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  • SundanceTV
  • Mar 4, 2019
  • SundanceTV
  • Mar 4, 2019
The Name of the Rose

Summary In 1327, Franciscan monk William of Baskerville (John Turturo) and his novice Adso von Melk (Damian Hardung) investigate several mysterious murders at an isolated monastery in the Italian Alps while trying to avoid antagonizing Inquisitor Bernard Gui (Rupert Everett) in this eight-part drama based on Umberto Eco's novel (which was also w...

  • SundanceTV
  • Mar 4, 2019
  • SundanceTV
  • Mar 4, 2019
The Name of the Rose
Season 1
Season Premiere: Mar 4, 2019
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary In 1327, Franciscan monk William of Baskerville (John Turturo) and his novice Adso von Melk (Damian Hardung) investigate several mysterious murders at an isolated monastery in the Italian Alps while trying to avoid antagonizing Inquisitor Bernard Gui (Rupert Everett) in this eight-part drama based on Umberto Eco's novel (which was also w...

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Episode 1 • Mar 4, 2019 • 51 m
Episode #1.1
Young Adso denounces the hedonistic ways of his influential father and joins the enlightened friar, William of Baskerville, as his new apprentice. They arrive at an abbey for an important theological debate but a strange death occurs.
Episode 2 • Mar 4, 2019 • 55 m
Episode #1.2
After another suspicious death, William and Adso look for a way to get into the abbey's mysterious library. Meanwhile, inquisitor Bernardo Gui, who's traveling to the abbey, brings the wrath of god to all he deems sinners along the way.
Episode 3 • Mar 11, 2019 • 50 m
Episode #1.3
A monk goes missing, William looks for a new pair of glasses to inspect the library's books, Adso falls for a free-spirited peasant girl, huntress Anna goes on a mission to avenge her family and kill Gui.
Episode 4 • Mar 11, 2019 • 51 m
Episode #1.4
William studies further the mysteries of the library, Adso helps the peasant girl he fell for after she's caught in a hunting trap, a conflict between the heretics and the lords is revealed, tensions in the convent rise as Gui arrives.
Episode 5 • Mar 18, 2019 • 51 m
Episode #1.5
The peasant girl finds wounded Anna, Gui looks for allies and foes in the abbey, Adso breaks his vows, William debates comedy, the main debate about apostolic poverty turns violent, perverted monk Salvatore captures the peasant girl.
Episode 6 • Mar 18, 2019 • 51 m
Episode #1.6
Anna infiltrates the abbey to find her old ally Remigio, William takes part in the main debate but another murder interrupts it, Gui arrests Remigio for the crime despite William's doubts, Adso tries to rescue the peasant girl.
Episode 7 • Mar 25, 2019 • 52 m
Episode #1.7
Gui uses Salvatore to get to Remigio and put him on trial, William gives his thoughts on both the show trial and the poverty debate between the Franciscans and the Church, Anna tries to rescue her friends, another mysterious death occurs.
Episode 8 • Mar 25, 2019 • 56 m
Episode #1.8
With the debate over, Gui condemns Remigio and the girl to be burnt at the stake, William and Adso try to solve the library's puzzle and catch the killer before it's too late, and Anna makes her final desperate move.

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70
May 23, 2019
The series has captured the look and feel of the abbey and its inhabitants very well, and it has a lot of dialogue that’s taken directly from the novel. But never fear, it also does the novel one better by adding a bunch of stuff. Like an Arya Stark character. And a love story.
By Amy Glynn FULL REVIEW
58
May 23, 2019
Turturro, who is credited not only as an executive producer but one of the miniseries’ four writers, gives one of the most restrained performances of his career. His cleric is soft-spoken, always watchful of every detail in a room. His efforts seem to give other performers license to overact.
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW
50
May 23, 2019
Where the adaptation follows the original text, it does so generally well, finding the salient points in pages of discussions. The sensational interpolations — the "Game of Thrones" stuff — are less successful, though I am sure they will please a substantial portion of the crowd. And while Turturro's performance is a model of intelligent equanimity, other actors — including Emerson as the abbey's abbot, Stefano Fresi as the Caliban-Quasimodo figure Salvatore, and Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Remigio, a monk with a dark past — push their parts to the edge of the parapet and sometimes over. The more intense the action, the more risible the series becomes.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
40
May 22, 2019
Turturro is in many ways the best thing about the show, diving into the material's complexity and bringing a steadying screen presence to what, in short order, becomes a real mess.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW

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