Top Boy

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Season 5
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
88

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

Critic Reviews

  1. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Nick Hilton
    Sep 1, 2023
    60
    This concluding chapter of the Top Boy saga pulls none of its punches – if anything it makes too many of them, like a rabbit-punching flyweight – and demonstrates that a big American streamer can be trusted to tell Black, British stories.

Awards & Rankings

8
#8 Best TV Season of 2023

User Reviews

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User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. SimboTheKing
    Sep 11, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Broadly liked this season but the details felt quite rushed to me. Some of the characters and arcs from last season seemingly disappeared into nowhere and I don't think the reduced episode count helped this either. I enjoyed the main character's endings (Dushane and Sully) and felt they were well written. Outside of them and maybe Stef though so many other characters got done a bit dirty with either rushed or illogical storylines. None-the-less, I appreciate the message and type of show they were trying to construct here but it just felt a bit mid this season. It's a shame such a good show has had such a timid ending unfortunately.… Full Review »
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