UnPrisoned: Season 1

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Unprisoned: This Season On

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Season Details & Credits

HULU | Season Premiere Date: March 10, 2023

Summary: Paige's (Kerry Washington) life is disrupted when her father Edwin (Delroy Lindo) moves in with her and her teenage son after a 17-year prison sentence in this comedy series created by Tracy McMillan.

Creator: Tracy McMillan

Genre(s): Comedy

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. It's About Who You Want to Be
Air Date: March 10, 2023
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S1:E7. Unavailably Available
Air Date: March 10, 2023
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S1:E6. Nigresence
Air Date: March 10, 2023

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Kristen Baldwin

Mar 9, 2023

Quibbles aside, UnPrisoned is the type of show that's still a rarity on TV: An intimate, heartfelt comedy about one family's piece of the Black experience. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Cristina Escobar

Mar 8, 2023

“UnPrisoned” achieves what few shows do—showing both the importance and limitations of personal agency. Oh, and it’s funny too. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Mar 10, 2023

On the Hulu sitcom “UnPrisoned,” Washington’s back to the angle that suits her best — and at the heart of a sweetly intended show of disarming quality. Read full review

Nina Metz

Mar 9, 2023

The series has a terrific snap to it, with an ear attuned to banter that touches on — and sometimes deflects — deeper issues. The combination works because it’s not glib, but a coping mechanism for both. ... The real revelation here is Washington, who is looser than ever. Read full review

Angie Han

Mar 7, 2023

UnPrisoned feels at times like a series made of up of wrong choices on the way to finding the right one. But even in its flaws — or maybe because of them — the series finds intriguing depth in the messiness of lived experience, and the clear-eyed compassion of someone who’s worked through enough of it to grasp the difference between what people owe one another and what we want to provide for one another, between excusing someone’s bad behavior and forgiving it, between being right and being free. Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Mar 7, 2023

UnPrisoned is engaging as is, but it has the potential to be much more in Lindo’s talented hands wherever it is the series goes next. Read full review

The Daily Beast Kyndall Cunningham

Mar 8, 2023

Despite Washington and Lindo’s undeniable chemistry, the dynamic between Paige and Edwin is unfortunately where the show fails to keep you engaged. UnPrisoned was clearly designed as a light-hearted sitcom and manages to deliver on most of its laughs—primarily, thanks to Lindo and Brenda Strong, who plays his girlfriend, Nadine. However, it struggles to find a balance between its gags and the weighty issues bubbling at the surface. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 2

77
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 17, 2024
Season 1

75
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E8. It's About Who You Want to Be
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E7. Unavailably Available
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E6. Nigresence
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E5. F**K Normal
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E4. In Dad We Distrust
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E3. Are You My Mother Wound?
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E2. How to be a Main B*tch
  Air Date: March 10, 2023
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  S1:E1. Repetition Compulsion
  Air Date: March 10, 2023