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- 2023
- TV-MA
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- 2023
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Summary The impact of artificial intelligence on the U.S. criminal justice system is seen through the eyes of FBI agents who graduated in 2009 and over three different time periods in this thriller from Tom Rob Smith.
Created By: Tom Rob Smith
- 2023
- TV-MA
- HULU
- 2023
- TV-MA
- HULU
Class of '09
Season 1 Premiere: May 10, 2023
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5.8
Summary The impact of artificial intelligence on the U.S. criminal justice system is seen through the eyes of FBI agents who graduated in 2009 and over three different time periods in this thriller from Tom Rob Smith.
Created By: Tom Rob Smith
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
63
50% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It provides the rare feeling that it is exploring every possibility inside its own narrative and is able to excel in everything it tries to do. Whether there are more seasons to pore over or just the one, the ride has already been highly rewarding.
Kate Mara, Brian Tyree Henry, Sepideh Moafi: Take a bow. Those three, with an extra emphatic nod to Henry (the brilliant “Paper Boi” from Atlanta) are the saving graces of Class of ’09, an otherwise serviceable but occasionally disoriented FBI thriller from FX (streaming on Hulu).
Few shows have such a unique combination of grounded action and performances with an Orwellian social conscience and special effects splashed flash forwards. If Class of ’09 balances those elements better going forward, it could be as well-rounded, lithe and lethal as the best trained FBI boot camp recruits it is depicting.
Cerebral, ambitious, but frustratingly paced tale of human fallibility and technological overreach.
Class of ‘09 has ambition but, like many a starry-eyed freshman, spreads itself too thin.
Feels like one of those instances in which the trickiness of the split storylines becomes a cover for the sense that, through the four episodes sent to critics, none of the three timelines would be close to interesting enough to sustain interest. The series’ directors, starting with Joe Robert Cole and Sunu Gonera, establish momentum, but struggle to make the individual pieces feel distinctive.
Class Of ’09 is too busy jumping between timelines to tell a cohesive story that has any kind of momentum.
User Score
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Based on 12 User Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 User Ratings
5.8
50% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
17% Mixed
2 Ratings
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33% Negative
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Production Company:
- FX Productions
- Lightnin' Production Rentals
Initial Release Date: May 10, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
