Cult: Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 19, 2013
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
46 out of 100

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User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

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  • Summary: After Jeff Sefton's (Matt Davis) brother mysteriously disappears, the clues point toward his current obsession, the TV show Cult. Jeff teams up with show's researcher Skye Yarrow (Jessica Lucas) to investigate the fans, the mysterious creator of Cult, and the show itself.

    Cult, the show-w    ithin-the-show is about a cult led by Billy Grimm, played by actor Roger Reeves (Robert Knepper) and Kelly Collins, a former cult member-turned LAPD detective, played by actress Marti Gerritsen (Alona Tal), who returns to the cult to find her kidnapped sister.… Expand
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 6 out of 20
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Feb 19, 2013
    75
    This series-in-a-series is an innovative and creative way to make TV, which I love. What would I have loved even more? A scripted series about a scary, charismatic cult leader.
  2. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Feb 19, 2013
    58
    It somehow manages to be more inviting than ABC's new and thoroughly preposterous Zero Hour, although both series could be the stuff of sadistic semester-ending writing essays.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Feb 19, 2013
    50
    Cult has just the right amount of preposterous dialogue and clunky transitions to draw potential hate-watchers too, a bit of zeitgeist juggling that is both slightly nauseating and admirable.
  4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Feb 19, 2013
    37
    Knepper is wonderfully creepy. But that's the last of the good news. From Rockne S. O'Bannon, Cult is too complicated for its own good, and not satisfying enough to make it worth figuring out.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. BrentClifford
    10
    One of the best tv shows I have seen in a while. Definitely gets better as the season progresses. The acting is great. The show within a show idea is intriguing, but the acting in the fake show is a little campy, but that's to be expected. All I can say is I'm hooked… Expand
  2. crypticbutton
    9
    This show is amazing. It is one that you really have to pay attention to and analyze what is going on a bit to get the full experience. After the first two episodes the show really takes off, there is a bit of world building that has to be done in order for a viewer to understand what type of danger the characters could possibly be in. The main problem is that unwillingness of other viewers to sit down and watch something that they will have to think through. If you are willing and able to sit down for an hour and use your brain you should enjoy this amazing show.… Expand
  3. theahsanhaseeb
    5
    Alright. Is this a joke? The pilot wasn't impressive at all. There were dull performances, lame screenplay and senseless direction. The only thing good that comes out of this show is Matt Davis, whose character still isn't impressive. The premise isn't that strong so it requires a great deal of writing, acting and direction. The beginning of the episode seemed like a joke, to me, because of the way Robert Knepper was acting. I don't know how the CW manages to run okay (exaggeration) shows and doesn't do anything about it. This review is only based on what I watched in pilot and I'm rating it in accordance with that. Let's see what would become of it in future episodes. Not expecting anything at all.… Expand
  4. theasset
    0
    There is nothing about this show that is likeable. When the CW first dropped it, it should've stayed that way. The writing, acting and direction are atrocious. Whatever the CW was thinking in reviving it was a bad idea. I don't see this show lasting the season to be honest.… Expand

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