• Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 4, 2025
Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 23
  2. Negative: 5 out of 23

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Dec 4, 2025
    33
    Viewers could have been patient with a show this lethargic if it paid off, but this Western just cuts to black in a way that will likely leave them more furious than excited about a follow-up.
  2. Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Dec 4, 2025
    33
    Despite its contentious creation, the true tragedy of “The Abandons” is that even in pieces, it still serves the same function as all those other shows: to make slop so prevalent, viewers won’t be able to separate the bad from the abandoned.
  3. Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Dec 4, 2025
    30
    Everyone would probably be in better form if the writing were decent.
  4. Reviewed by: Robert Levin
    Dec 5, 2025
    25
    Even the most diehard of Western fans should keep on scrolling.
  5. It’s almost worth watching as a sicko-mode voyeur, since the series is so disjointed and elliptical that it approaches anomaly and spectacle. But for viewers seeking entertainment, The Abandons makes it too easy to, well, abandon it.