an additional number of axes to a crowded chassis), but these strong emotional elements and Nicholson’s fantastic lead performance keep it grounded and entertaining. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

Oct 10, 2016

TV isn’t often all that interested in the grittier aspects of life, death, and addiction in unexceptional small towns, and it’s even more difficult to find stories about the LGBT individuals who live in those kinds of tightly knit communities. When it focuses on those elements of its narrative, the viewpoint of Eyewitness becomes not just valuable but admirably precise. Read full review

Mitchel Broussard

Oct 17, 2016

It is satisfying, and it has characters that feel as real as truth, and at the end of its scant ten episodes, its overblown, awkward beginning feels comparatively unimportant in the context of a series that tackles big issues on a small scale as juicily and successfully as this. Read full review

Ray Rahman

Oct 8, 2016

If there's one reason to watch, it's Nicholson, who has stolen scenes for years on Masters of Sex and Boardwalk Empire. Other than her, there isn't much worth witnessing. [Oct 14, 2016, p.53]

David Wiegand

Oct 14, 2016

Eyewitness is a competent procedural with well-drawn characters and solid performances, especially by Nicholson, Paxton, Young and Bellows. It goes off the rails a few episodes in with a character switcheroo that strains credibility, but the struggles of the two boys to protect themselves from being slaughtered for what they’ve witnessed, and Helen’s determination to get to the bottom of the killings, hold our attention well enough. Read full review

Collider Chris Cabin

Oct 11, 2016

The characters that are introduced don’t come off as individuals even for a moment, but rather, as simply functioning as elements of a dramatic mechanism, creaking and whirling in repetition. Read full review

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SamanthaAuz

Dec 25, 2016

This show is very rural and different. It leaves the audience mesmerized and so willing to want to know what happens next. The plot has stayed on track each and every episode and considering the progressive style of incorporating the LGBT community makes the show a thrill to see, in whichThis show is very rural and different. It leaves the audience mesmerized and so willing to want to know what happens next. The plot has stayed on track each and every episode and considering the progressive style of incorporating the LGBT community makes the show a thrill to see, in which the characters react and change to things. I highly recommend the show! James Paxton and Tyler Young do an excellent job portraying the two male leads Lukas Waldenbeck and Philip Shea… Expand

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MyChemicalDom

Nov 28, 2016

I love Eyewitness. Its something new and different to watch unlike other TV shows that have a similar plots or characters. I also love that there is LGBT in the show, I'm tired of the LGBT community being shamed upon and treated like **** Its also not just LGBT stuff through the whole showI love Eyewitness. Its something new and different to watch unlike other TV shows that have a similar plots or characters. I also love that there is LGBT in the show, I'm tired of the LGBT community being shamed upon and treated like **** Its also not just LGBT stuff through the whole show if you don't like it that much, there's like a murder mystery too. I highly recommend to anyone that wants a new and out of the norm show to watch.… Expand

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kyroteknic

Oct 17, 2016

[No Spoilers.] Good start to the series... The "teen angst" between the two male leads has the familiar over-the-top feel as was present in the Twilight films, which shouldn't come as a surprise since this is the same director. The crime-drama portion of the story is off to a more[No Spoilers.] Good start to the series... The "teen angst" between the two male leads has the familiar over-the-top feel as was present in the Twilight films, which shouldn't come as a surprise since this is the same director. The crime-drama portion of the story is off to a more intriguing start than the romance part of the story. The small town setting, rustic characters, and powerful female lead character in the form of the town Sheriff reminds me of an old Stephen King story. (I keep looking around for Kathy Bates.) if the romantic plot line can advance in an authentic way while the crime mystery plot also advances, this show might really have something interesting going. The pilot episode definitely left me wanting more, and anticipating the next installment.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

58
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 16, 2016
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  S1:E10. Mother's Day
  Air Date: December 18, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E9. Savior Unknown
  Air Date: December 11, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E8. The Larsons' Dog
  Air Date: December 4, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E7. They Lied
  Air Date: November 27, 2016
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  S1:E6. The Yellow Couch
  Air Date: November 20, 2016
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  S1:E5. The Lilies
  Air Date: November 13, 2016
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  S1:E4. Creme Brulee
  Air Date: November 6, 2016
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  S1:E3. Bella, Bella, Bella
  Air Date: October 30, 2016
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  S1:E2. Bless the Beast and the Children
  Air Date: October 23, 2016
- 5.0
  S1:E1. Buffalo '07
  Air Date: October 16, 2016