Locke & Key: Season 1

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Locke & Key: Welcome To Keyhouse

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Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: February 7, 2020

Summary: After the murder of their father, the Locke siblings (Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup and Emilia Jones) return to Keyhouse, the family home, where they discover mysterious keys that could be connected to their father's death in this drama based on graphic novels by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.

Creator: Joe Hill

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Crown of Shadows
Air Date: February 7, 2020
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S1:E9. Echoes
Air Date: February 7, 2020
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S1:E8. Ray of F**king Sunshine
Air Date: February 7, 2020

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Alex Zalben

Feb 3, 2020

I loved the first season of Netflix’s Locke & Key adaptation, which brilliantly skirts the line between horror, drama, comedy and dark fantasy the comics by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez helped innovate. Read full review

The Guardian Graeme Virtue

Feb 7, 2020

While much of Locke and Key feels superficially familiar, cushioned by the superior production design and a lush score, there are enough deliberately disconcerting or oddball moments to make it a constantly evolving pleasure. And, with multiple volumes of the collected comic series already on bookstore shelves, this reincarnation could just be the start. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Feb 7, 2020

As the episodes progress, the writing becomes more confident, and the season ends strongly. "Locke & Key" is the TV-show equivalent of a fixer-upper with good bones. The structure and the foundation are there, but some cosmetic updates might help. Read full review

Collider Vinnie Mancuso

Feb 3, 2020

As is, it’s a perfectly fun, flighty dark fantasy that hasn’t quite unlocked its full potential. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Feb 7, 2020

Locke & Key may mete out its genre goofiness over the course of a slump-filled first season, but if you want more than morsels to sustain you, there are plenty of similarly-toned shows without the barrier to entry. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Feb 7, 2020

Simply put, there are too many TV shows about magical/special/mutant teens to get away with something that comes across as being this generic. Read full review

The Independent Ed Cumming

Feb 7, 2020

The cast and script and direction and production are all as glossy you’d expect from a production like this. But it is frustratingly safe, at once too much and not enough. If Netflix won’t take a risk, viewers shouldn’t be expected to, either. Read full review

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DylanJaimes12

Mar 21, 2020

ES LA MEJOR SERIE, desde el primer momento te atrapa, me la vi sin ver ni un tráiler, y aún así consideró que es BUENISIMA

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Kaiizen3

Jul 3, 2020

I will be up front and say, that if you came from the comic, and are expecting a direct port, you are going to be dissapointed. Coming into it with a fresh mind, and thinking of it as the first successful show to be created on this, it is great. They turned the mature content of the comicI will be up front and say, that if you came from the comic, and are expecting a direct port, you are going to be dissapointed. Coming into it with a fresh mind, and thinking of it as the first successful show to be created on this, it is great. They turned the mature content of the comic down from 100 to about 30...but I think they still do a great job of showing the Locke family, and the impact the different keys have on them. I would definitely recommend watchin… Expand

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Csirus

Feb 10, 2020

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tuwalua

Feb 8, 2020

Good adaptation but lacking the darkness of the comics. It is a family friendly fantasy/mystery show which is well made. But it is more satisfying to watch when they find and learn about the keys than the final conclusion. Its a good fun show to watch, Netflix did nothing wrong there. If youGood adaptation but lacking the darkness of the comics. It is a family friendly fantasy/mystery show which is well made. But it is more satisfying to watch when they find and learn about the keys than the final conclusion. Its a good fun show to watch, Netflix did nothing wrong there. If you like magic and mystery with a little bit of harry potter vibes its a show for you! But i wished it was a little bit more horror and darker!… Expand

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corremn

Feb 19, 2020

Lets just dwell on what lets this show down, the script, period. The background story and actors are quite good, however the script is juvenile, filled with plot holes and over dramatisation, characters do and say things that just does not stand up to any form of scrutiny. Leave you brainLets just dwell on what lets this show down, the script, period. The background story and actors are quite good, however the script is juvenile, filled with plot holes and over dramatisation, characters do and say things that just does not stand up to any form of scrutiny. Leave you brain at the door, and pray that season 2 brings fixes to these really obvious shortcomings.… Expand

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Psy_pmP

Feb 8, 2020

The stupidest series, with the stupidest characters. Every time they do something stupid just to move the story. Everyone on this show is a complete idiots.

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gilbertofp16

Feb 9, 2020

Bad acting, bad history, I mean the people in this series are like no stoping and thinking why the crazy stuff is happening, it is like normal to them, like wow this stuff happen let's go to school yeahhh, wtf why the characters can not have balls and think and do something

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: August 10, 2022
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 22, 2021
Season 1

61
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E10. Crown of Shadows
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E9. Echoes
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E8. Ray of F**king Sunshine
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E7. Dissection
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E6. The Black Door
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E5. Family Tree
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E4. The Keepers of the Keys
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E3. Head Games
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E2. Trapper / Keeper
  Air Date: February 7, 2020
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  S1:E1. Welcome to Matheson
  Air Date: February 7, 2020