The Serpent

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Season 1
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14

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  1. mansun79
    Apr 13, 2021
    9
    Great acting. The back and forth in the timeline works to the benefit of the story. I was captivated. One of the best shows I have watched in 2021 so far
  2. Moronmoronmoron
    May 2, 2021
    8
    Excellent drama adaption of a horrifying real life story. An enjoyable and tense series
  3. Everwhaa
    May 14, 2021
    10
    This show is fantastic. Had me gripped from beginning to end.
    Pretty brutal the events that happened to these people but the story telling is very well done.
    Glad I stumbled upon this.
  4. OlivierPiel
    Apr 5, 2021
    7
    No wonder a lot of woke critics don't like the show: The victims are white, naïve, hippies, the original version of woke cretins, that fall victims to their own simplistic, narrow-minded views of the world à la "Kathmandu is a paradise" ....through the hands of an anti-white hate-filled Asian racist.
    Throw any woke idiot into Beijing, Tehran, Cairo or Istanbul today. Same thing would    No wonder a lot of woke critics don't like the show: The victims are white, naïve, hippies, the original version of woke cretins, that fall victims to their own simplistic, narrow-minded views of the world à la "Kathmandu is a paradise" ....through the hands of an anti-white hate-filled Asian racist.
    Throw any woke idiot into Beijing, Tehran, Cairo or Istanbul today. Same thing would happen.

    PS: I'm French, from a generation that remembers Sobhraj and I live in Asia. News: Asians look down on you, liberal retards. Since the 60's.    … Expand
  5. geewah
    Jul 15, 2021
    7
    A solid limited series that does go for an episode or 2 too long. Some of the acting isn't great and it does take away from a captivating story being told but it's still entertaining enough.

Awards & Rankings

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#95 Most Discussed TV Season of 2021

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Gerard Gilbert
    Dec 3, 2021
    60
    With the local Thai police both corrupt and uninterested in the fate of ‘long-hairs’, Knippenberg becomes the detective figure in the subsequent story; once you grasped that, The Serpent became less slippery.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Apr 9, 2021
    80
    Engrossing as it builds to moments of Hitchcockian suspense, the eight-part The Serpent shifts sometimes too dizzying back and forth through time as it dramatizes Sobhrah's merciless crimes. Still, you'll root for those who trying to pin him down. [12 - 25 Apr, p.11]
  3. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Apr 5, 2021
    70
    In the broad strokes "The Serpent" resembles any number of true-crime tales, but by meeting those criteria, this limited series still manages to get under your skin.
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