The Fall

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Season 3
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 36
  3. Negative: 10 out of 36
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  1. podaddy
    Dec 12, 2016
    0
    Loved the first two seasons, but could not make it thru three and a half episodes in Season three. Total snoozefest. Paul has amnesia, that seems to be the entire plot. Nothing compelling whatsoever. Hard to believe they didn't just throw in the towel when filming Season Three and say 'this is awful, what are we doing this for" Really can't understand how anyone who enjoyed the first twoLoved the first two seasons, but could not make it thru three and a half episodes in Season three. Total snoozefest. Paul has amnesia, that seems to be the entire plot. Nothing compelling whatsoever. Hard to believe they didn't just throw in the towel when filming Season Three and say 'this is awful, what are we doing this for" Really can't understand how anyone who enjoyed the first two seasons as much as I did could offer a positive review of this train wreck.… Expand
  2. Rex_richards
    Nov 12, 2016
    3
    The opposite of season 1. Kind of like 'Lost' where you get the idea nothing had been thought through and no seeming logic to how it ends. Suffice it ends with you thinking 'eh what was the point of that?'
    One dramatic scene that actually seemed to be shock value and the rest of the series nothing happens apart from some pointless waffle.
  3. OlivierPiel
    Nov 2, 2016
    2
    Very disappointing. Season 3 is as bad (2/10) as Season 1 was riveting (8/10). What a waste of time on tedious police work, red tape and politics (yes the public wants blood and the higher echelons of management are cowards standing in the way of the incorruptible, infallible, strong-willed top investigator)!
    Plus Gillian Anderson is always, always, playing the same character be it in the    Very disappointing. Season 3 is as bad (2/10) as Season 1 was riveting (8/10). What a waste of time on tedious police work, red tape and politics (yes the public wants blood and the higher echelons of management are cowards standing in the way of the incorruptible, infallible, strong-willed top investigator)!
    Plus Gillian Anderson is always, always, playing the same character be it in the Xfiles, Hannibal or that show.Enough already!    … Expand

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Sophie Gilbert
    Nov 7, 2016
    50
    The show seems to be fixating on the energy and effort that goes into saving a life, just as, in seasons past, it’s shown Paul taking them in similar close-up. But plot-wise, it’s a slog.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Nov 4, 2016
    70
    When it's firing on all cylinders, though, the third season of The Fall is an unusually meditative, self-possessed piece of television, one that actually earns the "psychological thriller" title that too often gets thrown at anything related to a serial killer.
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  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Oct 31, 2016
    50
    As good as Anderson is throughout, her Stella suffers from a Season 3 lack of development--we learn nothing about her in this new season that we did not know from the previous two (apart from a couple of small autobiographical details dropped in the final hour). And some characters who had been important to the series--I’m thinking particularly of John Lynch’s cop Burns--recede or fall away in disappointing ways.
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