I Am The Night: Season 1

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TNT | Season Premiere Date: January 28, 2019

Summary: Directed by Patty Jenkins, Fauna Hodel (India Eisley) seeks information about her birth mother with the help of reporter Jay Singletary (Chris Pine) and finds it connecting to Black Dahlia suspect Dr. George Hodel (Jefferson Mays).

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense

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Melanie McFarland

Jan 29, 2019

Jenkins’ direction allows space for Pine’s performance to muscle through any holes and shortcomings in “I Am the Night,” while Eisley’s grace and silence convey the threat of the Hodels’ menace. As it comes together, the final cut isn’t quite a bleeding-edge thriller so much as a visually sumptuous, slightly filthy noir attraction that doesn’t necessarily shed outrageous new light on a vintage mystery. But it succeeds in elevating the best in the talent resurrecting a piece of it. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Jan 24, 2019

Night’s pacing can be frustrating — this mini would be a lot more effective if it were cut to four hours--but the surprises and twists in the final two episodes make it more than worthy of your investment. Read full review

Katie Rife

Jan 28, 2019

It takes a while to really get going, but once I Am The Night starts spilling its secrets, it doesn’t stop until the very end. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Jan 28, 2019

Those who get through the first several hours of this meandering mystery/morality play may well be invested to see it all the way through. It’s not terrible in the end. Nor is it spellbinding or particularly memorable. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Jan 28, 2019

It takes a few episodes for Pat/Fauna and Jay’s paths to come together; by the time they do, a crucial amount of plot momentum has been sacrificed for the sake of establishing a creepily suggestive mood. Jenkins clearly wants to deliver on a theme of motherhood and abandonment, but Eisley has difficulty shouldering the weight of Pat/Fauna’s story, which just grows weirder instead of more compelling. Read full review

Amy Glynn

Jan 28, 2019

By making Fauna, and Jay, the twin centers of a story that is nonetheless about George and a high-profile murder victim, I Am The Night becomes the dramatic equivalent of a name-dropping social media poseur. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Allison Shoemaker

Nov 27, 2018

If I Am The Night is disappointingly uninterested in the inner workings of Singletary, then it flatly refuses to acknowledge that Fauna might have any. Eisley doesn’t fare as well as Pine, a fact that can be attributed in part to the writing. The series is content to turn Fauna into a would-be Nancy Drew Read full review

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BigD333

Feb 24, 2019

I love this show! Chris Pine is sensational--great looking and such talent acting. India Eisley is also beautiful and creates such an air of intrigue. This series looks like something much more special than a free cable miniseries!