The Collection: Season 1

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PBS | Amazon Prime | Season Premiere Date: October 8, 2017

Summary: Tasked with rebuilding Paris' reputation in high fashion, Paul Sabine (Richard Coyle) must work with his brother Claude (Tom Riley) in this post-war drama from Olivier Goldstick. [Originally released on Amazon Prime on 10 Feb 2017 and aired on PBS beginning on 8 Oct 2017]

Creator: Oliver Goldstick

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. Episode Six
Air Date: November 12, 2017
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S1:E1. Episode One
Air Date: October 8, 2017

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John Anderson

Oct 5, 2017

In a show otherwise devoted to clean lines, sumptuous textures and nuanced colors, the life of its characters is one tangled mess. It’s all very engaging, of course, as are a number of the ancillary characters. ... But more than a little of the dialogue clashes, like stripes and plaids, with the overall authenticity of The Collection. Read full review

David Hinckley

Feb 22, 2017

While this is hardly the first complicated sibling relationship in a TV series, this one has the overlay of unspoken things both men apparently felt extraordinary circumstances had forced them to do. Read full review

IndieWire Hanh Nguyen

Feb 10, 2017

In achieving this cohesive collection, the designer must learn to edit. And so must this series. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Oct 4, 2017

The show is overcrowded with mysteries, mysteries that may be intentionally but seem quite unintentionally muddy. In other words, The Collection is, like so much high fashion, great to look at but harder to live in. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Feb 10, 2017

The Collection can be pretty to look at, but first impressions will not lead to second glances. Read full review

Gail Pennington

Feb 13, 2017

The murky and unnecessary string of overwrought mysteries makes it sadly skippable. Read full review

Rob Lowman

Oct 9, 2017

While often a sumptuous watch, it too often strays into the gaudy. Read full review

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EFRAM

Apr 4, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love shows about fashion so I wanted to really like this series. While I found the subject matter and the setting interesting enough,the writing was uneven,the characters simply drawn and the plot-lines overwrought with too many mysterious loose ends. Mr Goldstick can sometimes write interesting dialogue, but too often his story development skips steps or seems to come from an unknown motivation. He might have been better served by limiting his storylines to the Sabine families indiscretions during the war and how their collaboration with the Nazi's provided the impetus,desire
and motivation for them to create a fashion house which sought to both insulate and promulgate a societal change in post WWII Paris. That having been said, the style of the show outshone the substance and the acting was uniformly good. Worth a watch, but keep expectations at bay… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 8, 2017
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  S1:E6. Episode Six
  Air Date: November 12, 2017
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  S1:E1. Episode One
  Air Date: October 8, 2017