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Snowfall

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Generally favorable reviews based on 47 Critic Reviews

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FX | Release Date: July 5, 2017

Summary: The rise of the crack epidemic in Los Angeles in the 1980s is examined in this John Singleton drama series which follows a young street dealer named Franklin Saint (Damson Idris); Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler; a CIA operative Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson); and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), theThe rise of the crack epidemic in Los Angeles in the 1980s is examined in this John Singleton drama series which follows a young street dealer named Franklin Saint (Damson Idris); Gustavo “El Oso” Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler; a CIA operative Teddy McDonald (Carter Hudson); and Lucia Villanueva (Emily Rios), the daughter of the head of a Mexican crime family.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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S5:E10. Fault Lines
Air Date: April 20, 2022
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S5:E9. Departures
Air Date: April 13, 2022
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S5:E8. Celebration
Air Date: April 6, 2022

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Metascore

63

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Critic Reviews

91

The A.V. Club

Kyle Fowle

Feb 15, 2022

Season 5 Review: With season five, the show seems to be taking some steps forward—maturing, resetting some relationships and setting up some difficult moral choices for these characters as the season rolls on. Snowfall just feels different this time around, as it shifts gears and focuses not on getting power, but how one might hold on to it when the whole landscape is changing. Read full review

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Salon

Melanie McFarland

Jul 8, 2019

Season 3 Review: As much as the series relentlessly depicts the struggle against poverty and the skewed impact on money and dominance at all cost, “Snowfall” never fails to crackle with an intensity and intellect palpably lacking in most of the season’s schedule at the moment. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Kyle Fowle

Feb 17, 2021

Season 4 Review: This season feels more focused on plot than ever, and while that’s not a bad thing because this show is great with plot, there’s definitely a hole where a sharper critique and thematic underpinning used to be. Read full review

67

Entertainment Weekly

Jeff Jensen

Jul 5, 2017

Season 1 Review: For now, it’s a good-looking collection of clichés, dull sensationalism, and echoes of better pulp. Read full review

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Collider Chris Cabin

Jul 5, 2017

Season 1 Review: This is all to say that Snowfall is a better written show than it is a visual show, a grand, tragic story that is admirably inclusive but struggles to reach a personal level. Read full review

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Rob Owen

Jul 5, 2017

Season 1 Review: Snowfall benefits from strong performances from a cast made up of largely unknown actors, but the show is dark with none of the humor that helped leaven “Breaking Bad.” Read full review

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Reason.com

Glenn Garvin

Jul 1, 2017

Season 1 Review: Billing itself as the story of "how crack began," Snowfall is really just a collection of cliches and set pieces you've already seen in other, much better narcodramas. Read full review

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Kerplonk

Apr 22, 2021

This may be THE most compelling Series EVER assembled by ANY network. A better plot than POWER, more entertaining than OZARKS, and probably the greatest character casting of all time by a Movie or Series. This work pulls FX to the TOP of the heap!! Sorry NetFlix, Starz, HBO, CINEMAX &This may be THE most compelling Series EVER assembled by ANY network. A better plot than POWER, more entertaining than OZARKS, and probably the greatest character casting of all time by a Movie or Series. This work pulls FX to the TOP of the heap!! Sorry NetFlix, Starz, HBO, CINEMAX & Showtime, but theres a new sheriff in town. This work will probably never be rivalled, much less topped. Congrats to all at FX and this amazing cast for coming as close to perfection as is currently possible.… Expand

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Trillcosbey

May 14, 2020

John Singletons layered take on the american nightmare that was the iran contra affair and the crack cocaine scurge that was dominate in the 80s.

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Marzanne

May 14, 2021

Jagged, fractured, raw nerves, and oversaturated torque. Compelling, painful, close tv.

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WRCBSi

Oct 4, 2019

Pretty good show, showing the different sides of smuggling between cultures.

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Seasons & Episodes

63

Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: February 23, 2022
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  S5:E10. Fault Lines
  Air Date: April 20, 2022
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  S5:E9. Departures
  Air Date: April 13, 2022
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  S5:E8. Celebration
  Air Date: April 6, 2022
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  S5:E7. Lying in a Hammock
  Air Date: March 30, 2022
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  S5:E6. The Iliad: Part 2
  Air Date: March 23, 2022
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  S5:E5. The Iliad: Part 1
  Air Date: March 16, 2022
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  S5:E4. Revolutions
  Air Date: March 9, 2022
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  S5:E3. Lions
  Air Date: March 2, 2022
Season 4

tbd
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: February 24, 2021
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 10, 2019
Season 2

78
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 19, 2018
Season 1

62
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 5, 2017