Here and Now

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC , HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 11, 2018
Metascore
46

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 31
  3. Negative: 11 out of 31
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Critic Reviews

  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Feb 8, 2018
    80
    Here and Now is franker, more unyielding [than NBC's This is Us] and, as a result, more suited to a tough historical moment. This show’s willingness to go for baroque, adding on oddity with gusto, recalls the best and--in moments--worst of Six Feet Under. That show’s narrative excesses, applied without real purpose, eventually fell flat. But Here and Now sets forth more confidently.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Feb 7, 2018
    75
    It’s key to the theme of the series, really: that there are real lives and real emotions struggling to break through the social pressure and detritus of contemporary life. Those struggles are what draws us in to this complicated world to root for Ball’s precious and flaw creations.
  3. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Feb 20, 2018
    70
    While Here and Now isn’t as engaging as “Six Feet Under,” it has an intriguing quality that invites you to snoop around.
  5. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Feb 9, 2018
    70
    Strange and intriguing.
  6. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Feb 8, 2018
    70
    The damn thing is irritating, intelligent, well-acted, infuriating, self-righteous, curious, inadvertently funny, and pretentious, and Holly Hunter is in it. ... So why is Here and Now so watchable? Because the performances are terrific, and Ball, for all his miserablism, knows how to write scenes that exert an emotional pull. Hunter and Robbins are superb as the parents, and in the four episodes I watched, Lee’s Duc and Zovatto’s Ramon were standout players.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Dana Schwartz
    Jan 29, 2018
    67
    Here and Now suffers from a self-seriousness that's hard not to laugh at--for the wrong reasons. [2/9 Feb 2018, p.97]
  8. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Feb 6, 2018
    63
    Maddening Here and Now can also be engaging and provocative. The frustration is in never quite knowing what it wants to be.
  9. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Feb 9, 2018
    62
    At times, Here and Now is exhausting. And yet, some of the characters, particularly Ramon and the Muslim family, are fascinating enough for the time being, despite how annoying so many other elements of the show turn out to be.

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#77 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  3. Negative: 17 out of 43
  1. section20mi6
    Feb 12, 2018
    3
    Allen Ball tries so hard to combine family drama, philosophical ideas, supernatural phenomenon, and modern condition all together, but failsAllen Ball tries so hard to combine family drama, philosophical ideas, supernatural phenomenon, and modern condition all together, but fails miserably to do so. Entire drama feels off the chart and makes people wonder: What is the point of all this? Rather than tackling specific racial, gender or political issues, Ball tries to entertain younger audiences with mysteries and older audiences with drama. However with too many elements going on, the series' central messages are unclear and bland.… Full Review »
  2. AChans
    Feb 18, 2018
    2
    Impossible to sit though, the political commentary is so in your face and obvious. I'd like to enjoy TV without an agenda.
  3. Vancomycin
    Feb 12, 2018
    1
    Close your eyes and picture a television show that tries too hard and wants to be too many things. Keep them closed... for an hour and you'llClose your eyes and picture a television show that tries too hard and wants to be too many things. Keep them closed... for an hour and you'll save yourself from having to endure the first episode of this dialogue-heavy pseudo-emotional Emmy-bait.… Full Review »
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