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  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 17, 2007
  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 17, 2007
Meadowlands

Summary Danny (David Morrissey) and Evelyn Brogan (Lucy Cohu) along with their two teenaged kids pack up the family and move to the bucolic neighborhood of Meadowlands as they enter a witness protection program in an attempt to escape their past. The picturesque and crime-free suburban paradise at first seems to be the perfect locale to start t...

  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 17, 2007
  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 17, 2007
Meadowlands
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jun 17, 2007
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Danny (David Morrissey) and Evelyn Brogan (Lucy Cohu) along with their two teenaged kids pack up the family and move to the bucolic neighborhood of Meadowlands as they enter a witness protection program in an attempt to escape their past. The picturesque and crime-free suburban paradise at first seems to be the perfect locale to start t...

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Episode 1 • Jun 17, 2007 • 46 m
Pilot
The Brogans arrive in Meadowlands and meet their neighbors: bad boy handyman Jack Donnelly, vivacious and bubbly Brenda, and general practitioner Dr. York, all of whom harbor secrets as potentially devastating as the Brogans' themselves.
Episode 2 • Jun 24, 2007 • 47 m
Episode #1.2
A day that begins with hope for the future ends with tragedy when Mark's experimentation with cross-dressing results in a brutal attack that leaves him traumatized again and Danny reeling from his own murderous rage.
Episode 3 • Jul 1, 2007 • 49 m
Episode #1.3
Local cop Wintersgill becomes suspicious of Jack Donnelly's absence and begins investigating his disappearance, while Danny and Mark struggle to keep Jack's murder a secret.
Episode 4 • Jul 8, 2007 • 48 m
Episode #1.4
A vicious psychological game of cat and mouse ensues between Danny and Wintersgill, as Mark has a charged encounter with neighbor Brenda and Evelyn learns a shocking truth that affects both her past and future.
Episode 5 • Jul 15, 2007 • 49 m
Episode #1.5
Danny's handlers frame Ormond for Jack's murder, while Evelyn pleads with Dr. York to lie about Danny's fertility test results, and Zoe undertakes an investigation of Jack's death with the help of former journalist Tom Tyrell.
Episode 6 • Jul 22, 2007 • 49 m
Episode #1.6
Danny attempts to decipher the truth about Cape Wrath, while Samantha's visit with her dying father reveals more of the history behind Meadowlands, and the romantic triangle between York, Abigail and Evelyn takes a disturbing turn.
Episode 7 • Jul 29, 2007 • 48 m
Episode #1.7
York is tortured by his past and by his feelings for Evelyn. Doing the right thing has got him nowhere and so he gives her an ultimatum - either she sleeps with him or he tells Danny.
Episode 8 • Aug 5, 2007 • 48 m
Episode #1.8
Danny makes his plans to leave, but to convince his family to come over with him he has to tell them everything. The painful truth about Danny's relationship to his children is finally revealed, as is the shocking location of Meadowlands.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
61
38% Positive
5 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
15% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
61
38% Positive
5 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews

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91
Edgy and dark, this is the shadow version of "The Waltons."
By Gloria Goodale FULL REVIEW
80
Fans of "The Sopranos" looking for a new Sunday-night must-see may find it here - though perhaps not fans driven to fits by that HBO hit's ambiguous conclusion.
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
70
Whether this is all weirdness for weirdness' sake or something more complex isn't clear, not even after the first four episodes.
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60
Whether or not they add up to much, the scenes play well, and there are enough heavy-breathing soap-operatics, random acts of violence and unanswered questions to keep one idly watching.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
60
Murphy is adept at creating clever mind games between his characters, but moments of true suspense or fright are few and far between.
By Barry Garron FULL REVIEW
40
"Meadowlands" demands too much of a slog for too little in return.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
30
Nothing seems to bring it to life — not its obsession with voyeurism, its forays into cross-dressing, its objectification of the obese.
By Ginia Bellafante FULL REVIEW

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