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Shining Girls

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Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews

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65

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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Ratings

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Shining Girls

Series Details & Credits

Apple TV+ | Release Date: April 29, 2022

Summary: Kirby Mazrachi (Elisabeth Moss) teams with reporter Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura) to identify her attacker after she learns a murder case resembles the assault she suffered years ago in this drama based on The Shining Girls novel by Lauren Beukes.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction

Recent Episodes

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S1:E8. Episode 08
Air Date: June 3, 2022
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S1:E7. Offset
Air Date: May 27, 2022
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S1:E6. Bright
Air Date: May 20, 2022

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Metascore

65

Positive:

18

Mixed:

5

Negative:

3

Critic Reviews

88

Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper

Apr 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: The payoffs in “Shining Girls” are well worth the time investment. ... The acting is sublime. The writing is outstanding. Read full review

80

Rolling Stone

Alan Sepinwall

Apr 27, 2022

Season 1 Review: This is another terrific show. Just don’t expect to come out of it being able to explain a lot of what happens. Kirby’s story is all that matters, and that plays out as well as you would expect when you pair a great actor with a great director and potent material. Read full review

80

Decider

Joel Keller

Oct 3, 2023

Season 1 Review: Shining Girls takes its time to reveal the entire picture of what its story is about. But with a fine lead performance by Moss and expert direction, it’s still got enough tension to make us OK with getting only little bits of info. Read full review

70

Paste Magazine

Kaitlin Thomas

Apr 27, 2022

Season 1 Review: It has a lot to say about surviving trauma and gaining agency as Kirby fights for control and to put an end to Harper’s killing spree. But not everything in its story works, and with a high-concept drama such as this one, every misstep dims the show’s potential just a little bit more. Read full review

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Primetimer

Aaron Barnhart

May 31, 2022

Season 1 Review: The show's confusing, non-linear approach, combined with a plodding pace, makes it a challenge in the early going. ... Patient viewers who can put up with the show's pace and depressing atmosphere will be rewarded in the end. Read full review

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Radio Times James Hibbs

Apr 29, 2022

Season 1 Review: Non-linear storytelling has always been more easily accomplished in novels than in films or series, and Shining Girls unfortunately struggles to get it right. It does mostly stick the landing, but it's a bumpy, occasionally frustrating road before this series is truly able to shine. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle

Mick LaSalle

Apr 27, 2022

Season 1 Review: It’s an endless, uninflected mood piece, with a mystery that is so long in unraveling that by the time it’s over, no one cares. Read full review

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User Reviews

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Rjthomas33

May 3, 2022

Great thriller….starts a little slow but gets great by episode 2-3. Love seeing Chicago get some love!

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TBHgamer

Jun 3, 2022

Time travelling plots are usually poorly made or completely broken in movies/shows, but this one managed to deliver. Well acted and well written, first season is self-contained and very enjoiable, recommended!

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 29, 2022
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  S1:E8. Episode 08
  Air Date: June 3, 2022
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  S1:E7. Offset
  Air Date: May 27, 2022
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  S1:E6. Bright
  Air Date: May 20, 2022
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  S1:E5. Screamer
  Air Date: May 13, 2022
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  S1:E4. Attribution
  Air Date: May 6, 2022
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  S1:E3. Overnight
  Air Date: April 29, 2022
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  S1:E2. Evergreen
  Air Date: April 29, 2022
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  S1:E1. Cutline
  Air Date: April 29, 2022