Mockingbird Lane: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

NBC | Season Premiere Date: October 26, 2012

Starring: Portia de Rossi, Jerry O'Connell, Eddie Izzard

Summary: Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller remakes the classic 1960s TV series, The Munsters.

Genre(s): Horror

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S1:E1. Pilot
Air Date: October 26, 2012

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Verne Gay

Oct 23, 2012

Outrageous, eccentric, funny, campy--and too creepy for small kids. Read full review

Rob Owen

Oct 26, 2012

Mockingbird Lane is funny, fanciful, a visual treat and, perhaps surprisingly, full of heart. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Oct 25, 2012

Throughout the one-hour Mockingbird Lane pilot, it's easy to see why NBC wanted Fuller (with help from director Bryan Singer) to tackle this material, just as it's easy to see why his take scared them. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Oct 23, 2012

The hour goes by fairly quickly, but it's neither overtly scary nor overtly funny, and mixing those tones is very hard indeed. Read full review

David Wiegand

Oct 24, 2012

Fuller needs to sharpen the writing by throwing even more double entendres in for the grown-ups. All the parts are here- they just need to be put together correctly. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Oct 26, 2012

The hour-long pilot of Mockingbird Lane [is] a monster mash of a hot mess. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Oct 25, 2012

The gore is plentiful, the tone is inconsistent, and by the end only one thing is undeniably clear: Mockingbird Lane is a very different creature from "The Munsters." Read full review

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hollowfication

Nov 10, 2012

i love this first episode of mockingbird lane it was really good i thought it be dark show but its so funny i like guy who playing grandpa he only person on the show who ironically made me laugh

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Dwalk27

Nov 2, 2012

Interesting episode, Did not agree with the casting of Jerry O'Connel, he is obviously just there for the female visual stimulation. The show seemed a lot like Arrested Development in relation to the father/son dialogue, perhaps it was just the addition of Portia that sealed my opinion.Interesting episode, Did not agree with the casting of Jerry O'Connel, he is obviously just there for the female visual stimulation. The show seemed a lot like Arrested Development in relation to the father/son dialogue, perhaps it was just the addition of Portia that sealed my opinion. Overall it was funny, Eddie Izzard was brilliant as usual but did not do enough to help the below average plot. With more episodes i think this show may find its feet, much like The Wire.… Expand

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scoley

Oct 30, 2012

I thought Mockingbird Lane was really enjoyable some good special effects also very funny loved Eddie Izzard as Grandpa well worth a series to develop a good weekly story and build on what looks like a good show.

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StarlessBB

Oct 31, 2012

This show has VERY high production values (aside from one or 2 poor CGI scenes) and Eddie Izzard is as great as you always expect of him, but all the other cast members are weak, the plot was weak, and not much laughs were found. It seems like the show is trying too hard to be quirky and different.

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 26, 2012
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: October 26, 2012