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Critic Reviews
May 13, 2015
May 14, 2015
Season 1 Review:
It’s not going anywhere you’d likely suspect, and the big reveal episodes have a lot of explaining to do, but this hyper-paranoid, time-twisting and addictive show is actually laying a foundation for something. How that something eventually plays out remains a question, but the ride there is an undeniable kick.
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May 15, 2015
Season 1 Review:
It's TV designed for people who watch a lot of TV and know a lot of TV, and aren't necessarily coming into Wayward Pines to be stunned by its novelty but to see if a group of talented actors, writers, and filmmakers can stitch a crazy quilt of influences into something coherent and pleasurable. They do. But it takes a while.
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May 14, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Equally happy to consider the joys of rum raisin and the need for ritualized violence, Wayward Pines veers, at times, toward a self-consciousness one might call Fever Dream Camp. But mostly it's good, creepy fun, a round-the-fire story of a series that may turn out to be about something bigger than it seems.
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RogerEbert.comMay 12, 2015
Season 1 Review:
At first, Wayward Pines doesn’t quite have the visual personality to match its narrative oddity.... Be patient. The repetition fades away as writer Chad Hodge (who adapted his books) starts working more with answers than questions, and even the already-strong cast improves.
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May 11, 2015
Season 1 Review:
If you’re up for something completely different that may end up imploding just as easily as it could be riveting, then make the commitment. Wayward Pines is filled with enough guest stars and gear shifts to never stay in the same place and thus remain interesting, though not always logical or satisfying.
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Apr 24, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Everything about Wayward Pines is tense and spooky from the get-go (Chad Hodge adapted the project for TV), down to the old-fashioned rotary phones, which certainly plays into Shyamalan’s strengths as a filmmaker.... That said, the cat-and-mouse game begins to become a bit tiresome in the later episodes (five were previewed), before the fifth offers a fairly concrete explanation regarding what’s going on.
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May 7, 2015IndieWireApr 24, 2015
Season 1 Review:
It's a great premise; unfortunately, Wayward Pines makes a massive misstep almost immediately. Instead of keeping the action trapped inside the town, embedding the audience into Burke's paranoia and terror, the show moves between the town and Seattle.... Across the board, the casting is stellar, though it's Melissa Leo as the quasi-deranged Nurse Pam who's the stand-out, as her mercurial shifts represent the very best elements of the premise's potential.
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May 13, 2015
Season 1 Review:
The tone is ominous throughout in a show that provides its share of good jolts, including one built around the public punishment of a rule infraction that may stay with you for awhile. Unfortunately, subtlety appears to be among the many things banned in Wayward Pines--a series that comes at you weird and gets weirder as it goes along.
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May 13, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Suspense-building requires walking a line, though. If you spend too long getting to the point, the bubble you’ve inflated starts to lose air. That’s close to happening a couple of times, which is too bad, because when we get to the reveals, we’d like to still really care.
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IndieWireMay 25, 2016
Season 2 Review:
Horror isn't a bad fallback, and it's effectively done, considering the limitations of broadcast TV. Yet it's not enough to fully transition the show away from its foundation or even mask that the excitement is gone. "Wayward Pines" isn't a horror show, and skirting the line between genres doesn't do its story any favors.
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May 24, 2016
May 23, 2016
Season 2 Review:
The mix of premise restatement and story advancement is super clunky. Bigger worries: Patric's flat character and the lack of mystery and eeriness that kept you hooked last year as the story came into focus. [27 May 2016, p.54]
May 17, 2016
Season 2 Review:
The bottom line is that Wayward Pines has lost something in season 2, and it’s not any one shining, obvious aspect. The majority of its failings come in the recreation of its basic atmosphere, which has gone from effortlessly gonzo (cricket noise boxes!) to try-hard bland.
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TV Guide MagazineApr 30, 2015
Season 1 Review:
When answers are provided--at length--the preposterous illogic is stupefying, not stimulating. [4-17 May 2015, p.12]
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