Patriot

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
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Critic Reviews

  1. UPROXX
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Feb 22, 2017
    60
    It’s fun in individual moments, but frustrating overall.
  2. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Feb 23, 2017
    50
    Every time Patriot feels like it’s going to click into its rhythm and start working consistently (such as in some interesting background for Smith’s character in episode three), it derails itself with a wild tonal shift. And, most damagingly, Dorman’s flat performance doesn’t serve as the bridge from the show’s espionage elements to its comedy beats.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Feb 22, 2017
    50
    [Writer-director Steve Conrad] tries all kinds of ways to dodge genre expectations and come up with something distinctive. His ambition is consistent, even when his success rate isn’t.

Awards & Rankings

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#97 Best TV Season of 2015
66
#66 Most Discussed TV Season of 2015
14
#14 Most Shared TV Season of 2015

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 77
  3. Negative: 12 out of 77
  1. NavyBean
    Feb 24, 2017
    10
    It's a quirky, fun pickle of a rollercoaster ride. This is not your father's spy series. Conrad shifts tones seamlessly and the performancesIt's a quirky, fun pickle of a rollercoaster ride. This is not your father's spy series. Conrad shifts tones seamlessly and the performances are subtly sublime. If they ever create an awards show that celebrates the best of television, "Patriot" should be called the best show of all times.… Full Review »
  2. rnrl
    Apr 1, 2017
    10
    I love this show so much I created an account just to help offset the totally unjustified negative reviews of the formal "critics" this siteI love this show so much I created an account just to help offset the totally unjustified negative reviews of the formal "critics" this site aggregates.

    This is the most original, funniest show I've seen in the past several years.
    A spy show that doesn't take itself seriously and manages to depict, simultaneously, the banality, glory and despondence of the "spy" business and those in it. Absolutely wonderful.    … Full Review »
  3. RichardGonci
    Mar 1, 2017
    9
    Quirky, visually arresting, character-driven, true ensemble acting... and maybe the most luminously beautiful police detective ever (as playedQuirky, visually arresting, character-driven, true ensemble acting... and maybe the most luminously beautiful police detective ever (as played by Aliette Opheim.) That should tip the scales, and for me these elements surely do. I have shared scenes with students for their sheer originality. The "stairs" scene in Episode 4 is worth a few replays! Surprises abound - some borderline disturbing. But the understated "action" of this series eclipses the cookie-cutter scenes we've all already gorged upon in dozens of other series or films.… Full Review »
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