Mr. Mercedes: Season 1

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Mr. Mercedes

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Audience Network | Audience | Peacock | Season Premiere Date: August 9, 2017

Starring: Holland Taylor, Scott Lawrence, Kelly Lynch

Summary: Psychopath killer Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway) sends letters and emails to retired police detective Bill Hodges (Brendan Gleeson) about his unsolved killings in David E. Kelley's adaptation of Stephen King’s 2014 book.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner
Air Date: October 11, 2017
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S1:E9. Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream
Air Date: October 4, 2017
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S1:E8. From the Ashes
Air Date: September 27, 2017

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Glenn Garvin

Aug 5, 2017

This is big-time entertainment. Read full review

Rob Lowman

Aug 7, 2017

The 10-episode Mr. Mercedes isn’t a horror story. King’s tales are generally known for capturing middle-class angst, and the series has creepily translated that to the screen. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Aug 9, 2017

Kelley has made Janey Patterson, as played by Mary-Louise Parker, into a romantic interest for Hodges. This fix is not only needless--that’s one reason Taylor’s Ida exists, as she did in King’s novel: to provide Hodges with some intimate comfort--but it seems both less believable. ... Putting that aside, Mr. Mercedes is awfully good. Read full review

Jeff Jensen

Aug 7, 2017

Mr. Mercedes isn't prestige-class pulp, but it's a quality star vehicle fueled with enough poignancy to make it worth the ride. [11 Aug 2017, p.46] Read full review

David Hinckley

Aug 9, 2017

Gleeson does a first-rate job with a character we’ve seen before, the tormented cop who plunges into a battle where he’s seemingly outflanked and outgunned. Treadaway is suitably troubling as a kid who represses such waves of rage and frustration that we don’t doubt it could explode somewhere. That the causes of his rage play as clichés doesn’t make him less menacing, though it makes the larger story less than subtle. Call it a solid campfire yarn. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Aug 8, 2017

Mr. Mercedes is a slow-burn cop show, the kind of program that sometimes drags its feet a bit too much for its own good--I think there was probably a great eight-episode series instead of this good ten-episode one--but the rhythm allows for character-driven performances from its talented cast. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

Aug 9, 2017

Mr. Mercedes comes off as a plodding compendium of serial-killer and cop cliches, all conveyed via an unrelentingly dour tone and almost suffocating aesthetic of drab greens, blacks and browns. Read full review

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Elisamorgan1

Aug 22, 2018

I've watched this series over and over again. I enjoy all the Easter eggs hidden within the scenes. Watch carefully and you will see them especially in the opening sequences. This show is delightful to watch and the character choices are excellent.

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Ittiaces

Oct 15, 2017

A fantastic show superbly cast and well put together as a whole. Brendan Gleeson is terrific as the retired police detective who refuses to let his last murder case go unsolved. Harry Treadaway is terrifying as the maternally abused perpetrator torturing his remaining victims. There are manyA fantastic show superbly cast and well put together as a whole. Brendan Gleeson is terrific as the retired police detective who refuses to let his last murder case go unsolved. Harry Treadaway is terrifying as the maternally abused perpetrator torturing his remaining victims. There are many great performances and colourful characters created here. The script is snappy and well paced throughout. Being unfamiliar with the source material I can't say whether or not it's a just adaptation of the Stephen King novel but thought it was an excellent piece of storytelling in its own right. I also loved the soundtrack over the opening credits each week which show Gleeson struggling to get out of bed to face what could be another disaster of a day. Excellently done, it certainly deserves a viewing.… Expand

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JorgeLestre

Aug 12, 2017

Although there is nothing particularly original in Mr. Mercedes, Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway's performances up the game to a higher place. It's thrilling, captivating and nervewrecking sometimes, which makes it enjoyable in the long run.

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eagleeyeviking

Sep 26, 2017

AT&T’s Mr. Mercedes ensnares the vivid horror and apprehensive vibe, but also a bit of the ponderous plotting and genre trappings of the Stephen King novel it adapts. A tight script and magnetic performances lifts it though.

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BillJustBill

Aug 12, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I haven't read the Stephen King book on which this is based, or even read about it, so this review is of just the tv show. Watched the pilot of this last night. It was difficult to tell from this one episode how good the show might be, since this first hour was devoted to setting things up. What I can say is that the show is typically for the current state of U.S. movies and TV, perfectly produced, cast, etc. so there's nothing to complain of there. Based on the first hour (and the previews they showed at the end, just quick blips of scenes), it certainly appears that we know who the villain is already. Is this going to be good or bad for the story? Are we being misled?
On the one hand, the characters are unusually quirky for tv, and yet on the other they are clearly designed for the story (which, truth be told, they have to be in order for the story to work, but it shouldn't be too obvious, should it?), but on the other hand they don't seem all that interesting in and of themselves. One thing that's different from typical network fare is that (so far at least) none of the female characters are outstanding beauties in the stereotypical sense, and none of the men are exactly runway models either, though I guess they would fall into the classification of "acceptable" (hard for me, a guy, to judge what the ladies might find attractive--I've never understood how women find anything at all attractive about men [if I were a woman I'd only date other women, but that's me]. Whew! sorry for that run-on sentence!
The main problem with this first episode is that we (the viewers) know what's going to happen in the major points long before the beats occur. This is true right from the beginning. This is unlike a show like "The Good Wife" (in my opinion one of the best that's ever been done (Michelle and Robert King know more about "story" than anyone else working, IMHO), where the twists come in almost every scene. So Mr. Mercedes has a certain plodding quality to the story telling. Some people will like this. They prefer the unhurried pace and maybe aren't that good at seeing ahead or noticing story elements that are somewhat hackneyed, like the retired detective whose life is empty and needs a mission in order to rejuvenate his interest in life and his fellow man/person. So the show is not "Snowfall" and it's not "I'm Dying Up Here", two newish shows that are certainly 10s. But there are other nights of the week, and we've got to watch something, don't we? (Don't we?) So give it a try, you might find it really good or you might find it on the so-so side.… Expand

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eva3si0n

Feb 16, 2018

Excellent series the detective, the atmosphere of King is perfectly transferred. The most important in series - each character is perfectly stated. The only thing that disappoints - the murderer is known almost at once. And a suspense as it is impossible. And deytsvy it is a littleExcellent series the detective, the atmosphere of King is perfectly transferred. The most important in series - each character is perfectly stated. The only thing that disappoints - the murderer is known almost at once. And a suspense as it is impossible. And deytsvy it is a little tightened, 8 series would be better.… Expand

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Shasta09

Sep 23, 2017

I really wish they would stick to the original story instead of re-writing it. SK is an amazing novelist and it's disappointing to see his work so changed.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 10, 2019
Season 2

76
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 22, 2018
Season 1

71
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 9, 2017
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  S1:E10. Jibber-Jibber Chicken Dinner
  Air Date: October 11, 2017
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  S1:E9. Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream
  Air Date: October 4, 2017
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  S1:E8. From the Ashes
  Air Date: September 27, 2017
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  S1:E7. Willow Lake
  Air Date: September 20, 2017
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  S1:E6. People in the Rain
  Air Date: September 13, 2017
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  S1:E5. The Suicide Hour
  Air Date: September 6, 2017
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  S1:E4. Gods Who Fall
  Air Date: August 30, 2017
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  S1:E3. Cloudy, With a Chance of Mayhem
  Air Date: August 23, 2017
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  S1:E2. On Your Mark
  Air Date: August 16, 2017
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: August 9, 2017