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Let the Right One In

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Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Ratings

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Let the Right One In

Series Details & Credits

SHOWTIME | Release Date: October 9, 2022

Summary: Mark (Demián Bichir) tries to provide enough blood for his daughter (Madison Taylor Baez) who was turned into a vampire 10 years ago as a 12-year-old in this series inspired by John Ajvide Lindqvist's Swedish novel and the 2008 film of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Science Fiction

Recent Episodes

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S1:E10. What's Done in the Dark
Air Date: December 11, 2022
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S1:E9. Monster
Air Date: December 4, 2022
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S1:E8. Or Stay and Die
Air Date: November 27, 2022

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Metascore

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Critic Reviews

80

The New York Times

Mike Hale

Oct 7, 2022

Its familiar elements are ordered and executed with above-average intelligence and polish, enough that you can overlook a couple of gaping coincidences that keep the plot moving. Most important is its strong cast. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Oct 6, 2022

Hinderaker and his team thoughtfully elaborate on the human aspect of this story about families and vampires, letting its creepy elements round it off as a piece of meaty dramatic horror. Read full review

75

IndieWire Ben Travers

Oct 10, 2022

The set up, while at times too neat, is confident and compelling. (For what it’s worth, I breezed through six episodes.) Showtime’s series isn’t going to convince anyone it’s the best adaptation to date, but there’s enough reason yet again to welcome Ellie into your home. Read full review

60

The Hollywood Reporter

Daniel Fienberg

Oct 7, 2022

Read the book and see both movies first. Once you know the story and accept that this isn’t definitive, its complementary merits have some value, even if the show doesn’t offer the devastating variations on a fertile theme that I would have hoped for. Read full review

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Decider

Joel Keller

Oct 10, 2022

Let The Right One In is a bit uneven, mainly because some stories are less interesting than others, even if they’ll all get connected somehow by the end of the season. We just want to see how Mark and Ellie manage Ellie’s unusual life, and we want to see more of that as the show goes on. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Hattie Lindert

Oct 6, 2022

Let The Right One In just falls flat. As the series jumps between goofy romance, crime procedural, family drama, and horror, it loses all its narrative steam. Read full review

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The Guardian Charles Bramesco

Oct 7, 2022

Suffers from the same ailment of needless elongation due to a surfeit of subplots padding the original text. A feature’s worth of story cannot always be made to fill a serial run time, but it seems that that’s not going to stop anyone from trying. Read full review

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User Reviews

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GehinomX

Jan 5, 2023

Simplesmente Majestral. Que série completa, que série genial. Simplesmente incrível.

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mm1surfer

Dec 13, 2022

What would you do for your son or daughter? This show explores the depths of that question along with all the motivations that drive that decent to Hell. I found the pace (admittedly slow at times) to be necessary to build the story and characters and worth the journey. Both Demian BichirWhat would you do for your son or daughter? This show explores the depths of that question along with all the motivations that drive that decent to Hell. I found the pace (admittedly slow at times) to be necessary to build the story and characters and worth the journey. Both Demian Bichir (father) and Madison Baez (daughter) acting is warm and brilliant - along with the cast of co-stars. 5 stars from me!… Expand

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TVJerry

Nov 17, 2022

his started as a novel of the same name, then became an excellent Swedish film before the American version Let Me In. Now Showtime has released this series with several changes. It's set in modern day New York and the primary cast members are Hispanic or Black. There are several new subplotshis started as a novel of the same name, then became an excellent Swedish film before the American version Let Me In. Now Showtime has released this series with several changes. It's set in modern day New York and the primary cast members are Hispanic or Black. There are several new subplots that just clutter things up. Demian Bichir plays the beleaguered father of a 12-year-old who's been turned into a vampire. He struggles to keep her supplied with blood, while trying to maintain some normalcy in their lives. There is the troubled next door boy to be befriended, but there's a whole new story about another family searching for cure and even a 3rd story about evil drug dealers. Ultimately, when the narrative sticks to the basic premise, it's interesting, but the side stories water down the effect and there's virtually no tension. Overall, there are some successful elements, but the ultimate outcome is uneven and lacking punch. It must be said that the chimpanzees look incredibly fake,… Expand

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Ltenhoff

Oct 13, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Complete trash that from step one in a single simple episode clearly misses the ENTIRE point of the core material. With a young lead who cant seem to act in this role in the least. And sweeping rewrites that undermine even the slightest hint of taboo that punctuates the very definable nature of vampire lore, choosing rather to hide behind over cautious safety nets.

I am entirely revolted this series has taken the form it is in.

Give it a new title and admit theyre simply stealing surface level bullet points without daring to comprehend the source and MAYBE it will be tolerable.

But as it sits, it'd be like setting Harry Potter in space.… Expand

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

63
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 9, 2022
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  S1:E10. What's Done in the Dark
  Air Date: December 11, 2022
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  S1:E9. Monster
  Air Date: December 4, 2022
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  S1:E8. Or Stay and Die
  Air Date: November 27, 2022
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  S1:E7. More Than You'll Ever Know
  Air Date: November 20, 2022
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  S1:E6. Stargazers
  Air Date: November 13, 2022
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  S1:E5. Quoquo Modo Necessarium
  Air Date: November 6, 2022
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  S1:E4. Outings
  Air Date: October 30, 2022
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  S1:E3. Broken Glass
  Air Date: October 23, 2022
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  S1:E2. Intercessors
  Air Date: October 16, 2022
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  S1:E1. Anything for Blood
  Air Date: October 9, 2022