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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. knowles03
    Mar 6, 2018
    9
    Seven seconds was slow to start, but the acting was great! I'm hoping there is a season two!

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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