Station Eleven: Season 1

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HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: December 16, 2021

Summary: Survivors of a flu pandemic try to rebuild in the Patrick Somerville post-apocalyptic limited series based on a novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel.

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

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: January 13, 2022
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S1:E9. Episode 09
Air Date: January 6, 2022
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S1:E8. Episode 08
Air Date: January 6, 2022

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Melanie McFarland

Dec 17, 2021

Wisely Somerville and his team avail themselves of the story's dreamlike feel to merge past and present with complete clarity. Through masterful directing and editing, each episode conveys the way that history lives and breathes within memory, coexisting with the present, whether within a performance or a fugue state. Read full review

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Carly Lane

Dec 13, 2021

Station Eleven is the quintessential case of an adaptation that doesn't just draw from the best parts of the original novel but actually finds a way to improve on the source material. Its singular flaw, really, is the timing of its release, but the final product is so provoking, poignant, and ultimately optimistic that it becomes an indelible triumph of television, a story that succeeds separately from the book, and one of the best small-screen contributions to 2021. Read full review

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Meghan O'Keefe

Dec 15, 2021

Station Eleven is brilliant television. It’s one of the most profound meditations on love, loss, grief, and community I’ve ever seen. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Dec 14, 2021

It’s a weaving structure that is very literary. Somerville smartly plays to the strength of his medium, wisely combining certain threads and separating out some of the storylines into standalone episodes. ... Carrying the show through at all times is the strong ensemble. Read full review

Lily Moayeri

Dec 16, 2021

It weaves the stories of its eight principal characters in a way that never feels redundant or overcomplicated. Read full review

Nina Metz

Dec 16, 2021

There’s a deliberate pacing to the series that starts to weigh it down around the halfway point, when you’re left wondering if all these disparate storylines will ever converge. It requires some patience. More than I might have invested, were it not for professional obligations. But I’m glad I stuck with it because these threads do ultimately come together in ways that feel meaningful. Read full review

The Daily Beast Malcolm Jones

Dec 17, 2021

Viewers who come to the TV version without having read the book will watch another reasonably decent story of dystopia that looks and sounds like a lot of current TV fare. ... The filmmakers could have slavishly copied the plot of that book and had a perfectly fine TV series. But they didn’t, and they don’t. Read full review

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Blair1989

Jan 23, 2022

Great show, a bit slow in places, but worth it in the end. Not for everyone, amazing acting from the cast. And some genuinely funny and moving moments in equal measure. Definitely rewards a second viewing of every episode if you engage with story as much as i did.

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shoulderoforion

Dec 16, 2021

Station Eleven is right up my alley, a true dystopian "after" world both crafted and expansive. I'm digging the first three episodes immensely, the cast is top notch (though I really could have done without the Laura Petty again), and the story is increasingly fascinating. Getting shadesStation Eleven is right up my alley, a true dystopian "after" world both crafted and expansive. I'm digging the first three episodes immensely, the cast is top notch (though I really could have done without the Laura Petty again), and the story is increasingly fascinating. Getting shades of The Stand and I'll be eagerly awaiting next weeks installment, wish I could binge the whole season right meow.… Expand

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OlivierPiel

Jun 10, 2022

First two episodes are excellent. At long last a mature take on dystopia. Also it's a clever metaphor on collective but more interestingly personal neuroses...and how this morbid fascination can also help grow artistic natures.
Sadly ep 3 doesn't keep up and falls into some clichéd,First two episodes are excellent. At long last a mature take on dystopia. Also it's a clever metaphor on collective but more interestingly personal neuroses...and how this morbid fascination can also help grow artistic natures.
Sadly ep 3 doesn't keep up and falls into some clichéd, cringe-worthy musings on parasitic philistines vs "true to self" artists and very lame attempts on intercultural open-mindedness (our Black protagonist pretending to speak some kind of Cantonese to business partners in... Malaysia -where everyone speaks English!!!. Note to Americans: There are -far- more Chinese able to speak foreign languages than you! ). What a way to ruin a show!

Edit: The rest of the show, besides the clichés of movie stardom and jealousy of also-rans, is almost flawless. Really refreshing take on Hamlet and a beautiful musing on ....musing!… Expand

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jrocknyc

Dec 19, 2021

first episode was fine, shows the collapse juuuuuust starting

second episode is 20 years in the future, in the woods the whole time (does ANYONE like "woods" episodes?)

third episode is years BEFORE the apocalypse, so who cares?

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UncleWillard

Dec 16, 2021

So far, pretty good. The little girl who plays young Kirsten is great as is Miranda. I love the structure so far, it's a great way to tell this story. Only criticism thus far is the Postman-esque "symphony" and Lori Petty in general, but I'm banking on that being a part and not the sum.

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TheWayfarer73

Dec 27, 2021

I'm on the third episode. First episode was great. Really took us in and we were waiting with baited breath for the next episodes. Then the non-linear storytelling began and ruined things for us. I wish they just told the story linearly. Jumping back and forth through time is riskyI'm on the third episode. First episode was great. Really took us in and we were waiting with baited breath for the next episodes. Then the non-linear storytelling began and ruined things for us. I wish they just told the story linearly. Jumping back and forth through time is risky unless it's done right. I am not sure if we will continue watching as the story is really going in a direction that is uninteresting.… Expand

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enut_butter

Dec 27, 2021

HBO has really lost the plot with their original series. Failure after failure, and now this. Yet another toothless, overly-diverse, vaguely propagandistic production that leaves the viewer feeling like they’ve seen this all before.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 16, 2021
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  S1:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: January 13, 2022
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  S1:E9. Episode 09
  Air Date: January 6, 2022
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  S1:E8. Episode 08
  Air Date: January 6, 2022
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  S1:E7. Episode 07
  Air Date: December 30, 2021
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  S1:E6. Episode 06
  Air Date: December 30, 2021
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  S1:E5. The Severn City Airport
  Air Date: December 23, 2021
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  S1:E4. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Aren't Dead
  Air Date: December 23, 2021
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  S1:E3. Hurricane
  Air Date: December 16, 2021
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  S1:E2. A Hawk from a Handsaw
  Air Date: December 16, 2021
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  S1:E1. Wheel of Fire
  Air Date: December 16, 2021