The Living and the Dead
BBC America | BBC One | Release Date: June 28, 2016
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We Got This CoveredJoseph FalconeOct 26, 2016
Season 1 Review: The first episode certainly does its job, as it set its hooks into my curiosity with entertainment, emotion and terror. Given the chance, The Living and the Dead proves to be an hour of television well worth tuning into each week. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubDanette ChavezOct 27, 2016
Season 1 Review: The results are certainly mixed; at times, The Living And The Dead doesn’t feel so much ambitious in its combination of science fiction, creature features, and Gothic horror as it does apologetic. ... The cast is solid, but its two leads are both standouts. Read full review
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Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 27, 2016
Season 1 Review: With the protagonists' interior evolution amounting to little more than window dressing, there's no pervading direction in which the series can go, leaving the audience with an episodic collection of occasionally creepy, sometimes luridly poetic, yet barely distinguishable hauntings. Read full review
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