The Secret Circle: Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 15, 2011
  • Season #: 1
User Score
7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 74
  3. Negative: 11 out of 74

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  1. robinclank2
    Mar 28, 2012
    10
    this show is really good. i know it starts off shaky but after a few episodes you'll be hooked. and I promise it gets A LOT better towards the end of the season
  2. Remi21
    May 10, 2012
    10
    I love this show. Please make season 2!!!! I knew Adam wasn't going to get rid of the crystal. And I want to see the 4 new people. Omg just make season 2 please!!!!!!!!!
  3. PattMarvin
    Sep 16, 2011
    10
    The Secret Circle boasts for its creepy mystery, good-looking actors, amazing script, and witchy fun. It's hard not to get caught up with the series, and I may find myself in the near future watching the whole series over and over again.
  4. 777Dean
    Oct 9, 2011
    10
    This show is great. Every episode has something that gets you hooked. The fact that the show is getting darker and darker is only better. Amazing actors, great storyline and effects. I say, give it a shot people!
  5. GBear
    Oct 7, 2011
    10
    I love this show. It's well made, the plot is very interesting and pulls you in, supernatural stuff. The show follows a group of high school students while they secretly learn about their powers, their family past and a tragic event which claimed a number of their parents lives. Reminds me a bit of the film Craft in the high school witch sense.
  6. HiawathaGirl
    Nov 17, 2011
    10
    I love this show. I hope this one lasts!! This is a fun show based on the books of the same name and the history of witches in Salem and their decendants.
  7. TheBrainyBrat
    Nov 18, 2011
    10
    Met with despair and then blasted by intrigue this story of a young girls life is both exciting and full of unexpected turns. Her once simple and quite ordinary life is quickly turned upside down with the death of her mother and then lead into a constant cycle of the unexpected. Her life now left to twist about like a leave in the wind as she tries to find herself yet she is quickly consumed by a life and death battle that was started long before her time. The actors within this series are very good, they take on the roles of their characters and the depiction of the story in a very intense and intriguing way. I have found myself quickly getting lost in this series and yearning to watch the next. This was a very well written and cast series and I look forward to the depiction in each of the 22 episodes airing throughout the season.… Expand
  8. mybestfirned789
    Mar 30, 2012
    9
    This show is GREAT but, for some reason it is getting kind of staying in the same place and the whole story is getting nowhere and that is why I had to take ONE point away but, overall it is going very AWESOME!
  9. Lovesecretcircl
    May 15, 2012
    10
    I think they should keep the secret cirle .I love that show its one the best shows on the cw I realy didnt like the ringer or heart of dixie the secret circle is better
  10. Rfa
    Jul 28, 2012
    10
    An incredible show that evolves with each episode and a sensational finish to the season much better than several of the CW shows. A show that deserved a second season, which would still win even more people around the world.
  11. MikeRuaporo
    Dec 6, 2012
    9
    In my opinion this was the best new "Supernatural" genre-type T.V series that debuted from 2011-2012. Its a shame that the T.V series was cut due to budgets and declined ratings. The storyline was interesting and if the series wasn't cancelled. It could have been more developed and better than what Season 1 had to offer.

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
55 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Dan Fienberg
    Sep 15, 2011
    67
    The Secret Circle may be over-calculated and under-inspired, but that doesn't necessarily mean The Secret Circle is bad. There's something to be said for setting reasonable goals and largely succeeding, especially when there are plenty of shows that aspire to a good deal less and still fail.
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  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Sep 15, 2011
    67
    At times, the dialogue stops and unloads for exposition dumps, and a few of the young cast mates could use some more training back in the land of the Muggles.
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  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 15, 2011
    60
    Secret Circle is competently performed and produced and liable to entertain anybody not old enough to remember Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty doing pretty much the same stuff in Charmed back in the 20th-century day.
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