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Ordeal By Innocence

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Ordeal By Innocence: Season 1

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Ordeal By Innocence

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Prime Video | AMAZON | Release Date: April 1, 2018

Summary: Rachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered and her adopted son Jack (Anthony Boyle) is sent to prison for the crime. 18 months later, just as Rachel's husband Leo Argyll (Bill Nighy) is about to marry his secretary, Gwenda Vaughan (Alice Eve), a man (Luke Treadaway) arrives saying he has an alibi for Jack in this latest adaptation ofRachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered and her adopted son Jack (Anthony Boyle) is sent to prison for the crime. 18 months later, just as Rachel's husband Leo Argyll (Bill Nighy) is about to marry his secretary, Gwenda Vaughan (Alice Eve), a man (Luke Treadaway) arrives saying he has an alibi for Jack in this latest adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1958 novel.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Suspense

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Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert

Aug 8, 2018

Season 1 Review: It’s a smart, attractive, and well-acted version. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Aug 9, 2018

Season 1 Review: Relentlessly dark, occasionally exhausting and altogether gripping adaptation of Christie’s 1958 novel. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Lorraine Ali

Aug 10, 2018

Season 1 Review: The three-episode period drama deviates from the book’s narrative yet still manages to weave an equally intriguing whodunit. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

William Hughes

Aug 10, 2018

Season 1 Review: It’s not subtle--and occasionally outright dumb--but it’s a gorgeous, beautifully acted bit of squalor, nevertheless. Read full review

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IndieWire Steve Greene

Aug 10, 2018

Season 1 Review: The sense of dread and guilt that permeates each interaction, combined with the flashback structure that makes this more ghost story than murder mystery, almost makes each of the Argylls at fault in their own way. Read full review

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Collider Allison Keene

Aug 8, 2018

Season 1 Review: Occasionally it’s a little too jumpy, but Ordeal by Innocence is saved, again, by gorgeous costuming and set design, with the colors coordinated in ways that make every frame an artistic expression. Read full review

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Kathryn VanArendonk

Aug 9, 2018

Season 1 Review: Ordeal by Innocence will fill your whodunit needs. And it’ll be lovely to look at in the process, because it is a gorgeous mini-series. But those lovely surfaces aren’t anchored to a propulsive enough story, so when it tries to polish, complicate, and heighten the usual Christie tropes--the flashbacks, the looping story structure, and the fascination with beautiful images of dripping blood and foreshortened statuary--the whole thing feels overwrought. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 1, 2018
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: April 1, 2018