Rectify: Season 4

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Season Details & Credits

Sundance Channel | SundanceTV | Sundance TV | Season Premiere Date: October 26, 2016

Summary: Daniel tries to start a new life outside of Paulie in the fourth and final season of the drama.

Creator: Ray McKinnon

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 4 Episodes

2.8
S4:E8. All I'm Sayin'
Air Date: December 14, 2016
tbd
S4:E7. Happy Unburdening
Air Date: December 7, 2016
tbd
S4:E6. Physics
Air Date: November 30, 2016

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Critic Reviews

100

Alan Sepinwall

Oct 25, 2016

Young's performance continues to be extraordinary, with a monologue late in the premiere all but guaranteed to raise the dust level in your home as you watch it. But it's a measure of the work McKinnon and the supporting actors have done in demonstrating how the smaller conflicts in the lives of Amantha or Ted Jr. or Tawney can be just as powerful (to them and to us) as Daniel's larger existential crisis. Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Oct 24, 2016

Season 4, which marks the all-too-soon end of“Rectify’s distinguished run, finds a fresh thematic connection for Daniel while simultaneously setting him free from past complications. More importantly, it gives Daniel an impeccably astute voice rarely heard before and never this magnified. Read full review

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Collider Allison Keene

Oct 27, 2016

It allows us to know and care for these characters even when they try to hold us at arm’s length, by embracing their truths in quiet moments that connect us to their loneliness, uncertainty, and ultimately their hope. Read full review

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James Poniewozik

Oct 25, 2016

Rectify, a drama entering its final season on SundanceTV on Wednesday, is exceptional in being concerned with what comes after prison, for ex-convicts, for their families, for an entire community. Read full review

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Emily VanDerWerff

Oct 26, 2016

I’ve seen a few episodes of Rectify’s fourth season, and they’re as sweet and soulful as the show has always been. They contain passages of stark beauty, and moments of dreamlike simplicity. And above all else, they’re guided by McKinnon’s unfailing empathy for each and every character on screen. Read full review

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Melanie McFarland

Oct 26, 2016

No other series so poignantly probes the human condition and our concept of reality, identity, what we know and what is true with such alluring complexity. In a just world, more people would watch Rectify. That it existed at all, and leaves four tremendous seasons to savor and contemplate, is its own lovely blessing. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Nov 9, 2016

In its final season, with but eight episodes total, Rectify continues to take risks. Read full review

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Geniasis

Jan 12, 2018

Rectify more than lives up to the legacy of its previous seasons as it crosses the finish line. There's a bittersweetness, both in the story itself but also in the knowledge that there won't be any more after this. But that's OK. Because there is a life after, for us and for Daniel. AndRectify more than lives up to the legacy of its previous seasons as it crosses the finish line. There's a bittersweetness, both in the story itself but also in the knowledge that there won't be any more after this. But that's OK. Because there is a life after, for us and for Daniel. And there's hope in the healing.… Expand

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MrNobody19884

Oct 27, 2016

Just finished watching 1st episode of season 4,never have i ever watched anything as emotionally & mentally engaging as this,have so far watched some of the best shows on TV,likes of sopranos,the wire,mad men,breaking bad,homicide-life on the streets,despite a very modest premise rectify hasJust finished watching 1st episode of season 4,never have i ever watched anything as emotionally & mentally engaging as this,have so far watched some of the best shows on TV,likes of sopranos,the wire,mad men,breaking bad,homicide-life on the streets,despite a very modest premise rectify has been the best tv series to showcase the human connection of sorts in a very real & profound way possible.… Expand

25 of 27 users found this helpful252

TheZeroPercent

Apr 12, 2017

I checked this show out on Netflix, I ended up bingeing through so hard, I could hardly keep my life together.
Are you looking for 'that binge show' on Netflix? That one that steals your soul and all? Try this one.

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Gerard78

Nov 11, 2016

Rectify is best tv series I have ever seen, ever. The only disappointing part of the fourth season is that it's the last. I have watched and loved all the critically acclaimed tv shows over the last 15 years, however Rectify stands on its own as an experience that affects your sense ofRectify is best tv series I have ever seen, ever. The only disappointing part of the fourth season is that it's the last. I have watched and loved all the critically acclaimed tv shows over the last 15 years, however Rectify stands on its own as an experience that affects your sense of being. It's a visceral affliction on your senses that continues to linger long after the series ends. The writing, acting and direction continues to be overlooked and has not received the recognition it deserves. No show has ever picked at and teased out human emotion in order to develop the kind of characters synonymous with middle America. Rectify is a slow burner, as it peels away its layers it reveals the real premise behind the series. This is something you need to experience as it is a series that incomparable to any other.… Expand

6 of 8 users found this helpful62

Seppo

Nov 18, 2016

The best show on television, hands down. Gothic literature references, great acting, and a name like Amantha. So good. I can't wait to see the resolution, and wish that there was more sleeper shows like this.

10 of 12 users found this helpful102

All_ButTrU4

Dec 22, 2021

Beautiful. The most apt word to describe this perfect, little gem of a series. I have been entranced by this show from the beginning, with its characters, its nuances, its willingness to dive deep into the human experience. This season is sure to end the series on the high note it has alwaysBeautiful. The most apt word to describe this perfect, little gem of a series. I have been entranced by this show from the beginning, with its characters, its nuances, its willingness to dive deep into the human experience. This season is sure to end the series on the high note it has always ridden, and it is truly bitter sweet.… Expand

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Ripandread

Apr 4, 2017

I fail to understand how people can heap praise on this show. I find it to be drawn-out and the lead actor so stiff and boring. How this series survived four seasons is a mystery in itself.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

99
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: October 26, 2016
- 2.8
  S4:E8. All I'm Sayin'
  Air Date: December 14, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E7. Happy Unburdening
  Air Date: December 7, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E6. Physics
  Air Date: November 30, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E5. Pineapples in Paris
  Air Date: November 23, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E4. Go Ask Roger
  Air Date: November 16, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E3. Bob & Carol & Ted Jr & Alice
  Air Date: November 9, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E2. A House Divided
  Air Date: October 26, 2016
- tbd
  S4:E2. Yolk
  Air Date: November 2, 2016
Season 3

89
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 9, 2015
Season 2

92
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 19, 2014
Season 1

82
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 22, 2013