Tell Me You Love Me

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2007
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 6 out of 25
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    In short, if you come for the sex, you'll only stay for the characters, and those represent an intriguing but decidedly mixed bag.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    60
    The couples are ordinary, and so are their issues. That’s part of the goal of the show--to dissect the mundanity of love and anger. But making a developing story out of these tangles and skirmishes is extremely difficult, and Tell Me You Love Me doesn’t quite pull it off.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    50
    Intriguing--but not especially enjoyable.
  5. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Cynthia Fuchs
    50
    Tell Me You Love Me begins within confines, its white, middle class, straight couples all dealing with versions of the same problem. That this focus might be "real" is not the question. More troubling, for a series banking on its newness, is that the focus is so familiar.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    40
    Unfortunately, it is difficult to stay interested in what happens to any of these characters because most of them are so absurdly unlikable.

Awards & Rankings

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#56 Best TV Season of 2007
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#50 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007
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#17 Most Shared TV Season of 2007

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 43
  3. Negative: 14 out of 43
  1. BJDAS
    Dec 3, 2017
    1
    It's so hard to get interested in this show as most of the characters are either so unlikeable or pathetic. The writers appear to keepIt's so hard to get interested in this show as most of the characters are either so unlikeable or pathetic. The writers appear to keep relying on long boring sex scenes because they don't seem to be able to think of any way to develop the story. I've watched 90% of the first episode and so far, only one couple has had a 5 minute appointment with the therapist.… Full Review »
  2. Pete85
    Dec 17, 2010
    10
    I don't understand why this show got such low ratings. I am a young man, never married, but still loved this show. The acting is the mostI don't understand why this show got such low ratings. I am a young man, never married, but still loved this show. The acting is the most incredible I have seen in any TV show (and few movies top the acting). The issues are interesting and every person in a long term relationship will identify with. The ending might have been a bit too cliche; could have ended more realisticly... but that's besides the point.… Full Review »
  3. JoshlynH.
    Sep 22, 2008
    2
    It's depressing but also too contrived. Having to have the token lesbian sex scene thrown in there, was just the end for me. I guess I It's depressing but also too contrived. Having to have the token lesbian sex scene thrown in there, was just the end for me. I guess I don't understand why these people can't communicate better! Is that the point? It's sort of boring and slow. I'm really trying to like it but by the end of the show, I'm annoyed by the whole thing.… Full Review »
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