La Brea: Season 1

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NBC | Season Premiere Date: September 28, 2021

Summary: A gigantic sinkhole takes a group of Los Angeles residents, including a Eve Harris (Natalie Zea) and her son Josh (Jack Martin) into a primeval world where they must work together to find a way home in this drama series written by David Applebaum.

Creator: David Appelbaum

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Topanga
Air Date: November 30, 2021
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S1:E9. Father and Son
Air Date: November 23, 2021
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S1:E8. Origins
Air Date: November 16, 2021

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Glenn Garvin

Sep 24, 2021

The shark-jumping occurred in Happy Days' fifth season. But a critic who waits five years to declare a shark jumped these days probably won't have a show left to declare dead; three and a half seasons is now considered a healthy lifespan for a TV series. So let's give mad props to NBC's La Brea, which vaults the Selachimorpha in precisely nine minutes when it debuts next week. Read full review

Joel Keller

Sep 28, 2021

There’s enough to like about La Brea that will keep viewers watching, despite the show’s more silly and cheesy elements, especially the mystery of where the “lost” Angelenos are and why they’re there. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Sep 27, 2021

While the pilot doesn’t have the immediate adrenalin rush of the first “Lost” (almost nothing on TV does), it does set up just enough to keep viewers engaged. ... There’s also the sad news to report that “La Brea” doesn’t look very good. Now, the cheap effects could be improved by the budget that usually balloons from pilot to second episode, but “La Brea” needs to lean into its insane concept to work. Read full review

Caroline Framke

Sep 28, 2021

If “La Brea” [flies off the rails like CBS' Zoo], it just might find a loyal audience of people willing to go with it to the ends of the bizarro earth and back. If it remains determined to take itself very seriously, though, the bland procedural lurking underneath just might swallow it up. Read full review

Kristi Turnquist

Sep 28, 2021

One of the characters says it seems like they’re in an episode of “Lost,” and unfortunately, “La Brea” is the latest TV show to borrow from the “Lost” playbook. Read full review

Rob Owen

Sep 20, 2021

Instead of warding off Sleestaks, they run from CGI wolves. Back in L.A., bureaucrats appear to know more about the sinkhole than they let on to the public. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Aug 1, 2022

It’s tremendously, gloriously, educationally bad. Read full review

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truerock

Sep 30, 2021

La Brea is a TV series of the disaster and science fiction genres.
There are 3 good actors in the series:
Natalie Zea as Eve Harris, a mother and wife Eoin Macken as Gavin Harris, the estranged husband of Eve Harris Zyra Gorecki as Izzy Harris, the daughter of Eve Harris and Gavin HarrisLa Brea is a TV series of the disaster and science fiction genres.
There are 3 good actors in the series:
Natalie Zea as Eve Harris, a mother and wife
Eoin Macken as Gavin Harris, the estranged husband of Eve Harris
Zyra Gorecki as Izzy Harris, the daughter of Eve Harris and Gavin Harris
Zyra Gorecli may be considered the star of the series by many.

There are other actors of average to below average quality. It seems that casting of most of the characters were erratic.

The premise of the series involves the La Brea tar pits area during current time and also around 15,000 B.C. It will be interesting to see how accurate the 15,000 B.C. time period is portrayed.

I think most individuals will find the writing of the script to be of not good quality. David Appelbaum probably shouldn't have produced the final script. What we see is what many would consider a rough draft - that has potential.

I'll continue to view the series. It will be interesting to see if its potential develops.… Expand

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Lanny_C

Oct 5, 2021

I couldn't even get past the fact that people survived a fall into a sinkhole with all the debris from the surface falling around and on top of them!
That belittle's the tragic event of 9/11 and all those people that fell to their death and were crushed by the Towers collapse.
AbsoluteI couldn't even get past the fact that people survived a fall into a sinkhole with all the debris from the surface falling around and on top of them!
That belittle's the tragic event of 9/11 and all those people that fell to their death and were crushed by the Towers collapse.
Absolute stupidity... garbage concept with soon-to-be garbage scripts and dumpster diving fans of such a mountain of human waste... thank God the production industry will (hopefully) go on strike. I want to see the producers try to make this stupid show on iPhone 13's!… Expand

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Braw

Oct 18, 2021

Didnt make it past episode 1 and wouldn't have given it another though but I saw it on here and thought I would warn people save the minutes of your life :)

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tklyte

Oct 26, 2021

I'm not very good at a lot of things but telling between good TV and total crap isn't one of them. If you made it through episode one without puking, congratulations. If this show makes it past season one, pity should be felt upon Americans. We have truly been zombified. I can't think of aI'm not very good at a lot of things but telling between good TV and total crap isn't one of them. If you made it through episode one without puking, congratulations. If this show makes it past season one, pity should be felt upon Americans. We have truly been zombified. I can't think of a show in the last 10 years with a 99% possibility of failure. La Brea is that show. Don't bother.… Expand

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ozziealtec

Sep 30, 2021

Bad writing, poor acting. I wasn't able to stand it any more past the 15 minute mark.Family that I asked and friends agree. It's just awful.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 9, 2024
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 27, 2022
Season 1

44
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 28, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E10. Topanga
  Air Date: November 30, 2021
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  S1:E9. Father and Son
  Air Date: November 23, 2021
- tbd
  S1:E8. Origins
  Air Date: November 16, 2021
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  S1:E7. The Storm
  Air Date: November 9, 2021
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  S1:E6. The Way Home
  Air Date: November 2, 2021
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  S1:E5. The Fort
  Air Date: October 26, 2021
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  S1:E4. The New Arrival
  Air Date: October 19, 2021
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  S1:E3. The Hunt
  Air Date: October 12, 2021
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  S1:E2. Day Two
  Air Date: October 5, 2021
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: September 28, 2021