The Gates: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 20, 2010
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 68 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Monohan's move to the seemingly idyllic community of The Gates, but they soon discover the neighbors are hiding supernatural secrets about themselves.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Suspense

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    70
    Scoundrels, at 9 p.m., and The Gates, at 10, may not be exactly the stuff you can't wait another week for, but both are watchable and fun, part of a big ABC effort to put something new, if not original, on the air most nights this summer.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    60
    The Gates is a satire--a cheaply enjoyable one--of suburban lust and maternal anxiety, psycho-social forces that delivered previous generations of women to the pages of Betty Friedan (or Redbook) but that today send a certain kind of young matron to the perverse romance of vampire media.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    60
    The Gates, on the other hand, starts off with an even greater number of well-worn characters and storylines, but writers Richard Hatem and Grant Scharbo infuse them with a lot more life and a surprisingly high incidence of poignancy.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Scott Von Doviak
    38
    As it is, The Gates doesn't even pass muster as a spooky-fun summer series; it's just another failed attempt by ABC to recreate something it couldn't wait to kill the first time around.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. PeterL.
    10
    Best Drama of this genre without the obvious sexual overtones so prominent with so many series of this type of genre. More of a storyline with believable characters. A lot of potential for a hit series in my book or is it television.… Expand
  2. iamtrent424
    8
    This show was really good. I didn't want to watch this show at first because i am a huge true blood and vampire diaries fan . I thought this show was going be a bootleg version of both show but it isn't. This show is totally different from both shows. This show is a Mystery - Crime drama and super nature . bu the 4th episode you going be really drawn into this series. Can't wait for further work for this show… Expand
  3. MadgeH.
    6
    Sure, it's completely derivative, and, as one reviewer said, totally seems like a mash up of Desperate Housewives and Twilight. But, it's summer, and we don't have anything else, so what the heck, why not just enjoy it? If you don't think about it too much, then you might find yourself decently entertained. I liked it enough to want to watch the next episode. … Expand
  4. ElaineB.
    4
    This show seems to center alot around high school drama. The new guy likes this girl, girl's boyfriend is jealous blah blah blah, and then there are witches. ZZZ.… Expand

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