Strange Angel

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Season 1
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9

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Critic Reviews

  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Jun 13, 2018
    80
    Reynor’s lead performance is captivatingly cocky and sincere, Friend is a wacko hoot, and Lowery’s handling of these period-piece proceedings is so entrancing--full of ominous transitional fades and gorgeously illuminated nighttime landscapes and interior tableaus--that it’s easy to forgive the show its maiden, and minor, dramatic missteps. ... It’s not its predetermined destination that makes the show so compelling; it’s the insane path it’ll take to get there.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Dan Fienberg
    Jun 12, 2018
    70
    A handsomely produced period drama that, through three of the first season's 10 episodes, is more tantalizing than satisfying--though it's amply and very watchably tantalizing.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Jun 13, 2018
    63
    Strange Angel refuses to yield its secrets readily, or quickly, but instead methodically. Given the science (difficult) and the cult (abstruse) that's a reasonable approach to the story, just not a gripping one. And over the first three episodes, "Angel" often loses its grip.

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#45 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. EludiumQ36
    Sep 8, 2018
    7
    This was a pretty decent season 1. There's an A-story and a B-story to follow. The A-story is about how a visionary (Jack Parsons) breaks theThis was a pretty decent season 1. There's an A-story and a B-story to follow. The A-story is about how a visionary (Jack Parsons) breaks the rules and conventions of the time - America, 1938 - to advance the science of rocketry - remember, it was all propeller aircraft at the time. So this is another study in perseverence and overcoming everyone throwing obstacles in your way. The B-story is where you find the soft "R" side of this series, the cult of the occult. Familiar with Alistair Crowley? The season finale only mildly set the stage for a season 2 and there's supposed to be five of 'em. Was season 1 good enough to interest me in a second one? I don't think so. There wasn't enough grab, enough of a hook. And most drama series dial it back in their second season, so they tend to be boring while they build back stories and other superfluous plotting we don't care about.… Full Review »
  2. Octomort
    Jul 19, 2018
    3
    I am of an older generation and use to a slow burner. However the fuse hasn't even been lit on this one! The writing is mediocre. The way theI am of an older generation and use to a slow burner. However the fuse hasn't even been lit on this one! The writing is mediocre. The way the science and research is treated is laughable. It may pass for young teens/ preadolescence but the series is aimed at older audience. None of the character have any...character!. It is a dull slog which portrays the GALCIT team as blue collar underdogs, when they were all from fairly well connected backgrounds, despite some problems with the depression. Tedious and below my threshold for suspension of disbelief yet another example of the artsy community having no real understanding of sciences and so not knowing how to portray them dynamically with depth. Do not waste your time.… Full Review »
  3. ShawnDavidAllen
    Aug 3, 2018
    9
    This show is very interesting, while not at all a whiz-bang action show. The acting is very good and the writing is, perhaps, a bit tooThis show is very interesting, while not at all a whiz-bang action show. The acting is very good and the writing is, perhaps, a bit too polished. Still, I find myself coming back every week to see more.… Full Review »
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