Here and Now

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC , HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 11, 2018
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
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  1. 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'll save yourself from having to endure the first episode of this dialogue-heavy pseudo-emotional Emmy-bait.
  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. Mr_Maldoror
    Feb 18, 2018
    3
    Despite the many contrivances of the first episode, a chance was given to this show with the understanding that it was finding its footing. It certainly did, but not for the best, and it decided to double down on its political rhetoric in cartoonishly broad generalizations. The end result is something that plays out like the far left equivalent of a God's Not Dead movie.
  4. nab_yat
    Mar 10, 2018
    9
    4 episodes in, this show is for the type of person who can handle uncertainty. Characters are complex and will take time to fully flesh out. When the episode ends, you wish you had another to watch.
  5. PDXer
    Mar 15, 2018
    1
    It tries to be a socially relevant series that uses every hot topic issue available just for the sake of using them. It’s a typical one-sided argument in scene after scene that feels more like being lectured than entertained. Add that to a plot is filled with holes and story lines that are all over the place and confusing. Add it all up and you get a mess of a show, whether or not youIt tries to be a socially relevant series that uses every hot topic issue available just for the sake of using them. It’s a typical one-sided argument in scene after scene that feels more like being lectured than entertained. Add that to a plot is filled with holes and story lines that are all over the place and confusing. Add it all up and you get a mess of a show, whether or not you agree with the social content.… Expand
  6. datro
    Apr 23, 2018
    10
    This serie seems to be far too good to be successful, to earn great ratings. This story is so overwhelming, gives such a wide perspective on human existence in these confusing times. Each episode surprises the spectator in telling original and provocative stories, it’s a pity the great public seems not to be prepared for this and new insights . Hopefully this serie will prove her valuesThis serie seems to be far too good to be successful, to earn great ratings. This story is so overwhelming, gives such a wide perspective on human existence in these confusing times. Each episode surprises the spectator in telling original and provocative stories, it’s a pity the great public seems not to be prepared for this and new insights . Hopefully this serie will prove her values the coming years.… Expand
  7. section20mi6
    Feb 12, 2018
    3
    Allen 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 audiencesAllen 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.… Expand
  8. HollyHope
    Apr 18, 2018
    0
    Complex characters and family drama. I enjoy the show because it is so different dealing with many aspects of family from a racial, philosophical and supernatural phenomenon. But intelligent and educated individuals should have a higher level of vocabulary to describe their emotions and not use the F____ word in every conversation. Every character uses this F____word in every episode.Complex characters and family drama. I enjoy the show because it is so different dealing with many aspects of family from a racial, philosophical and supernatural phenomenon. But intelligent and educated individuals should have a higher level of vocabulary to describe their emotions and not use the F____ word in every conversation. Every character uses this F____word in every episode. Consider what impact this has on the rest of society! When this show uses this offensive word in daily communication - the show is giving permission to the rest of society to do so also. Not Good!
    I will not resume watching "Here And Now" next season for this reason.    … Expand
  9. geodeo
    Feb 12, 2018
    9
    Great new show - packs a lot of potential arcs into first episode to get us involved. The writing is great, the acting superb and the story lines have so many places to go. Finally a show that does not labor the point and becomes such a slow burn that you lose interest. I was immersed strangely in the first episode with elements of Donnie Darko intrigue and West Wing fast paced dialog.Great new show - packs a lot of potential arcs into first episode to get us involved. The writing is great, the acting superb and the story lines have so many places to go. Finally a show that does not labor the point and becomes such a slow burn that you lose interest. I was immersed strangely in the first episode with elements of Donnie Darko intrigue and West Wing fast paced dialog. Congrats HBO just loved the first episode and am hooked!!!… Expand
  10. GerN
    Mar 14, 2018
    7
    Here and Now is complex, with characters who are all thoroughly enmeshed in the plot. The characters are involving and distinctive: we want to know what happens to them. How entertaining would this series be without the supernatural element? Five episodes in, it is still hard to say. My wife and I are really enjoying it, especially the writing. It is a huge improvement over Mr.Here and Now is complex, with characters who are all thoroughly enmeshed in the plot. The characters are involving and distinctive: we want to know what happens to them. How entertaining would this series be without the supernatural element? Five episodes in, it is still hard to say. My wife and I are really enjoying it, especially the writing. It is a huge improvement over Mr. Ball's True Blood.… Expand
  11. Hamjaj
    Feb 20, 2018
    1
    This show tries to hard at to many things and fails at all of them. On top of it all the "identity politics" and hollywood regressive bull **** is shoved down your throat in as many scenes as possible.
  12. rodneylama
    Feb 20, 2018
    1
    Watched the first 2 episodes and I'm already done with this. Seems like Here and Now was an attempt at a grown up HBO version of This Is Us - but its embarrassingly bad. It's been a really long time since I haven't made it through a full season of an HBO show. I was really excited for a new Alan Ball series because I was a big fan of Six Feet Under - watched every episode. Here and NowWatched the first 2 episodes and I'm already done with this. Seems like Here and Now was an attempt at a grown up HBO version of This Is Us - but its embarrassingly bad. It's been a really long time since I haven't made it through a full season of an HBO show. I was really excited for a new Alan Ball series because I was a big fan of Six Feet Under - watched every episode. Here and Now isn't a fraction as good as SFU. Here and Now caved in on itself under all the weight of the shock value social and diversity points it tried to make just in the 1st episode. Whatever happened to creating interesting characters with a great storyline and slowly pulling the viewer in with twists and turns as you reveal each characters vices and hangups and strengths ect. I could list off so many shows I've liked so much that have done that. Here and Now just backed the dump truck up and unloaded all the baggage on the front lawn in the very first episode. And then again in the second. And after 2 episodes I could care less about any of these characters or the storyline (if there was one - couldn't really tell). This is the most obvious one season and done I've ever seen.… Expand

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#77 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

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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
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Emily Nussbaum
    Feb 21, 2018
    40
    Sadly, the first four episodes are--despite a very HBO combination of worldly themes and super-horny sex scenes--more of an irritant than an intoxicant.
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  2. 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.
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Feb 13, 2018
    30
    Unfortunately Here and Now takes great pains to fulfill its title as a drama, albeit a bad one with inadvertent overtones of assigning a magical otherness to the non-white characters in its cast, Ramon in particular. A bigger disappointment, though, is the fact that it’s a generally well-acted hour with a few characters worth following. ... Spending several episodes with it made me want to scream "Get out."
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