Outcasts

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Season 1
Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
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  1. The Huffington Post
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    Jun 16, 2011
    60
    The show has some ponderous moments and its characters are sometimes guilty of not asking and answering direct questions that would give them valuable information. But eight episodes isn't too much of a commitment, and Outcasts at least has thematic and character-driven ambitions, as well as a gorgeously weird setting.
  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Brent McKnight
    Jun 20, 2011
    50
    At times Outcasts degenerates into space melodrama, complete with teens regularly pissed off at their parents. The human community works through corruption, lust for power, and betrayal, but also shows love, dedication, and sacrifice.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jun 13, 2011
    50
    Joining the story a decade into the colonists' stay does provide series creator Ben Richards ("MI:5") an opportunity to gradually putty in the backstory, but other than Tate--thanks mostly to Cunningham's commanding presence--it's difficult to determine who we should care about here, beyond the littler matter of the human race's collective survival.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Jun 20, 2011
    40
    These folks are misfit colonists on a planet that, as they keep telling us, they have only begun to understand; surely they have something better to do all day than chat about all the things that have happened, could happen and should happen. I know I do.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jun 17, 2011
    40
    Despite strong production values and an intriguing premise, Outcasts lumbers along, perhaps done in by trying to tackle too many themes.
  7. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jun 17, 2011
    30
    Talky and grim, and more than a little bland, Outcasts almost entirely lacks humor, wonder and engaging characters.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Jun 16, 2011
    30
    With none of the flair or self-deprecating wit that have defined other British sci-fi imports ("Torchwood," "Primeval"), Outcasts strands a number of talented performers, including Mr. Bamber, Eric Mabius and Liam Cunningham, on a world of wooden dialogue and interplanetary cliches.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
  1. loudross
    Mar 19, 2015
    7
    It seemed, if I remember right, quite good at the time. I do recall feeling disappointed that this show was cancelled so soon. I feel it hadIt seemed, if I remember right, quite good at the time. I do recall feeling disappointed that this show was cancelled so soon. I feel it had good potential and could go places.… Full Review »
  2. acmoore423
    Oct 9, 2011
    8
    Yet another British show that has a good idea to it. It kinda seems like a British Battlestar Galatica or that is why i remember i keptYet another British show that has a good idea to it. It kinda seems like a British Battlestar Galatica or that is why i remember i kept saying as i watched it.. This might be worth a watch if you like a good twist to Science Fiction on TV. It is not something I have seen done before which I liked.… Full Review »
  3. Archangelsolo
    Jul 20, 2015
    1
    This show is a Liberal Joke. It loves to make men look like the second class citizen in of the world, in the show. All the women are theThis show is a Liberal Joke. It loves to make men look like the second class citizen in of the world, in the show. All the women are the heroes and men are the villains. They portray women stronger "overcoming a man physically"... umm, BS. I hate shows today that try to diminish the role of the men in our society. I am tired of it, figures liberal president socializing our country and now this. When will it end? Some will call me a sexist but they are wrong, I am saying what millions of men want to say but cannot because it is not PC. This show is a basic futuristic cop show portraying how liberalism and the idea of some BS Utopian society is FAIL. Not worth the money and time it took to make the series. Good job canceling it.… Full Review »
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