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. 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
  2. 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.

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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