- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 14, 2020
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings
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Positive: 5 out of 14
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Mixed: 7 out of 14
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Negative: 2 out of 14
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Sep 16, 2020Knowing nothing about this going into the first episode within 10 minutes I figured out this is a Wickerman redux, english countryside old celt/druid stuff, but it's achingly slow. The cast is jam packed with talent, but I'm not feeling it, might tune in to episode 2, might not.
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Jan 25, 2021A series that doesn't really kick into gear until it's second half and even then it remains disappointing.
It builds the atmosphere nicely, but the plot comes across as a second rate Wickerman and leaves too many questions unanswered.
One of the most disappointing shows of 2020.
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“The Third Day” runs haywire in so many directions the fear is it might pull a “Lost” and amount to nothing. But by the third episode it’s clear that’s not the case; writer Dennis Kelly ties it all together in wondrous fashion and then lets the firestorm burn on. It’s glorious stuff.
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Harris is very good here but they simply lack the urgency of the first half of the series as the viewer has to piece together how they connect to something already seen instead of experiencing them in a more immediate, character-driven way. ... However, Harris and the two young performers hold it together emotionally and the fifth episode ends with a scene that implies a fascinating final chapter to come.
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The problem is that the uncanny Wiccan hamlet, full of people in animal masks and weaponised Morris dancers, is a cliche that has already been flogged to death (and really cannot be presented with a straight face in the wake of League of Gentlemen). Law’s character, meanwhile, is too dull for us to care what he’s secretly up to. Fireworks may follow further down the line as the pagan festival kicks off in Osea. For now, though, this isn’t so much Burning Man in Essex as a prestige TV damp squib.