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CRACKLE | Season Premiere Date: September 6, 2016

Summary: In Miami, FBI agent Phil Rask (Martin Freeman) has been investigating Nick Talman's father, who asks his son to hide the dirty money. Nick (Adam Brody) invests the cash in a digital currency start up run by Izzy Morales (Otmara Marrero), which draws the interest of Ronald Dacey (Edi Gathegi), a local Haitian gang leader.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. This Here's Miami
Air Date: September 6, 2016
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S1:E9. All Apologies
Air Date: September 6, 2016
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S1:E8. Wearing Disguises
Air Date: September 6, 2016

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Jeff Korbelik

Sep 12, 2016

StartUp is a thinking-person’s thriller, along the lines of USA’s “Mr. Robot.” Ketai delves into greed, corruption, violence and more, and none of his characters are immune to any of it. Read full review

Darren Franich

Sep 6, 2016

Some limp decisions make it feel more like a Models Inc. reboot with fewer models, more Bit coin. But it's worth watching just for Edi Gathegi, who bring star-making charisma and unwarranted pathos to the role of a criminal who (sigh) wants to go straight. [9 Sep 2016, p.55]

Alex McCown

Sep 6, 2016

It still moves in fits and starts, but each of the first five episodes improves on the last, and as the show focuses more on the strength of its breakneck storytelling, it’s becoming not just the best reason to try Crackle, but one of the more promising new streaming series of the year. Read full review

David Wiegand

Aug 29, 2016

The show’s sex and violence propel the story, but not quite to the speed necessary to occlude its problems. If you work extra hard to suspend disbelief, it’s modestly entertaining. Read full review

Collider Allison Keene

Sep 1, 2016

The 10-episode series--like The Art of More--unfolds at a sleepy pace, and only plays with style (like one particularly great unbroken shot in the first hour), without committing to it. Read full review

Isaac Feldberg

Sep 6, 2016

StartUp takes its three leads--along with Martin Freeman’s morally compromised FBI agent, whose hunt for the missing money is fueled by personal greed more than professional determination--and strands them in a swamp of sweaty sex scenes (there are three in the first third of the premiere alone) and unnecessary, over-the-top action set-pieces. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Sep 6, 2016

Nick, Ronald and Izzy--she’s the real brains behind GenCoin, although she’s poor and working out of her parents’ garage--are a highly unlikely collaborative trio. I didn’t buy their unity for a second. Read full review

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lubfishin

Sep 16, 2016

Ignore the so called professional critics, they are douche-bags with inflated egos that get paid to push whoever pays them the most, this series is absolutely fantastic. Acting is good. Story line hooked me to binge watch all the episodes.

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EduardoWeiss

Sep 21, 2016

Do not believe the negative reviews. I've read plenty of them and it seems everyone picked up on buzz terms like too much sex and violence. The sex scenes are not as only 10% of what you would see on most cable shows. The directors chose to cut them in a way that made them seem realistic andDo not believe the negative reviews. I've read plenty of them and it seems everyone picked up on buzz terms like too much sex and violence. The sex scenes are not as only 10% of what you would see on most cable shows. The directors chose to cut them in a way that made them seem realistic and raw, without even showing any real nudity! The violence is also not as common as reviewers would have you believe but when it happens it packs a punch.

This is the smartest most well directed show I have seen in a while. At the heart of the drama are the four main characters who are all brought together for the same reason: to make a change. I'm including in this the "villain" played by Martin Freeman who in every scene completely surprised me by the choices he made. He is both intimidating and relatable and always a much more complex rich character than you would expect from even the best of tv shows.

Ronald, played by Edi Gathegi, the Haitian gangster has the most powerful presence. I can't remember another show where an actor could steal a scene with simply the look on his eyes.

The show is a tense thriller and manages to have heart and humor at the same time. There isn't quite any show like it out there today and I'm seriously dissapointed at the hack job reviewers have been doing in writing about it. Their writing process becomes transparent: jot down the first impressions while watching the first 20 minutes of the show (while most probably checking their twitter accounts and other reviews on the show as "research" at the same time), put a spellchecker on and "submit". Get paid.

And most times this is passable because TV has been predictable on how unpredictable it tries to be. This time however professional tv critics have been revealed to how **** they are at what they do, because this show deserves the utmost praise.… Expand

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lowryda777

Sep 13, 2016

Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Binged the entire series in 24 hours. When does season 2 launch? I'll be in rehab until then. Gencoin/Bitcoin is such an impressive idea- that the characters explore in a familiar way that we can all relate to. Who doesn't want to change the world? Who doesn'tAwesome. Awesome. Awesome. Binged the entire series in 24 hours. When does season 2 launch? I'll be in rehab until then. Gencoin/Bitcoin is such an impressive idea- that the characters explore in a familiar way that we can all relate to. Who doesn't want to change the world? Who doesn't want to make the world a better place? This series explores all of the above with character development that is clear and engaging. And of course nothing beats the back-drop of Miami. 2 thumbs up and forwarding to edgy friends. Boom.… Expand

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chidime

Oct 5, 2017

Great season. First episode was great, it slowed down considerably for the next few episodes, but from the middle till the end was really amazing. Really great acting too all round, most especially Ronald (played by Edi Gathegi, who was fantastic as he usually is). Great job.

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invein

Nov 20, 2016

I really can't believe the mediocre ratings. I just can't. It's one of the most binge-worthy tv shows in recent time. Wicked cliffhangers, likable characters, great production value. I really hope they do a second season despite all the negative critic reviews.

3 of 3 users found this helpful30

yanikou

Sep 16, 2016

Crackle signe la série de la rentrée estivale, dix épisodes coup de poing, hacker, banquier véreux, agent fédéral pourri, fils candide et informaticienne de génie, un caïd haïtien du gettho de Miami vont se confronter ou s'allier pour démarrer un projet de carte de crédit accessible àCrackle signe la série de la rentrée estivale, dix épisodes coup de poing, hacker, banquier véreux, agent fédéral pourri, fils candide et informaticienne de génie, un caïd haïtien du gettho de Miami vont se confronter ou s'allier pour démarrer un projet de carte de crédit accessible à tous-tes sans le système des banques. Pour pimenter le tout la mafia russe va peu à peu se dévoiler pour mieux reserrer son empreinte sur le trio improbable. Bouns le premier épisode dure pls de 60 mn. Les acteurs-trices sont géniaux, comme le script, la musique, les images, il y a une maîtrise de la caméra impeccable. A voir absolument.… Expand

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

inopinatus

Feb 19, 2019

A parade of unpleasant people being unpleasant to each other that insults the viewer's intelligence from start to finish. Unwatchable garbage.

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Seasons & Episodes

52

Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: November 1, 2018
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 28, 2017
Season 1

52
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E10. This Here's Miami
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E9. All Apologies
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E8. Wearing Disguises
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E7. Double Down
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E6. Rebirth
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E5. Severance Pay
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E4. Behind Every Great Man
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E3. Wet Foot, Dry Foot
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E2. All About Blood
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S1:E1. Genesis
  Air Date: September 6, 2016