Flowers (2016): Season 1

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Season Details & Credits

Channel 4 | Seeso | Season Premiere Date: May 5, 2016

Summary: The British dark comedy-drama from Will Sharpe focuses on Deborah Flowers (Olivia Colman), her depressed children's-book author husband Maurice (Julian Barratt), and their two twenty-something twins Donald (Daniel Rigby) and Amy (Sophia Di Martino).

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: April 29, 2016
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S1:E5. Episode 5
Air Date: April 28, 2016
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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: April 27, 2016

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David Wiegand

May 3, 2016

So much happens in Flowers that it’s hard to believe it comprises only six half-hour episodes. More to the point, though, is that the show is so completely hilarious for a very long time. Sharpe’s writing is on point at every moment, with a wondrous attention to detail. Read full review

Clark Collis

May 3, 2016

Flowers is an extremely weird, if often very funny, comedy bouquet. [6 May 2016, p.51]

Neil Genzlinger

May 4, 2016

If your own family is anything like the clan in this delightfully demented show, seek help immediately. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

May 3, 2016

Distinctive, but not necessarily unique, Flowers feels like a mixture of Franny and Zooey and Harold and Maude by way of Roald Dahl (or a mixture of The Royal Tenenbaums and Arrested Development by way of Lemony Snicket, if you prefer your references more second-generation). Read full review

Stephen Puddicombe

May 3, 2016

The show attempts to strike a fine balancing act between black humor and touching emotional content--and is generally more successful at executing the latter. Read full review

Joanne Ostrow

May 4, 2016

Seeso’s first original scripted comedy, written and directed by BAFTA-nominated Will Sharpe, is a head-scratcher. It does have Olivia Colman going for it. Read full review

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anonymous133

May 27, 2016

I absolutely love this show. I've never seen anything like it. It made me laugh and it made me cry. I love all of the quirk-ie characters. It's just perfect.

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bohmer

May 5, 2016

Basically the series plays as a deeper and more thoughtful and yes, quirkier British Wes Anderson-ish story. The acting is good all around and there's a real filmmaking proposition like most recent Channel4 outings. Loved it!

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Phoenixxl

Jul 21, 2016

The aspect about this glorious black comedy meets french connection is it's capacity to make you ignore your own life completely for the 6X30 minutes it lasts. It's over the top enough to make you cringe , yet down to earth enough to feel you have a real connection with some characters.

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shoulderoforion

May 7, 2016

I think Coleman's the best & really wanted to like this show but halfway through the first episode, I bailed out. The characters were simply too out there to the point that I didn't find any of them the least bit amusing, just weird & annoying.

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 11, 2018
Season 1

77
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 5, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E6. Episode 6
  Air Date: April 29, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: April 28, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: April 27, 2016
- tbd
  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: April 26, 2016
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: April 25, 2016
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: April 25, 2016