• Network: Peacock
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 23, 2021
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
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Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Beth Webb
    Dec 6, 2021
    100
    A relentless conspiracy drama bursting with performers who know how to keep their cards close to their chests. British TV doesn’t get more thrilling than this.
  2. Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Dec 6, 2021
    100
    It’s a dense, sharply written (by Tom Edge), absolute treat of a show about a murky, unseen world that doesn’t want to break the surface and show itself, and one that viewers will surely want to dive into.
  3. Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Dec 22, 2021
    80
    There’s a boatload of plotlines in “Vigil,” one of the better thriller series of the year and one in which a tangled web of intrigues is made as believable as the fathomless ability of humans to complicate a situation—at least long enough to last a satisfying six episodes.
  4. Reviewed by: Ed Cumming
    Dec 6, 2021
    80
    The script, by Tom Edge, who wrote the Oscar-winning Judy Garland film Judy, gets everything going at a brisk clip. The boat looks fantastic, more like a spaceship than the usual cramped tin can. The cast are solid throughout.
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Dec 31, 2021
    10
    I love this show. I found it to be very entertaining so I'm shocked at the other user reviews.
  2. Jan 9, 2022
    2
    This show was comically bad. I advise anyone interested in watching this to save themselves from wasting their time on something fruitless.
  3. Dec 28, 2021
    6
    If you've got nothing better to watch Vigil was alright, the sub/navy stuff is interesting in a "hunt for red october"/"crimson tide" kindaIf you've got nothing better to watch Vigil was alright, the sub/navy stuff is interesting in a "hunt for red october"/"crimson tide" kinda way, but the story does get a bit ploding Full Review »