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  • Sundance Now
  • Sep 6, 2016
  • Sundance Now
  • Sep 6, 2016
Motherland

Summary Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) struggles with balancing life as a mother without the help of her own mother when she meets Type A mom, Amanda (Lucy Punch); single mom, Liz (Diane Morgan); and stay-at-home-dad, Kevin (Paul Ready Utopia) in this British comedy from Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan, and Holly Walsh.

Created By: Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Graham Linehan, Helen Serafinowicz

  • Sundance Now
  • Sep 6, 2016
  • Sundance Now
  • Sep 6, 2016
Motherland
Season 1
Season Premiere: Sep 6, 2016
Metascore Mixed or Average
58
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
3.6
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Summary Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) struggles with balancing life as a mother without the help of her own mother when she meets Type A mom, Amanda (Lucy Punch); single mom, Liz (Diane Morgan); and stay-at-home-dad, Kevin (Paul Ready Utopia) in this British comedy from Sharon Horgan, Graham Linehan, Helen Linehan, and Holly Walsh.

Created By: Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Graham Linehan, Helen Serafinowicz

Season Episodes

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Episode 0 • Sep 6, 2016 • 28 m
Pilot
Stressed mother Julia's day slowly decends into chaos when she struggles to find childcare arrangements and attempts to join the alpha mums for spag bol.
Episode 1 • Nov 7, 2017 • 28 m
The Birthday Party
With Liz and Kevin's help, Julia plans a party for her daughter Ivy's birthday. However she has to lie to the other mums when she turns sick at the last minute.
Episode 2 • Nov 14, 2017 • 28 m
Auction of Promises
Julia tries to impress a former colleague and finds herself roped into helping out at a school fundraiser where Liz mixes up a very stiff sangria.
Episode 3 • Nov 22, 2017 • 28 m
The Pool Party
A pool party foils Julia's plans to prepare for a work event. Kevin gets competitive with another dad, and Liz tries to connect with the owner of a lost wallet.
Episode 4 • Nov 28, 2017 • 26 m
The Cavalry
Julia is forced to deal with her unhelpful in-laws when they come to visit. Liz enjoys the side effects of a new coat.
Episode 5 • Dec 5, 2017 • 27 m
The After Party
Julia and Liz's friendship is tested when Julia competes with another mum to get into Anne's carpool. Meanwhile Kevin finds himself in the role of confidant when Amanda shares a secret.
Episode 6 • Dec 12, 2017 • 28 m
The Caretaker
As her friendship with Liz remains strained, Julia hires a nanny that slowly starts to take over her house. Amanda's absence throws the mums into chaos.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
58
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25% Mixed
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80
May 10, 2018
This is rich terrain that has been insufficiently explored by a comic mind as fearlessly audacious as Horgan’s. Motherland plants a flag there in its very first scene and commences building a legacy. This is an impressive series, and lots of fun, if you don’t mind revisiting or envisioning everyday, low-level trauma.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
67
May 9, 2018
Well-intentioned and with strong ideas worth supporting--seriously, people, help out your spouses--the Sundance Now comedy (that originally aired overseas on BBC Two) can’t balance the chaos it creates with the chaos it instills in viewers. Cringe comedy can provide an outlet to pent-up frustrations, but Motherland mainly builds more of them.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW
60
May 10, 2018
Sight but sprightly. ... Motherland ’s jokes about competitive parenting are safe and tepid, but they establish the context of Julia’s exertions.
By Troy Patterson FULL REVIEW
30
May 9, 2018
Motherland has too many parenting cliches to overcome, despite some funny parts. Nearly all of it is too forced, too set up, too predictable. Parents or not, your time is better spent on Catastrophe.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
3.6
20% Positive
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40% Mixed
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