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Summary The David E. Kelley legal drama co-written with Jonathan Shapiro focuses on alcoholic, down-and-out attorney Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) who sees a chance for redemption with a wrongful death case against an aerospace company represented by his former law partner (William Hurt) and the law firm he co-founded (and was fired from).

Created By: David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro

  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • Amazon Prime
  • 2016
  • TV-MA
  • Amazon Prime

Goliath

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 13, 2016
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 189 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary The David E. Kelley legal drama co-written with Jonathan Shapiro focuses on alcoholic, down-and-out attorney Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) who sees a chance for redemption with a wrongful death case against an aerospace company represented by his former law partner (William Hurt) and the law firm he co-founded (and was fired from).

Created By: David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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34% Mixed
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83
Nov 7, 2016
In “Fargo,” Thornton’s character was pure evil, but in Goliath he's just flawed--despicable at times, but with a good heart that shows often as he pursues justice against his old law firm and partner. This one’s quite bingeworthy.
By Jeff Korbelik FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 20, 2016
The show has the kind of jaunty professionalism of a John Grisham novel, in which an outmatched lawyer takes on a, yes, goliath, and usually wins at great personal expense.
By Willa Paskin FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 189 User Ratings
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63% Positive
119 Ratings
15% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 189 User Ratings
6.6
63% Positive
119 Ratings
15% Mixed
29 Ratings
22% Negative
41 Ratings

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70
Jun 12, 2018
This L.A crime story is satisfying in its confident approach to a familiar genre. The bonus here is its broad streak of offbeat humor om Nilly's laid-back cunning, which contrasts nicely with the brash impatience of his sidekick, Patty. [11 - 24 Jun 2018, p.13]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 13, 2016
There’s nothing radical or particularly groundbreaking about it. If anything, it is conventional in an almost self-conscious way. ... But what truly elevates Goliath are the performances by Thornton and Arianda.
By Meredith Blake FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 14, 2016
With the exception of some added F-bombs, Goliath plays like a reasonably decent prime-time legal mystery circa 1998, not a modern drama revelation.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 13, 2016
As the story unspools, the part of it in which McBride figures continues to be entertaining, in a been-there-done-that kind of way. ... But then there’s the other half of the show’s odd bordering-on-bizarre split personality. ... Suddenly we’re in an arch, slick, hyped-up TV legal show, with lawyers marching in formation and exchanging withering put-downs.
By Mike Hale FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 11, 2016
Even great casts have their limits, and in the case of Goliath, they give this shaggy drama just enough electricity to keep interest without offering a genuine reason to care about what’s going on episode to episode.
By Chris Cabin FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • Amazon Studios
  • Picrow
Initial Release Date: Oct 13, 2016
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 5 Nominations
Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI)
• 2 Nominations

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