Beartown: Season 1

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HBO | HBO Nordic | Season Premiere Date: February 22, 2021

Summary: An assault accusation against one of the players of a small town's junior ice-hockey team on its way to a national title nearly destroys the community in the Swedish-language drama based on Fredrik Backman's novel of the same name.

[Premiered originally in several European countries on HBO España, Nordic, Portugal and HBO GO (CentralAn assault accusation against one of the players of a small town's junior ice-hockey team on its way to a national title nearly destroys the community in the Swedish-language drama based on Fredrik Backman's novel of the same name.

[Premiered originally in several European countries on HBO España, Nordic, Portugal and HBO GO (Central Europe) on 18 Oct 2020]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Sports

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Episode 05
Air Date: February 22, 2021
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S1:E4. Episode 04
Air Date: February 22, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode 03
Air Date: February 22, 2021

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Shane Ryan

Feb 22, 2021

So, yes, Beartown works as an athletic drama, too. This ingredient and all others cohere seamlessly, and you’re left with a show that transcends noir even as it elevates it. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Feb 19, 2021

[Answers] emerge with a satisfying subtlety in “Beartown”—for all its familiarity, a riveting tale. Read full review

Joel Keller

Feb 22, 2021

Even though Beartown takes its first episode to set things up, it does a lot of showing instead of giving a lot of exposition. That’s a good sign that the series will make for a well-paced drama. Read full review

Ashlie D. Stevens

Feb 22, 2021

The series' creators stripped "Beartown" of the melodrama that's often inherent to stories centered on teenagers, and of the salaciousness that lesser series lean on when writing about sex crimes. In its place, they revealed a narrative that's chilling in its survey of how we can lose what makes of human in the pursuit of a win. Read full review

Nick Schager

Feb 23, 2021

Icy and enraged, it’s a sobering portrait of tragedy wrought from not only toxic masculinity, but from the equally noxious—and potentially more deadly—systems that nurture, amplify, and protect it. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Feb 22, 2021

“Beartown” is a blunt story, stocked with direct lessons. Still, it’s patient about revealing its thesis, and the life-or-death stakes set up from the get-go help to prepare the audience for when normal life in a small Swedish town turns very, very ugly. Read full review

Kaveh Jalinous

Feb 22, 2021

While turning Backman’s complex novel into a series rather than a film was a smart move, Beartown does run into some issues along the way. The rise of Beartown’s hockey team is important for the context of the story, but the series spends too little time showing how their skill improved. The series relies too heavily on surface-level montages to communicate how this dramatic shift actually happened. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 22, 2021
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  S1:E5. Episode 05
  Air Date: February 22, 2021
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  S1:E4. Episode 04
  Air Date: February 22, 2021
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  S1:E3. Episode 03
  Air Date: February 22, 2021
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  S1:E2. Episode 02
  Air Date: February 22, 2021
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  S1:E1. Episode 01
  Air Date: February 22, 2021