Incorporated

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Season 1
  • Network: SyFy
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 30, 2016
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
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Critic Reviews

  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Liz Shannon Miller
    Dec 1, 2016
    83
    For fans of speculative fiction, Incorporated will feel familiar. For those who read the news with an eye toward the worst, it might feel inevitable. But even when the central story fails to spark major interest, the world that’s been built is enough to keep us engaged.
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Nov 30, 2016
    83
    Key for any great sci-fi show, Incorporated’s creators, brothers Alex and David Pastor (“Carriers”), excel at filling in the details of their world.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Nov 30, 2016
    75
    Besides the sharp yet paper-thin portrayals, the biggest problem with the show is timing. You look to Incorporated for dystopian fiction that expresses our current anxieties; what you get is fitful resonance that makes you realize it might be too soon for any show to meet that challenge.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Michael Starr
    Nov 30, 2016
    75
    You’ll have to watch the series to really get into its flow. I was impressed by its big-bucks special effects which, for the most part, don’t get in the way of the show’s human element.
  6. The Detroit News
    Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Nov 28, 2016
    75
    The production values are high, the acting efficient, the story teems with twists and turns.
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Nov 30, 2016
    70
    Other parts of Incorporated are less interesting but at least the story is trying hard, and every time it misses a beat (bloody cage fighting on overdrive out in the Red Zone) it does something cool like dream up a service where you pay someone on a loud dirt bike to drive you up 18 flights of stairs in a sketchy Red Zone apartment.
  8. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Nov 30, 2016
    70
    While their new show offers a vision of the future that isn’t particularly original, its plot is energetic, and its visuals are sleek and appealingly stylized.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Nov 28, 2016
    70
    Not all of the characters pop, but Incorporated keeps things moving at a smart pace.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Danette Chavez
    Nov 30, 2016
    67
    Its dystopian bent is de rigueur, so much so that the series suffers from the other side of that savvy coin--it’s almost indistinguishable from its counterparts.
  11. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Nov 30, 2016
    67
    Although its super-bleak future is nothing new, Incorporated does an above-average job of bringing it all home.

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 48
  3. Negative: 9 out of 48
  1. Arzen353
    Dec 10, 2016
    3
    After watching two episodes I'm confident in saying that Incorporated is a TV show that could have been an incredible, modern take on classicAfter watching two episodes I'm confident in saying that Incorporated is a TV show that could have been an incredible, modern take on classic cyberpunk, and it has the rating, decent enough acting, and effects budget to pull it off, but instead it's pretty bad just because of how stupid it is.

    There are lots of small ways in which the writing is silly, but the biggest is just the basic premise. The idea of a show about corporatocracy is one that's long overdue to be explored in television - but the way they get there is pretty ridiculous.

    In Incorporated, everyone who works for a giant corporation lives in a beautiful, immaculate, technologically sophisticated paradise - everyone who doesn't, which is implied to be most of the population - is a homeless, destitute, mostly unemployed refugee living in squalor and starving to death, thanks to global warming. So since nearly everyone has no money...who the **** are these giant corporations selling their products to? It's one thing to say the middle class is dying, but you can't just cut out everything but "upper class" and "destitute poverty that neither works nor spends" and have an kind of economic premise that makes any goddamn sense.    … Full Review »
  2. ZackMurph
    Jan 24, 2017
    10
    Absolutely love the show. It's intriguing, inventive sci-fi, and extremely bold. It takes a leap in a direction that many wouldn't attempt,Absolutely love the show. It's intriguing, inventive sci-fi, and extremely bold. It takes a leap in a direction that many wouldn't attempt, and that leap seems to have paid off. The actors, writing, CGI, staging, and music all sync up well enough to make you believe that this world they're trying to create could actually become a reality.

    I can see this show not being for everyone. As it's not a war-base or adventure based sci-fi, but more of a drama based tv series in a sci-fi universe. Don't be afraid to give it a shot, and tell your friends. This show deserves a second season.    … Full Review »
  3. JorgeLestre
    Jan 16, 2017
    8
    Incorporated is actually very interesting with a bold and entertaining approach of corporative power. Even if this isn't a particularlyIncorporated is actually very interesting with a bold and entertaining approach of corporative power. Even if this isn't a particularly original concept, the show manages to make a breakthrough by creating a world so beautiful it's impossible not to take a look.… Full Review »
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