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Terra Nova: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 26, 2011
  • Season #: 1
Terra Nova Image
Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 243 Ratings

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  • Summary: In the year 2149, humankind seeks escape from the polluted Earth by traveling to the past to establish a new colony.
  • Genre(s): Science-Fiction, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Sep 21, 2011
    83
    As a weekly series, the effects need to remain impressive and the writers need to avoid falling into "Lost" and "Walking Dead" band-of-survivors rehash.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Sep 26, 2011
    60
    Indeed, it is hard to knock Terra Nova overall, such does it succeed on its own terms, which involve working over the pituitary brain and the sympathetic soul.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 26, 2011
    30
    By the end of a couple of episodes, most viewers will be wishing Spielberg and his henchmen had spent more time on scripts and less on special effects, even if it meant splicing old outtakes of Barney and Friends into the action sequences.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 102
  3. Negative: 37 out of 102
  1. psbrown1989
    8
    I think this show has good potential. many plot points for future episodes were set up and it looks promising for now. I'll definitely be watching the next few episodes just to see if they take it in a kind of "Lost" direction in which case I might drop the show… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. Shian
    5
    Terra Nova is one of those shows where you love it and at other times, you hate it... and you'll hate it so much. The plot and premise was one of the most fascinating things about the show, and it did not deliver until it was way too late. There was a lot of wasted episodes... basically, out of the 13 episodes, only 4 of them even really amounted to anything worth while. Ironically, those episodes happened to be the first two and final two episodes. It's also fairly difficult to make an emotional connection to any of the characters when you generally kinda hate them all save for a select few you can count with one hand. I'd recommend this show only if you're curious, otherwise, stick with the first two episodes and final two episodes, it'll be like watching a movie. Otherwise, you'll have a lot of filler in between the good stuff, and you'll hate yourself for watching it.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. mariodefe
    2
    I thought that FOX could do it better. Having into the game such a director as Jon Cassar, they could do it better, but the script is horrible! We can advance everything that is going to happen. If the shows continues like this, is going to fall quick.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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