The Curse (2023): Season 1

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SHOWTIME | Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: November 10, 2023

Summary: A newly married couple (Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder) are dealing with a possible curse, while hosting a home improvement show and trying to have a baby in this series co-created by Benny Safdie and Fielder.

[Premieres on Paramount+ with Showtime on 10 Nov 2023 and on Showtime on 12 Nov 2023]

Creator: Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie

Genre(s): Comedy

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Episode 10
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S1:E9. Episode 9
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S1:E8. Episode 8
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i Marianne Levy

Nov 27, 2023

The Curse is one of the most exquisite, excruciating pieces of entertainment I have watched, though entertainment might be the wrong word for this social satire that considers wealth, race and gentrification (“The G word!”) and veers between Fargo and a demented Grand Designs. Read full review

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Paolo Ragusa

Nov 6, 2023

A stunning television show. The ideas put forth are incredibly difficult to depict, especially in this meta-TV format — but the ways in which they physicalize these themes of class, gentrification, and the ethics surrounding them are bold and rewarding. Read full review

Judy Berman

Nov 6, 2023

Once again, it’s Fielder, a man whose face seems frozen in a flinch at the constant awareness of his own existence in this humiliating world, who makes the experience so transcendently uncomfortable. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Nov 14, 2023

For a series with such naked thematic ambitions, “The Curse” proves surprisingly moving, largely due to the depth of feeling that Asher reveals as his relationship disintegrates. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Nov 10, 2023

To its credit, “The Curse” never takes its foot off the pedal, to the point where we’re absolutely sure Whitney and Asher are going to crash and burn — yet we’re still not prepared for the inspired lunacy of the fate that awaits them. Read full review

Rob Owen

Nov 9, 2023

Co-created by Sadfie and Fielder, “The Curse” accomplishes what it sets out to do with gusto – amuse through embarrassments that make “Curb Your Enthusiasm” seem staid – but I could only make it through three episodes before deciding I didn’t need to subject myself to more. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Nov 6, 2023

In the end, the mix of tones and genres is more confounding than exciting, as if Fielder and Safdie weren’t sure what they ultimately wanted to accomplish beyond hours of oppressive claustrophobia in desperate search of release. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 10, 2023
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  S1:E10. Episode 10
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  S1:E9. Episode 9
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  S1:E8. Episode 8
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  S1:E2. Pressure's Looking Good So Far
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  S1:E1. Land of Enchantment
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