The Winchesters

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Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 11, 2022
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. Paste Magazine
    Reviewed by: Trent Moore
    Oct 10, 2022
    68
    The new team has some true blue Scooby-Doo vibes, and at one point literally set off in a 1970’s shag-carpet van as they chase answers on the mystery that launches the series. It’s a choice that feels natural to the setting and mostly works due to the strength of the young cast, though also comes off a bit earnest and on-the-nose for a franchise that has reveled in the meta-corners of genre storytelling over the past decade.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Oct 11, 2022
    60
    Right now, it’s more of the two of them feeling each other out, and how the very experienced and skilled Mary and her friends will train the newbie in how to keep themselves safe. ... This isn’t This Is Us, after all. But given how quickly the “Scooby gang” of this show has been established, The Winchesters is off to a decent, albeit familiar, start.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: LaToya Ferguson
    Oct 11, 2022
    50
    Drake Rodger and Meg Donnelly work the two-hander dynamic well enough to anchor the series on their own before it introduces its Scooby gang (complete with Mystery Machine). (The rest of the ensemble is hit or miss, as are the comic beats that come along with them.)
  5. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Nov 4, 2022
    45
    The sleuthing quartet gives the show some “Scooby-Doo” vibes. “Winchesters” feels like it exists in the same world as “Supernatural.”
  6. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 6, 2022
    45
    The durability of the format can be seen in “Supernatural’s” inordinate longevity, and there are references and callbacks to that show for those who celebrate. The principals here, though, are building a different kind of chemistry than that brotherly banter, and at least initially, it all comes across as pretty flat.
  7. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Chris Panella
    Oct 11, 2022
    30
    The Winchesters is an incredibly boring, lifeless prequel that’s unsure about who its audience is or even why it exists. It’s not so bad, it’s good; it’s not bingeable. Instead, The Winchesters is just… there.

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User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. kuhl99
    Oct 12, 2022
    0
    The story tries to rewrite what we know from the beginning. Inferior actors and writing just makes us miss the real show even more. Thanks forThe story tries to rewrite what we know from the beginning. Inferior actors and writing just makes us miss the real show even more. Thanks for the disappointment.… Full Review »
  2. CraKdBoY
    Apr 19, 2023
    1
    This should have been a home run but sadly like most shows that are coming out today, they are packed jammed with agenda-pushing woke garbageThis should have been a home run but sadly like most shows that are coming out today, they are packed jammed with agenda-pushing woke garbage that spoils the entire show... News flash, the 70's were not more open than today. When the transgender dude hopped out of the van and saved them from a demon, I turned the show off... I was already white-knuckling through the first episode because the writing is even worse than the casting which is saying something, but the pointless addition to the show that added nothing to the story other than checking boxes was the straw.… Full Review »
  3. carlosjj30
    Oct 14, 2022
    10
    Un excelente Trabajo, tiene el mismo ambiente de SUPERNATURAL, pero con su propia atmosfera.
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