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Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
May 28, 2021
Season 1 Review:
There’s a lot about Panic that makes us roll our eyes. But we’ll give it a recommendation because we were actually rooting for its main character by the end of the first episode, and we were surprised that we were doing so. That’s a good sign for the rest of the season.
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IndieWireMay 28, 2021
Season 1 Review:
There’s a version of this show that uses the fickleness of this game to say something about how teens treat each other and what’s expected from them by their elders. But all the inconsistencies and jagged pacing and disjointed plot threads are more an indication of a show spreading itself too thin for any of it matter.
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The PlaylistMay 28, 2021
Season 1 Review:
“Panic” is perfectly calibrated for those who like a good, nail-biting binge. Each episode ends with a cliffhanger and something more preposterous than the next. The tension dissipates a bit in the middle of the season, Episodes 7 and 8 are a slog, but the final two episodes are so chock full of chaos they make up for the slump.
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RogerEbert.comMay 28, 2021
Season 1 Review:
“Panic” is too thick with soap operatic twists that derail the honest emotion that could have emerged from this concept, one that merges typical teen rebellion and ambition with something new. Every time it pivots back to straightforward YA drama, especially in the truly poor scenes with Heather’s mom, “Panic” succumbs to mediocracy. And yet there are elements in the cast and high concept that keep it watchable.
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The GuardianMay 28, 2021
Season 1 Review:
There is negative chemistry between Heather and Bishop, but as the other side of the love triangle, Welch and Nicholson do what they need to do to sustain the first half of the season, which prioritizes sexual tension over full booby-trap horror. ... The final episodes descend into total incoherence.
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May 28, 2021
Season 1 Review:
Creator Lauren Oliver, who adapts her own 2014 novel, only offers an underdeveloped featurelessness in her characters, their relationships to one another and especially her present-day setting of a dusty Nowheresville. There’s little to focus on but the absurdities of Panic, given how generic the series’ characters are and how inexplicably they act.
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