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- Netflix
- May 21, 2015
- Netflix
- May 21, 2015
Summary The Canadian thriller from Michael McGowan is about the small town of Pretty Lake where a unknown disease has killed everyone except those 21-years-old or younger.
Created By: Michael McGowan
- Netflix
- May 21, 2015
- Netflix
- May 21, 2015
Summary The Canadian thriller from Michael McGowan is about the small town of Pretty Lake where a unknown disease has killed everyone except those 21-years-old or younger.
Created By: Michael McGowan
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
47
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
20% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
47
20% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
20% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Though Between doesn’t belong among the most ambitious shows on that roster, it knows what it wants to do and sets about doing it efficiently, effectively and with a minimum of fuss.
The pilot does the work of introducing the ensemble of characters, but spends so little time with each of them that when it builds to a cliffhanger in which one of those characters is imperiled, it doesn’t feel any more important than the frequent deaths of the adult characters.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 48 User Ratings
5.0
38% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
27% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
35% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 48 User Ratings
5.0
38% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
27% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
35% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
I started to watch this T.V. Show on Netflix because it looked very interesting and since then I've loved it! This series is great for anyone who likes other T.V. Shows like "The Walking Dead", " Stranger Things", etc. This show is very addicting as I have watched all of season 1 in a day or so. I am looking forward to season 2. One thing I will note about this T.V. Show is there is a lot of small details so you need to make sure you really focus on because some details from episode 1 may come back in episode 6. Other than that, I thought the T.V. Show was very easy to follow along with and is a show I will continue to binge.
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SEASON 1
I'm super excited for the second season to debut in May 2016, this show is AWESOME, I love every bit of it! Netflix is to be congratulated, as always making series that appeal to everyone.
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SEASON 1
Beyond that conceit [that none of the survivors are over 21], though, most of the action in the opening episodes is familiar ensemble soap opera with conspiracy-theory embroidery (the government knows more than it’s saying).
The town is lovely, the premise solid if overfamiliar, but the script lacks both depth and tension (big problem), and McCurdy is one of the few cast members who can act. All of which makes it difficult to care very much.
A post-apocalypse is only as interesting as the people left behind, and these are all a bland, badly acted bunch.
The dialogue on Between is horrendous, and the performances are not much better.
It is flat, filled with some surprisingly horrible performances sketching two-dimensional characters.
We really enjoyed this show. Binge watched all 6 episodes last night. Hope it comes back for a second season. We would like to see how it plays out as they go out into the world.
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SEASON 1
While not necessarily a bad show, "Between" misses the mark on a number of key components that make a suspense drama really click.
Nearly every main character is a two-dimensional archetype, which would be fine as suburban youths are not expected to have a wealth of complexity to begin with, but the show's virtual absence of character development results in a continual feeling of detachment from our protagonists, lessening the gravity of their trials and tribulations.
On the other hand, while I have heard many reviewers knock the dialogue for being bland and sometimes plain silly, I feel that while it doesn't make for the most entertaining character interactions, the dialogue befits that of teenagers and young adults. They are going to be any variation of blunt, ambiguous, or just not well thought out in general. It would be more off-putting for 18-21-year-olds to be slinging snappy lines of Hollywood quotation.
"Between" also suffers from pacing and continuity issues. The main plot, if a little hollow and ambiguous, kicks things off pretty strongly as the first episode covers a ten-day span over which a disease that kills all those over the age of 21 spreads like wildfire. Small windows of action are shown during this time (Day 1, Day 4, Day 6, etc) with a repetitive sort of pattern; some reference to the virus, introduce another sub-plot, a marginally significant adult dies, etcetera. Then, as early as the second episode, the main plot fades to the background as a bevy of sub-plots begins to struggle for relevance, at least until the last half of Episode 6 when the main plot shows up again and attempts to stuff itself into a 20-minute slot of improbable action and lukewarm suspense. As well, while the town of Pretty Lake itself is believably depicted, the appearance of any given main character where the plot requires is not. The town is not a huge place, but no one at the site of any peril could throw a rock without hitting at least one main character. Even in remote locations where no one could reasonably expect another character to come into the mix, a walking deus ex machina always manages an appearance wherever there is trouble, even if that particular person was clearly across town doing some other such thing only five minutes earlier.
"Between" comes across as a fledgling attempt at the survival drama genre that has gained prevalence over the last 10 years, but as of its introduction, falls short of its predecessors (Under the Dome, Lost, Jericho, even Revolution to an extent). Maybe with a full season, "Between" would have room to grow and flesh out its characters.
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SEASON 1
After watching 6 episodes, would say there's a lack of strength on the script.
Besides the fact that everything looks too similar with " Under The Dome ", there's a boring vicious circle lying in the underground, just like a sad poetry on which everything can only get worse, and the action goes too sharp from one thing to the following.
I think the cherry on the top of the pie appears when a Cessna gets hit by a rocket, such explosion looks like a tutorial for after fx or something.
Lots of fixes to be done in order to give to this series some sort of relevance.
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SEASON 1
I watched the first two episodes, but wasn't bored enough to watch any more after that. This show is painfully low-budget. Low-budget apparently means they can't hire good writers, directors, or actors. The premise is cliche, and the story just barely interesting enough to watch a few minutes of it. It isn't terrible, or the worst thing I have ever seen, but, it is pretty close, and worse than mediocre. Don't waste your time.
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