Seven Seconds: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: February 23, 2018

Summary: An African-American teenager is critically injured when he is hit by the car of an white officer (Beau Knapp), who runs from the scene and his superior officer, Mike DiAngelo (David Lyons) exacerbates things by trying to cover it up in the first season of the anthology crime drama from Veena Sud set in Jersey City, New Jersey and based onAn African-American teenager is critically injured when he is hit by the car of an white officer (Beau Knapp), who runs from the scene and his superior officer, Mike DiAngelo (David Lyons) exacerbates things by trying to cover it up in the first season of the anthology crime drama from Veena Sud set in Jersey City, New Jersey and based on the 2013 Russian film, The Major. … Expand

Creator: Veena Sud

Genre(s): Drama

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Hank Stuever

Feb 22, 2018

With each episode, Sud and her writers demonstrate a sharpened skill for pace and revelation, along with gracefully subtle ruminations on corruption, racial profiling and--more profoundly--the very nature of morality. ... Mostly what you’ll feel at the end is exhausted, regarding the clock with some bewilderment: Did I really just lose myself in 10-plus hours of gripping television? Read full review

Rob Lowman

Feb 21, 2018

Seven Seconds can be a bit obvious at times--a shot of blood in the snow with the Statue of Liberty seen off in the distance--but ultimately it settles into a worthwhile character-driven crime thriller. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 22, 2018

It’s not the best or the worst of the lot, but at its most intelligent and heartfelt, it generates empathy for its characters, sadness at the culture that shaped them, and anger at the institutions that protect the worst among them. The unaffected emotion in every lead performance saves the bad scenes and elevates the good ones, and the overall spirit of the thing is unimpeachable. Read full review

Kristen Baldwin

Feb 16, 2018

Seconds may not be particularly original, but it’s a solid binge for a chilly night in. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Feb 23, 2018

Seven Seconds, which runs for more than 10 hours that seem like 15, follows the grim and grimy Sud playbook without really saying much of anything new. The fault lies not with its stars, most of whom perform very ably or well beyond that. It’s just that sometimes enough is enough. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Feb 23, 2018

The series would certainly benefit from some editorial tightening--reducing its number of episodes to five or six would have made it considerably more exciting. As its stands, Seven Seconds is admirably acted, but it’s a slow grind. Read full review

David Wiegand

Feb 21, 2018

As it plods along, Seven Seconds is often redeemed by superb performances from actors who are constantly called on to make the best of overwritten and not always credible dialogue. Read full review

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edb111358

Apr 13, 2018

Veena Sud ("the Killing") knows how to tell a suspenseful story and she once again focuses in on a crime story that is too compelling to miss. No perfect characters like the typical network TV sponge soup. Imperfections are brilliantly portrayed. The setting, Jersey City, is perfectlyVeena Sud ("the Killing") knows how to tell a suspenseful story and she once again focuses in on a crime story that is too compelling to miss. No perfect characters like the typical network TV sponge soup. Imperfections are brilliantly portrayed. The setting, Jersey City, is perfectly portrayed visually and through the show's characters. You know you are in NJ. The attention to detail by Sud is amazing. These actors are going to be in many more shows they are all so good.… Expand

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knowles03

Mar 6, 2018

Seven seconds was slow to start, but the acting was great! I'm hoping there is a season two!

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Method__Man

Mar 5, 2018

The show is comprised of excellent actors, committing to excellent performances. Unfortunately the plot is highly predictable and frustrating. The "twists" are expected and and forced, leaving little room for interest in the plot itself.

The show had the potential to be great, but theThe show is comprised of excellent actors, committing to excellent performances. Unfortunately the plot is highly predictable and frustrating. The "twists" are expected and and forced, leaving little room for interest in the plot itself.

The show had the potential to be great, but the last two episodes were thoroughly predictable, frustrating, and boring. When you bring together an interesting plot with good actors, forcing predictable plot lines is tired. Luckily the show itself was saved by phenomenal acting… Expand

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RickDanger

Apr 28, 2018

What a shame to see terrific performances undermined by a pedantic, force-fed narrative with huge plot holes and a ridiculous outcome. Ms. Sud, in her attempt to comment on social ills, has drawn out an obvious idea into a 10-hour soap opera. Tragic, because Regina King, as usual, poursWhat a shame to see terrific performances undermined by a pedantic, force-fed narrative with huge plot holes and a ridiculous outcome. Ms. Sud, in her attempt to comment on social ills, has drawn out an obvious idea into a 10-hour soap opera. Tragic, because Regina King, as usual, pours heart and much soul into a role with no payoff. Watch it for the extraordinary performaces all around, then mourn for the waste as the series gets more and more outlandish and obvious as it progresses. This series was deservedly cancelled, as Ms. Sud wasted a great opportunity to deliver drama, and instead delivered a sermon and a shaggy dog story that dissapoints and disappears.… Expand

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OlivierPiel

Mar 9, 2018

Drawwwwwwwn out as slooowwwwwly as possible to justify 10 episodes. Obviously trying to copy American Crime Story who was a far superior show where characters were far more complex. In this show, cliches galore abound in a lazily assembled story.

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Ringo_Edgar

Mar 12, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The premise is sound, the acting is excellent and the ending is realistic. That said, some of the plotting is horrendous. A major witness conveniently turns up dead having been murdered by one of the police officers under indictment. The ME calls it an accidental overdose. But the lead investigator sees scratch marks . . . potential signs of a struggle, on the arm of one of the suspects. And, in an example of either the worst detective work ever or dreadful plotting, it never occurs to the investigator or the prosecutor to have the victim’s fingernails checked for DNA evidence. Now I get it that prosecutorial incompetence is one of the themes of the series, but this takes it into the realm of the simply idiotic.… Expand

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Fragya3000

Mar 19, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** this show. I don't watch a show to be force-fed a ridiculously ham-fisted message about the injustice black people face in our justice system. I am well aware of that, I'm not stupid. When I spend 10 HOURS watching a show, which by the way is the slowest show I've probably ever watched in my life, I expect some kind of payoff. But nope, **** you, the bad guys win, nobody pays for anything bad done throughout the show, and the main characters don't grow or change at all. What a waste of time.… Expand

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 23, 2018
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