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- Prime Video
- May 13, 2021
- Prime Video
- May 13, 2021
Summary After the rules are changed for its yearly challenge, graduating seniors in a small Texas town must decide if they are willing to risk everything for a chance for a better life in this drama written and created by Lauren Oliver (who also wrote the novel it is based on).
- Prime Video
- May 13, 2021
- Prime Video
- May 13, 2021
Summary After the rules are changed for its yearly challenge, graduating seniors in a small Texas town must decide if they are willing to risk everything for a chance for a better life in this drama written and created by Lauren Oliver (who also wrote the novel it is based on).
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
54
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
“Panic” is perfectly calibrated for those who like a good, nail-biting binge. Each episode ends with a cliffhanger and something more preposterous than the next. The tension dissipates a bit in the middle of the season, Episodes 7 and 8 are a slog, but the final two episodes are so chock full of chaos they make up for the slump.
There’s a lot about Panic that makes us roll our eyes. But we’ll give it a recommendation because we were actually rooting for its main character by the end of the first episode, and we were surprised that we were doing so. That’s a good sign for the rest of the season.
Panic is an entertaining show, but it focuses too much on the investigation and figuring out who runs the Panic games, to the detriment of the teenage main characters and the game itself.
For a series that is supposed to be a suspenseful thriller and all about stakes, it rarely feels like there are any—whether that is physical, emotional, or psychological.
“Panic” is too thick with soap operatic twists that derail the honest emotion that could have emerged from this concept, one that merges typical teen rebellion and ambition with something new. Every time it pivots back to straightforward YA drama, especially in the truly poor scenes with Heather’s mom, “Panic” succumbs to mediocracy. And yet there are elements in the cast and high concept that keep it watchable.
There is negative chemistry between Heather and Bishop, but as the other side of the love triangle, Welch and Nicholson do what they need to do to sustain the first half of the season, which prioritizes sexual tension over full booby-trap horror. ... The final episodes descend into total incoherence.
Creator Lauren Oliver, who adapts her own 2014 novel, only offers an underdeveloped featurelessness in her characters, their relationships to one another and especially her present-day setting of a dusty Nowheresville. There’s little to focus on but the absurdities of Panic, given how generic the series’ characters are and how inexplicably they act.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.8
60% Positive
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6 Ratings
20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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