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Gaslit

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Generally favorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Ratings

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Starz | Release Date: April 24, 2022

Summary: Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts), the wife of Nixon's Attorney General (Sean Penn) and the Nixon administrations attempts to keep her from talking about Watergate are at the center of the limited series based on the first season of the Slate podcast Slow Burn.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Critic Reviews

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San Francisco Chronicle

Chris Vognar

Apr 20, 2022

Season 1 Review: “Gaslit,” created by Robbie Pickering, is the rare show that has loads of fun bringing history into sharper focus. It takes the names you know, and may have read about, and shows why you should care. Read full review

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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Rob Owen

Apr 21, 2022

Season 1 Review: Roberts’ all-in performance and those of her co-stars, especially Allison Tolman (“Downward Dog”) as a sympathetic reporter and Shea Whigham as an accurately unhinged G. Gordon Liddy, are a delight, and the whole endeavor is entertaining enough to recommend. Read full review

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i Rachael Sigee

Apr 25, 2022

Season 1 Review: The overblown nature of it all matches both Mitchell’s larger-than-life charisma and the cartoonish incompetence of the egotistical politicians. It is also bolstered by a sharply written and surprisingly funny script that magnifies everyone’s flaws grotesquely. Read full review

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TVLine

Dave Nemetz

Apr 21, 2022

Season 1 Review: Gaslit is a wickedly entertaining and irreverent look at an infamous slice of American history that none of these characters are particularly proud to be a part of. Read full review

70

The Oregonian

Kristi Turnquist

Apr 20, 2022

Season 1 Review: Uneven but watchable ... Roberts makes Martha Mitchell compelling, moving from caustic and charming to terrified. ... Penn is also effective, despite the padding and makeup. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Darren Franich

Apr 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: Martha's story is a fascinating one — the administration's early effort to keep her quiet led to a brutal imprisonment — and Roberts gamely plays her as an old-fashioned southern matriarch unleashed at the dawn of our age of paranoia. But the show also stretches to tell the way less involving story of White House Counsel John Dean (Dan Stevens) and his romance with liberal flight attendant Mo (Betty Gilpin). Read full review

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Washington Post

Inkoo Kang

Apr 22, 2022

Season 1 Review: Stevens said that “Gaslit” means to tell the “human stories” behind Watergate. In nearly every aspect of that attempt, it fails. With Martha as the lone exception, the characters are cardboard cutouts or cartoon villains. ... Roberts simply feels miscast as Martha ... It exists to draw attention to itself but has little else to say. Read full review

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Morayda

May 9, 2022

simply spectacular, the performances of Julia and Sean are off the charts, fascinating the way they tell you this crazy true story

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UncleWillard

May 3, 2022

While I enjoy it as a period piece in the vein of historical accuracy (the details and production values are amazing), but it's not really giving us anything new. I expected it was going to be about Margaret Mitchell, but 2 episodes in and it's not really about her. So far she comes off as aWhile I enjoy it as a period piece in the vein of historical accuracy (the details and production values are amazing), but it's not really giving us anything new. I expected it was going to be about Margaret Mitchell, but 2 episodes in and it's not really about her. So far she comes off as a silly woman who feels out of place in DC, starved for attention from her incredibly busy husband. It's no wonder no one took her seriously. So, no one needed her to tell us Nixon was a pos. We found that out on our own.… Expand

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Professional1

May 31, 2022

All I kept thinking while watching Gaslit was: why did this star power cast sign on to such a poor show? It's a terrific show to put on if you need to fall asleep.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
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  Air Date: April 24, 2022
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  Air Date: June 12, 2022
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  S1:E7. Year of the Rat
  Air Date: June 5, 2022
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  S1:E6. Tuffy
  Air Date: May 29, 2022
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