The Society

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 10, 2019
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Adam White
    Jan 3, 2020
    60
    It’s easy to sneer at The Society, awash as it is in teen-series melodrama and a perpetually unsatisfying central mystery that only truly serves as a high-concept hook, but there’s something oddly seductive about the show as it comes into its own – the kind of series you only realise around its midpoint you’ve become unexpectedly invested in. Just as long as you don’t think too hard about it.
  2. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Dec 3, 2019
    60
    A brilliantly average, perfectly imperfect show for bouncing teens, cankered fortysomethings and nothing in between.
  3. Collider
    Reviewed by: Haleigh Foutch
    May 10, 2019
    60
    Is The Society a show about sort-of whiny privileged kids in an overfamiliar YA set up? Yes. Absolutely, there’s no denying that. But it’s a pretty damn good one, and the growing pains in the first season only make me excited to see where The Society will take us in the future.
  5. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    May 9, 2019
    58
    To the credit of creator Christopher Keyser (“Party of Five”), the series plays with expectations. Relationships bloom and wither in surprising combinations. Unfortunately, the show lacks a pulse.

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#61 Most Discussed TV Season of 2019

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 41
  3. Negative: 7 out of 41
  1. insickness
    May 19, 2019
    1
    The premise is interesting, if derivative. But the whole show reeks of social engineering. All the bad guys are white males and the good guysThe premise is interesting, if derivative. But the whole show reeks of social engineering. All the bad guys are white males and the good guys are women, non-white males and disabled people. The lead woman is particularly self-righteous and irritating.… Full Review »
  2. Melonie
    May 18, 2019
    8
    I thought it was pretty freaking great, I've been trying to find something to watch, and haven't found anything in a long time that kept meI thought it was pretty freaking great, I've been trying to find something to watch, and haven't found anything in a long time that kept me interested like this show does. It's a bit like The 100 but it's so much better, I lost interest in that show after the parents showed up.… Full Review »
  3. Mikaelalouise
    May 11, 2019
    8
    Unable to stop watching. Its thrilling and eye opening. Left me wanting more.
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