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Salvation (2017)

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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Ratings

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Salvation (2017)

Series Details & Credits

CBS | Release Date: July 12, 2017

Summary: Self-made tech billionaire Darius Tanz (Santiago Cabrera) and MIT grad student Liam Cole (Charlie Rowe) contact Pentagon Press Secretary Grace Barrows (Jennifer Finnigan) about the fact an asteroid will crash into Earth in six months.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Metascore

48

Positive:

2

Mixed:

12

Negative:

4

Critic Reviews

80

The Huffington Post

David Hinckley

Jul 18, 2017

Season 1 Review: Happily, in spite of the plot labyrinth that any conspiracy theory naturally creates, Salvation keeps its story understandable and makes us keep wanting to know what happens next. Read full review

60

The Salt Lake Tribune

Scott D. Pierce

Jul 12, 2017

Season 1 Review: A summer series that begins pretty much just as you'd expect, but it seems to be relatively well done. The first couple of hours are OK, at least. Read full review

58

Boston Herald

Mark A. Perigard

Jul 10, 2017

Season 1 Review: The conspiracy element is easily the weakest part of the show and seems present only to drum up some modicum of suspense. The tech babble, however, is a delightful callback to “Star Trek: The Next Generation. Read full review

50

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jul 6, 2017

Season 1 Review: I'm keeping an open mind about the extinction-event melodrama of Salvation, which plays it very straight. [10-23 Jul 2017, p.13]

50

The Lincoln Journal Star

Jeff Korbelik

Jul 10, 2017

Season 1 Review: The pilot had more holes than a piece of Swiss cheese. Read full review

40

The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Goodman

Jul 11, 2017

Season 1 Review: Salvation is a summertime network drama that's not asking anything of you but to give up an hour of your time and lose it forever. In return you get a low-grade familiar sensation that means nothing but dulls your life a little bit. Read full review

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Yahoo TV

Ken Tucker

Jul 12, 2017

Season 1 Review: In truth, the bi-ped hamsters of Big Brother offer a more realistic view of humanity than this unbelievable new disaster-drama series. Read full review

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6.5

User Reviews

9

SciPhiJournal

Jan 25, 2021

We subscribed to Netflix specifically to watch this series. It's almost a 9 out of 10 IF you go into it with the right expectations. It isn't properly finished (cancelled after season 2), but you can imagine what comes next. What it delivers is two seasons of good SF in the traditionalWe subscribed to Netflix specifically to watch this series. It's almost a 9 out of 10 IF you go into it with the right expectations. It isn't properly finished (cancelled after season 2), but you can imagine what comes next. What it delivers is two seasons of good SF in the traditional Campbellian sense: the smartest and most enterprising members of mankind pitted against each other and a planetary-scale crisis. It's the kind of human ingenuity vs the forces of the cosmos story that is rarely done well nowadays. Of course it's very American, but if you accept it for what it is, it's a journey worth taking.… Expand

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offthewall

Feb 13, 2020

Well, always on the lookout for an interesting series to watch and ran across Salvation. The first episode was decent and the next evening I chose the second and third episodes over some other choices. The characters are interesting and very easy on the eyes. Sure the plot is a stretch butWell, always on the lookout for an interesting series to watch and ran across Salvation. The first episode was decent and the next evening I chose the second and third episodes over some other choices. The characters are interesting and very easy on the eyes. Sure the plot is a stretch but so what? Not uncommon among sci-fi political dramas. Interesting sub-plots to spice things up a bit, and excellent cinematography. Looking forward to more episodes. As for the critics, those people are not to be trusted. They probably thought that the actors were too good looking. There critiques are based on what kind of mood their overweight dismal selves happen to be in at the time. A lot of the time, anyway. I was thinking 7.5 but will round it up to an 8 to give the critics the finger.… Expand

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JohnPNunes

Jul 6, 2020

Another series where a kid can solve all the problems of the world with his ultra advanced mind. Tired of this.

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3

cylun

Jan 6, 2021

The first season was a good start. It opened an interesting journey. The characters were interesting as well. An overall mystery drives the story. However, it was completely ruined by what follows. The huge plot twist that ultimately happens was completely predictable. As a side note, theThe first season was a good start. It opened an interesting journey. The characters were interesting as well. An overall mystery drives the story. However, it was completely ruined by what follows. The huge plot twist that ultimately happens was completely predictable. As a side note, the technology as it is shown in this show is completely unrealistic. This makes the story even less convincing.… Expand

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  Air Date: June 25, 2018
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Season 1

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  Air Date: July 12, 2017
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