Manhattan

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 99 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 99
  3. Negative: 11 out of 99
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  1. DiscoTex
    Oct 13, 2014
    5
    This show started out pretty strong and has a great premise that's rich with story possibilities: science drama, a race against time to win WW2 and beat the Nazis, spies, secrecy, politics, isolated living, etc. All of those themes have appeared, but there is just as much or more emphasis on adultery, secret lesbianism, angst, and career sabotage.
    I understand that these can be dramatic    This show started out pretty strong and has a great premise that's rich with story possibilities: science drama, a race against time to win WW2 and beat the Nazis, spies, secrecy, politics, isolated living, etc. All of those themes have appeared, but there is just as much or more emphasis on adultery, secret lesbianism, angst, and career sabotage.
    I understand that these can be dramatic and interesting subjects, too, but the writers have taken these stories way beyond believable to the point of eye-roll inducing silliness.    … Expand

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#38 Best TV Season of 2014
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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Aug 11, 2014
    100
    This is the best new show of the summer.
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  2. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jul 29, 2014
    91
    John Benjamin Hickey’s point man performance leads the way, with his character’s demons and dilemmas already etched like fissures in his face. Carrying the weight of the world can be heavy lifting. Manhattan so far shows every sign of being able to shoulder the load.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Jul 27, 2014
    100
    Manhattan is in other class entirely, the kind of series that is so good, it lifts a network into a whole new tier. What “Mad Men” did for AMC, Manhattan could do for WGN.
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