The Peripheral

Prime Video | Release Date: October 20, 2022

6.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 72 Ratings

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bl1rtNov 21, 2022

The show looks good and the actors are good. And pretty much everything else is wrong. The accents, the characters, the dialogs, the focus, the pacing, the inner logic - nothing works. And not even in a fun way, it is such a bore to watch.The show looks good and the actors are good. And pretty much everything else is wrong. The accents, the characters, the dialogs, the focus, the pacing, the inner logic - nothing works. And not even in a fun way, it is such a bore to watch.
Most striking to me is how lifeless it feels. The story is told in info dumps, and in between you watch these cardboard characters talk and act like no one does. It feels so alien and random, a bit like when parents pretend to be hip to kids.
Really a show that is less than the sum of its parts.… Expand

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ShaamaanPLNov 28, 2022

I endured the first episode and I don't think I have the strength for another.

There's some plot here that might be worth it if you have a lot of patience, but I couldn't be bothered... And plenty of things just don't work. Also - theI endured the first episode and I don't think I have the strength for another.

There's some plot here that might be worth it if you have a lot of patience, but I couldn't be bothered... And plenty of things just don't work.

Also - the characters aren't interesting in the slightest. The main character starts off like this perfect, flawless girl-boss we've seen so many times already (oh, and she apparently kicks ass in video games but people dismiss her because she's a girl, how novel a concept!). Then there's some local gang of incompetent brutes / hoodlums with a Big Boss who's comically evil... And obviously it's a series from 2022, so the White Knight needs to be a black guy... tho I have to give props to Amazon for managing to check the "disabled" tick box in a somewhat interesting way.

2 points for the somewhat interesting visuals here or there.… Expand

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psyberdelicNov 4, 2022

The book is better. :~) What else is new? I'm just finishing reading it for the second time. It's hard to go back to the TV version.

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metacritiqueurOct 23, 2022

As always with the productions of the moment, white is depraved, stupid or mean. Blacks are nice, helpful or very clever. Women are strong and brave. The scenario is deja vu, it brings nothing new in the field of science fiction. The actionAs always with the productions of the moment, white is depraved, stupid or mean. Blacks are nice, helpful or very clever. Women are strong and brave. The scenario is deja vu, it brings nothing new in the field of science fiction. The action scenes are badly filmed and the cgi are static wallpapers. Enjoy this woke sh*t.… Expand

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BroyaxNov 15, 2022

Tiens, encore une série de chez Amacon… et devinez quoi ? c’est encore de la merde ! et pourtant cette étrange ambiance (et histoire si on peut appeler ce salmigondis « histoire »…) laissait augurer une étrangeté ‘cyber quelque chose… ‘ ou duTiens, encore une série de chez Amacon… et devinez quoi ? c’est encore de la merde ! et pourtant cette étrange ambiance (et histoire si on peut appeler ce salmigondis « histoire »…) laissait augurer une étrangeté ‘cyber quelque chose… ‘ ou du moins de la SF pour le moins… dépaysante !

D’autant que la gracieuse Chloe Grace est dans le rôle principal… hélas, elle déçoit ici régulièrement, très régulièrement et ce, avec une constance particulièrement déprimante. C’est qu’à part son joli minois et sa jolie silhouette, eh bien… ils auraient aussi bien pu mettre n’importe qui à la place ! c’est dire si son rôle est plat et son interprétation… sans éclat.

Il faut dire que la série part très vite dans tous les sens et fait… vraiment n’importe quoi. On ne saurait de fait la qualifier puisqu’elle mélange le cyber à du monde parallèle et/ou virtuel ainsi qu’à du… voyage dans le temps ? avec bien entendu complots de base et machinations à deux balles à la clé. Quel foutoir et quelles foutaises là-dedans, dont on se fout totalement !

En outre, alors qui la série se prend les pieds dans le tapis et s’emmêle dans ses enjeux foireux, la lenteur générale, la mollesse, les clichés et le déjà vu achèveront de vous achever… sans compter (comme d’habitude dans les séries de chez Amacon) un agenda woke surchargé ! bref, c’est de la chiasssse !… Expand

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DunkaccinoDec 9, 2022

This show is basically all the cut scenes and no action. No fun. All exposition, very in-your-face. It couldn't get any more boring seriously.

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PaulystanJul 18, 2023

It held some powerful possibilities, all of which fall flat, try too hard to be mysterious and fail entirely to be interesting. Just in case anybody who writes for it reads any of these comments, messy, untidy and lazy do not equate toIt held some powerful possibilities, all of which fall flat, try too hard to be mysterious and fail entirely to be interesting. Just in case anybody who writes for it reads any of these comments, messy, untidy and lazy do not equate to interesting. Alongside this, some of the casting is hugely off and some of your actors try extremely hard to be oh so good but are in fact hopeless. For example, you use an American actor to play the British detective and there is this pathetic attempt at what Americans think is extremely clever Sherlock Holmes style but is intact just pathetic acting whilst EVERY OTHER CHARACTER just sits and worships it. It's not deep, it starts clever and falls over itself. 100% waste of my life.… Expand