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Merlin: Season 1
  • Network: BBC-1 , Syfy
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 20, 2008
  • Season #: 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
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Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 79 Ratings

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  • Summary: NBC imported from the UK this reimagining of the legendary wizard as a young man hired as a physician's assistant.
  • Genre(s): Science-Fiction, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Adam Markovitz
    83
    Cheesy? Sure. But there's enough sword-clanging Action--not to mention homoerotic tension--to keep viewers happily entertained for a spell.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    40
    It's just that Merlin is clearly shopping for tricks in the bargain bin, and like the song says, the new Camelot's shining moments are all too brief, indeed.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    30
    Merlin looks, well, typically British with shoddy production values. Worse, it tells dull stories.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 40
  3. Negative: 4 out of 40
  1. LillyanneS1
    10
    already got the first season on DVD. Really Enjoyed It & doing well in UK where it has been renewed for a forth season to be done in either 2011 or 2012… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. MovieCritic
    5
    It's ok show but a bit redundant about things. They took a enjoyable tale and messed with it until it was turned around and just nothing like the tale. Some episodes are funny, others try to be funny but to no avail. Most of the time episode themes are repeated in a later episodes and keep being repeated, just slightly tweaked which makes it boring to continue watching after a while. You also can almost predict what is going to happen in most episodes which makes you want to hurry it along and they drag out the whole Merlin not telling Arthur hes a wizard thing way to long. They should have had that happen the beginning of the second season or end of the first.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. deecee
    0
    I would rather watch grass grow in my backyard than waste my time on this utter piece of garbage of a TV series, they don't even bother trying anymore.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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