Ordeal By Innocence: Season 1

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Prime Video | AMAZON | Season Premiere Date: April 1, 2018

Summary: Rachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered and her adopted son Jack (Anthony Boyle) is sent to prison for the crime. 18 months later, just as Rachel's husband Leo Argyll (Bill Nighy) is about to marry his secretary, Gwenda Vaughan (Alice Eve), a man (Luke Treadaway) arrives saying he has an alibi for Jack in this latest adaptation ofRachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered and her adopted son Jack (Anthony Boyle) is sent to prison for the crime. 18 months later, just as Rachel's husband Leo Argyll (Bill Nighy) is about to marry his secretary, Gwenda Vaughan (Alice Eve), a man (Luke Treadaway) arrives saying he has an alibi for Jack in this latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1958 novel.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E1. Episode 1
Air Date: April 1, 2018

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Matthew Gilbert

Aug 8, 2018

It’s a smart, attractive, and well-acted version. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Aug 9, 2018

Relentlessly dark, occasionally exhausting and altogether gripping adaptation of Christie’s 1958 novel. Read full review

Lorraine Ali

Aug 10, 2018

The three-episode period drama deviates from the book’s narrative yet still manages to weave an equally intriguing whodunit. Read full review

William Hughes

Aug 10, 2018

It’s not subtle--and occasionally outright dumb--but it’s a gorgeous, beautifully acted bit of squalor, nevertheless. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Aug 10, 2018

The sense of dread and guilt that permeates each interaction, combined with the flashback structure that makes this more ghost story than murder mystery, almost makes each of the Argylls at fault in their own way. Read full review

Collider Allison Keene

Aug 8, 2018

Occasionally it’s a little too jumpy, but Ordeal by Innocence is saved, again, by gorgeous costuming and set design, with the colors coordinated in ways that make every frame an artistic expression. Read full review

Kathryn VanArendonk

Aug 9, 2018

Ordeal by Innocence will fill your whodunit needs. And it’ll be lovely to look at in the process, because it is a gorgeous mini-series. But those lovely surfaces aren’t anchored to a propulsive enough story, so when it tries to polish, complicate, and heighten the usual Christie tropes--the flashbacks, the looping story structure, and the fascination with beautiful images of dripping blood and foreshortened statuary--the whole thing feels overwrought. Read full review

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vanhuizum

Aug 14, 2018

Couldn't stop watching this... a real fun who-done-it if you are into that and the cast was superb!

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ScienceAdvisor

Mar 25, 2019

Bloated with endless and ever increasing flashbacks does nothing to help this appear a legitimate Christie. When it was proceeded by the excellent BBC Agatha Christie : And Then There Were None, it is thrown into harsher contrast, as that was authentic. The cast is great as are theBloated with endless and ever increasing flashbacks does nothing to help this appear a legitimate Christie. When it was proceeded by the excellent BBC Agatha Christie : And Then There Were None, it is thrown into harsher contrast, as that was authentic. The cast is great as are the performances, however the method of the story robs all connection between audience and the characters. As many others have noted, it should have been boiled down to 90 minutes at most and not padded with copy and paste scenes that only serve to add a few more seconds on each flashback. That got old very quickly.… Expand

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shoulderoforion

Aug 10, 2018

Cast is top notch, though the endeavor is dragged out over three hour long episodes which in this case is two hours too long. Not nearly as good as last years BBC Agatha Christie : And Then There Were None.

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OlivierPiel

Aug 12, 2018

more than 3 hours for what would have been a 60-70min "telefilm" in the old days. The acting and production is (very) good but some scenes are totally gratuitous and flat-out boring, which kills the tension and what makes the Agatha Christie style. By the third episode I was fast forwardingmore than 3 hours for what would have been a 60-70min "telefilm" in the old days. The acting and production is (very) good but some scenes are totally gratuitous and flat-out boring, which kills the tension and what makes the Agatha Christie style. By the third episode I was fast forwarding the whole thing.… Expand

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SteveWarrick

Aug 29, 2018

If you're going to slap Christie's name above the title, you shouldn't change her plot this much (right down to a different whodunit), and you should at least try to replicate her tone. But the atmosphere here is unrelievedly dark and nasty, and the characters are all uniformlyIf you're going to slap Christie's name above the title, you shouldn't change her plot this much (right down to a different whodunit), and you should at least try to replicate her tone. But the atmosphere here is unrelievedly dark and nasty, and the characters are all uniformly unpleasant--even the supposedly sympathetic ones. The assorted "embellishments" include a forced abortion, pedophilia, and graphic violence. It's not Christie, nor is it a fun three hours.… Expand

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 1, 2018
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: April 1, 2018