The Drowning

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Season 1
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: Flora Carr
    Dec 2, 2021
    60
    Despite some of the more predictable set-ups and revelations, at its heart the show is about a grieving woman. And somehow, it’s by building the series around this most familiar of emotions that The Drowning still manages to feel fresh.
  2. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Apr 23, 2021
    60
    The Drowning is one of those daft-as-a-brush thrillers where six impossible things happen before breakfast, but, like Alice in Wonderland, you either buy into it and buckle in for the ride or bail out and watch something more credible instead.
  3. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Ed Cumming
    Apr 23, 2021
    60
    The tension of the “is he/isn’t he” question rests on the coherence of the universe. Whether Jodie is right or not, it’s more effective if she is living on our planet. This feels too much like TV land.