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| A&E | Release Date: November 29, 2016 |
Summary:
In the docuseries Leah Remini interviews former Scientologists about their experiences.
Genre(s):
Reality, News/Documentary, Documentary, Science
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Recent Episodes
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S3:E11. Church And State
Air Date: February 5, 2019
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S3:E2. Star Witness
Air Date: November 27, 2018
Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
Nov 29, 2016
Season 1 Review:
It isn’t hugely dynamic as a viewing experience, with a heavy reliance on talking-head interviews, archival footage of Scientology events, schlocky B-roll footage, and basso profundo sound effects to indicate tension. But Remini’s presence is compelling (and frequently wacky), while her outrage at the institution she grew up in seems deeply felt.
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Nov 29, 2016
Season 1 Review:
What Scientology and the Aftermath lacks in cinematic polish and the caliber of familiar celebrities featured in “Going Clear”--director Paul Haggis, one of the most famous Hollywood adherents to publicly defect from the Church prior to Remini, led off Gibney’s documentary--is somewhat supplanted by Remini’s honest anger and frustration, both of which blaze across the screen in reaction to particularly damning revelations. Remini’s overall likability is this program’s most valuable asset.
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Aug 16, 2017
Season 2 Review:
As with previous installments, the victims’ stories are presented with relatively little sensationalism, and Remini remains a brassy but open-hearted presence. Season two promises to expose more sexual and physical abuse within Scientology’s ranks, and the premiere proved an auspiciously sensitive start.
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Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Toward the end of the premiere, Remini is shown saying she’s hearing the same stories “over and over”--that the abuse and harassment former members are subjected to have similar traits. Unfortunately, that’s not much of an incentive to keep watching her series, which even during the first hour becomes a little repetitive. Nevertheless, Remini comes across as a sincere crusader.
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Nov 29, 2018
Season 3 Review:
The production value is appreciable, but the unscripted moments are the most engaging. The third season of Leah Remini: Scientology and Aftermath promises to be ambitious and sprawling. If the show highlighted its less predictable moments instead of recycling well-rehearsed, information-dense interviews, it might begin to more effectively and earnestly answer its big questions.
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Aug 16, 2020
A rivetting and eye opening account of how the church of Scientology not only operates but brainwashes their own members.
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Season 3
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Season 3 Overview
Air Date: November 18, 2018
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S3:E11. Church And State
Air Date: February 5, 2019
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S3:E2. Star Witness
Air Date: November 27, 2018
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Season 3 Overview
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Season 2
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Season 2 Overview
Air Date: August 15, 2017
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Season 2 Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: November 29, 2016
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Season 1 Overview