Motherland: Fort Salem: Season 1

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Freeform | Season Premiere Date: March 18, 2020

Summary: In an alternative America where witches avoided the witch trials by agreeing to cooperate with the government, three young witches: Raelle (Taylor Hickson), Tally (Jessica Sutton) and Abigail (Ashley Nicole Williams) undergo combat magic training and fight a dangerous foe in this drama series created by Eliot Laurence.

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Witchbomb
Air Date: May 20, 2020
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S1:E10. Witchbomb
Air Date: May 20, 2020
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S1:E9. Coup
Air Date: May 13, 2020

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Joel Keller

Mar 19, 2020

If the first season can clear up some of the confusion and expand the world beyond the recruits, we expect things to get very interesting. Read full review

Laura Bogart

Mar 13, 2020

Narrative bagginess swallows all the story’s oxygen and blows it out as stale air: It squanders precious opportunities to develop compelling antagonists—and that lack of complexity is even more unfortunate given that the three leads are so charismatic and well-cast. Read full review

Tim Surette

Mar 12, 2020

Those more pertinent narratives are nearly crushed inside the margins by shoehorned subplots such as a mishandled suicide storyline, necromancy, and pretty much anything regarding the elder witches in their command station. Read full review

Rob Owen

Mar 17, 2020

The types are all pretty obvious and plot turns are telegraphed well in advance, yet the show fails to clearly explain what is going on in this alternate America. The witchiness of the young women is even underplayed to a frustrating degree until late in the premiere episode. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Mar 17, 2020

At its best, the series is wildly ambitious and gorgeously otherworldly, with flying drug trips, strength-enhancing orgies and brilliantly novel aesthetics, especially in its marriage between military chic and Goth motifs. But it is rarely at its best. Fort Salem leans early and heavily into its most familiar, least interesting storyline. Read full review

Collider Jean Bentley

Mar 18, 2020

After six episodes (that’s how many Freeform made available to critics), the tone is still uneven and some of the reveals are hard to follow. Dialogue is occasionally clunky, frequently bordering on ridiculous. Read full review

Caroline Framke

Mar 19, 2020

“Motherland” combines too many ideas in order to make one wildly confusing show that, despite its insistence otherwise, struggles to understand what “empowerment” actually means. Read full review

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Lerahjat

Jun 28, 2020

This is a very interesting and original story, i like it. and Scylla is an extremely charismatic character, complex, everybody good, but especially her and her line.

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ice1100

Apr 16, 2020

It's so cool and its made very well I love this show so much I love the gay in it

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Blsoto

May 7, 2020

I've never been so invested in a Tv show before. It has fully realized characters, immersive world building, unapologetic defiance, and most of all a hard working cast who give it their all each episode. I find myself looking forward to every Wednesday.

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Skeletor71

Apr 14, 2020

Give it a shot. I did and it is starting to grow on me and now I'm looking forward to the next episode. It's got a lot of cool concepts about witchcraft and the alternate universe is well done. Some of it looks a little low budget and tacky (especially the color hues). But once you get pastGive it a shot. I did and it is starting to grow on me and now I'm looking forward to the next episode. It's got a lot of cool concepts about witchcraft and the alternate universe is well done. Some of it looks a little low budget and tacky (especially the color hues). But once you get past that it's a lot of fun.… Expand

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SomeDopeMojo

Apr 2, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was super hype for this series but one thing that threw me off a lil was by the editing of the trailer, it seems something completely different. For instance the cuts showing the Salem witch trials was a play that they were at for some event. It's not a dark horror series that u may expect. The cast is great and the relationship between characters is fun but that's all it's got going so far.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 21, 2022
Season 2

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

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 18, 2020
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  S1:E10. Witchbomb
  Air Date: May 20, 2020
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  S1:E10. Witchbomb
  Air Date: May 20, 2020
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  S1:E9. Coup
  Air Date: May 13, 2020
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  S1:E9. Coup
  Air Date: May 13, 2020
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  S1:E8. Citydrop
  Air Date: May 6, 2020
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  S1:E8. Citydrop
  Air Date: May 6, 2020
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  S1:E7. Mother Mycelium
  Air Date: April 29, 2020
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  S1:E7. Mother Mycelium
  Air Date: April 29, 2020
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  S1:E6. Up is Down
  Air Date: April 22, 2020
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  S1:E6. Up is Down
  Air Date: April 22, 2020
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  S1:E5. Bellweather Season
  Air Date: April 15, 2020
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  S1:E5. Bellweather Season
  Air Date: April 15, 2020
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  S1:E4. Hail Beltane
  Air Date: April 8, 2020
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  S1:E4. Hail Beltane
  Air Date: April 8, 2020
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  S1:E3. A Biddy's Life
  Air Date: April 1, 2020
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  S1:E3. A Biddy's Life
  Air Date: April 1, 2020
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  S1:E2. My Witches
  Air Date: March 25, 2020
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  S1:E1. Say the Words
  Air Date: March 18, 2020