Mosaic

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 22, 2018
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Jan 17, 2018
    50
    Mosaic is an interesting mystery that, as a series, unfolds a little more awkwardly than expected, giving viewers the feeling that it was something else previously and was repurposed.
  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jan 22, 2018
    40
    Suffering from Netflix-style bloat, Mosaic is less binge than indulgent slog. [22 Jan - 4 Feb 2018, p.13]
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  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Jan 22, 2018
    40
    Stone’s performance is lively enough that I cared who killed Olivia (the answer is both clever and predictable), but the reveal is, like everything else, oddly dispassionate and strangely placid. In this way, at least, Mosaic is a nice distraction from everything else on your phone.

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#65 Best TV Season of 2018
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#68 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 34
  3. Negative: 7 out of 34
  1. asmanraj
    Jan 28, 2018
    5
    The first episode is boring. Episodes two through five are riveting. The last episode is frustrating and unsatisfying. Jennifer Ferrin carriesThe first episode is boring. Episodes two through five are riveting. The last episode is frustrating and unsatisfying. Jennifer Ferrin carries the show but the script of the last episode left a lot to be desired. Not worth your time.… Full Review »
  2. EludiumQ36
    Feb 17, 2018
    1
    Barely made it halfway through the premiere episode, so banal, so boring. If you cannot capture my interest more quickly then you've lost me.Barely made it halfway through the premiere episode, so banal, so boring. If you cannot capture my interest more quickly then you've lost me. Others may hang in there but there are FAR too many shows out there in streaming space now for me to waste my time with a slow-burn bore. Recent shows I would recommend that are FAR more engaging from the outset: Jean Claude van Johnson, Altered Carbon, Berlin Station season 1, Black Mirror - all seasons, Shut Eye, Future Man, ...… Full Review »
  3. Dmorles
    Feb 27, 2018
    10
    I've watched this series twice and it's excellent. Gives you everything you could want from a Detective TV series - except an ending on aI've watched this series twice and it's excellent. Gives you everything you could want from a Detective TV series - except an ending on a silver platter. Soderberg builds a muddy plot filled with testimonies, evidence, facts, prime suspects and motives. The story also delves into human memory and leads the viewer down a path where they must decide whether memories presented are real or whether they are possibly imagined. The theme of memory in the story is a big one - and kind of reminded me of the study done on flashbulb memories in 1988 with the space shuttle Challenger crash. If you like thinking and enjoy sleuth/detective series - look no further.… Full Review »
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