• Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 14, 2020
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Negative: 2 out of 14
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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Reviewed by: Tom Long
    Nov 30, 2020
    91
    “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.
  2. Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Oct 5, 2020
    75
    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.
  3. Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Sep 16, 2020
    40
    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.