The Gifted

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 2017
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 142 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 142
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 142
  3. Negative: 24 out of 142
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  1. james-cordoban
    Nov 30, 2017
    3
    the story aims for 14-16 years old viewers and the actors are chosen accordingly. no surprises, the story has already been told uncountable times, often better. I only viewed the first two episodes and quitted..
  2. Ededed
    Jan 3, 2018
    3
    A mixed bag of inconsistencies. As others have pointed out, these mutants have not yet learned how to cooperate and effectively put their enemies on the defensive. Maybe that’s part of the plot to come, but does it take Xavier to lead?

    This show will be a bit pathetic until they establish a mutant safe zone in this country and start helping the normals in true X-Men fashion. The balance    A mixed bag of inconsistencies. As others have pointed out, these mutants have not yet learned how to cooperate and effectively put their enemies on the defensive. Maybe that’s part of the plot to come, but does it take Xavier to lead?

    This show will be a bit pathetic until they establish a mutant safe zone in this country and start helping the normals in true X-Men fashion. The balance of power between the sides needs to be more equal and the “new X-Men” need to get their act together.

    This show’s overall plot is moving almost glacially. It’s more about talking about doing stuff than actually doing it. Let’s pick up the pace and get to something significant in the story and soon!    … Expand
  3. gay-boy-forever
    Oct 5, 2017
    2
    I tried watching this show, because it sounded interesting. but, after watching not even 3 mins of it, I turned it off. It is horrible. Watch something else like The Good Doctor, or Watch Ten Days In The Valley over on ABC. Not this, its no good.
  4. lievcr
    Nov 17, 2017
    3
    terribly boring, the characters do not evolve and in each chapter they repeat the same theme, it is as if they resisted the script of the first episode and tried to extend it a whole season, I am a fan of the marvel universe and the thematic mutant, but this series does not go To nowhere.

    The visual effects used have at least 3 decades of delay, the mutant powers are basically the same.    terribly boring, the characters do not evolve and in each chapter they repeat the same theme, it is as if they resisted the script of the first episode and tried to extend it a whole season, I am a fan of the marvel universe and the thematic mutant, but this series does not go To nowhere.

    The visual effects used have at least 3 decades of delay, the mutant powers are basically the same. and no character has charisma.    … Expand
  5. cottandy
    Jan 16, 2018
    3
    Such a good idea and such horrible realization. And the further the show goes the worse it becomes. Or you simple realize more and more with every episode how dumb the characters, the dialogues and the whole story is.

    Nothing good can be found here. Horrible quality overall and a waste of time.
  6. mrbi11
    Oct 31, 2017
    3
    Good effects, actors. Where are the writers from? Grade school?
    So the lady who can stop bullets and take away guns forgets to 3/4 of the time?
    Instead flings rebar around? And gets tear gassed with metal canisters from metal guns she just forgot she could take away from the oppressive cop bad guys? When the entire plot revolves around the gifted people not remembering how to use their    Good effects, actors. Where are the writers from? Grade school?
    So the lady who can stop bullets and take away guns forgets to 3/4 of the time?
    Instead flings rebar around? And gets tear gassed with metal canisters from metal guns she just forgot she could take away from the oppressive cop bad guys? When the entire plot revolves around the gifted people not remembering how to use their gifts from one scene to the next, it makes for a pretty silly show to watch. The premise of the show in the X-men universe seems worth watching. The recurring plot of gifted people perpetually surrounded by cops clearly unprepared for dealing with the various gifts and the gifted people just sitting like powerless dumb bunnies gets really old. I keep thinking the cliche's will disappear soon and the actual plot so far missing will reveal itself.    … Expand
  7. herminott
    Apr 5, 2019
    3
    As much as I want to like this show or something like Marvels Runaways. Its not good.

    The show is much easier to watch if you realize you are not in a comic movie or TV, but a melodramatic soap opera. Once you've accepted your watching.... Young and the Restless with Xmen powers you are far more equipped to handle the writing in the show. It shouldn't be normal to be able to write    As much as I want to like this show or something like Marvels Runaways. Its not good.

    The show is much easier to watch if you realize you are not in a comic movie or TV, but a melodramatic soap opera. Once you've accepted your watching.... Young and the Restless with Xmen powers you are far more equipped to handle the writing in the show.

    It shouldn't be normal to be able to write better than the pros. In The Gifted most of us would be able to write better twists, turns, and characters. You will be left wanting. The show isn't without its bright spots and moments... Yes you will shed a tear or two, but remember it's a mutant soap opera... Which makes that behavior normal. The cheap melodrama, over explanation of dialogue, and lack of purpose and heroic direction eventually wears on you.

    Finally, if you want a female night crawler, magneto, prof X, along with 3-5 other main characters with the most powerful abilities to all be FEMALE. Then you come to the correct IP. If instead you want males to imagine yourself as... All you have are weak beta males, anti-heroes, and villains.

    I'd watch it if you are done with everything else, with the understanding it will never fulfill you for even more reasons I didn't get into. Also, expect it to be canceled soon and replaced by some other SJW crap. Which will also be canceled... Maybe in 2077 we'll be done with this crap...    … Expand

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Oct 3, 2017
    40
    The Gifted is driven by action, not character development, and it soon settles into a humdrum series of cheapjack versions of set pieces from Carrie. Don't get too excited; whether through budget shortfalls or fears of rousing the FCC programming police from their deathbed, there are no exploding heads or even a pig-blood shower. Such a pity.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Oct 2, 2017
    70
    There’s a lot to admire here, though whether the show can build on its initial promise remains to be seen.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 2, 2017
    58
    This latest Marvel concoction is better than ABC’s Marvel’s Inhumans, which launched on Friday of last week. Still, an overall weariness prevails, perhaps even among the most fanatical Marvel diehards.
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