Seven Seconds

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 23, 2018
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 39
  3. Negative: 6 out of 39

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  1. Ringo_Edgar
    Mar 12, 2018
    3
    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
  2. RickDanger
    Apr 28, 2018
    4
    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, pours heart and much soul into a role with no payoff. Watch it for the extraordinary performaces all around,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, 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
  3. Fragya3000
    Mar 19, 2018
    0
    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
  4. edb111358
    Apr 13, 2018
    10
    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 perfectly portrayed visually and through the show's characters. You know you are in NJ. The attention to detail byVeena 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
  5. jeremyp
    Feb 25, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A very dark show riddled with characters with mile wide rifts in their personas, bad cops galore and only one, a great Michael Mosley, with any sign of true blueness about him. The characters are blown out of proportion in such stereotypical ways, that it becomes a sport to see who is going to out emote who. The winner ends up being Regina King, who gives grieving mother a few more arias than necessary, but is always a joy to watch. She is given a hard run for her money by Clare **** as a drunk prosecutor who is never in court but moonlights, and sunlights, as a detective, under the wing of Mosley, her ever patient caretaker. After this New Jersey cops may secede.… Expand
  6. OlivierPiel
    Mar 9, 2018
    4
    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.
  7. Method__Man
    Mar 5, 2018
    8
    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 the last two episodes were thoroughly predictable, frustrating, and boring. When you bring together an    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 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
  8. knowles03
    Mar 6, 2018
    9
    Seven seconds was slow to start, but the acting was great! I'm hoping there is a season two!
  9. hypeatia
    Aug 21, 2018
    3
    Moves along fairly predictable beats. If this is a tragedy, then it is a authorial/directorial tragedy as well - one of overwrought scenes, predictable dialogue, where even the red-herrings are transparent.

    For those expecting a companion piece to crime shows like Fargo and The NIght Of, this will be a disappointment. For those watching a crime show for the first time ever, this may    Moves along fairly predictable beats. If this is a tragedy, then it is a authorial/directorial tragedy as well - one of overwrought scenes, predictable dialogue, where even the red-herrings are transparent.

    For those expecting a companion piece to crime shows like Fargo and The NIght Of, this will be a disappointment. For those watching a crime show for the first time ever, this may work as entertainment.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#86 Best TV Season of 2018
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#93 Most Discussed TV Season of 2018

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Feb 26, 2018
    70
    If Seven Seconds is sometimes clumsy and slow to start, shifting from legal drama to The Wire and back again, it gears up into something more reflective and more surprising.
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  2. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Feb 26, 2018
    67
    In the end, Seven Seconds is a diverting watch made better by Regina Freaking King and a few powerful scenes scattered amidst an overwritten season.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Feb 23, 2018
    67
    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.
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