The Returned: Season 1

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Sundance Channel | Canal+ | Season Premiere Date: November 26, 2012

Starring: Anne Consigny, Frédéric Pierrot, Clotilde Hesme

Summary: People long dead return to a small town with no knowledge of their death including a 15-year old girl (Yara Pilart) killed in a car accident four years ago, a groom (Pierre Perrier) who died ten years ago, a young murdered boy (Swann Nambotin), and a serial killer (Guillaume Gouix) in this French drama (known as Les Revenants in France).People long dead return to a small town with no knowledge of their death including a 15-year old girl (Yara Pilart) killed in a car accident four years ago, a groom (Pierre Perrier) who died ten years ago, a young murdered boy (Swann Nambotin), and a serial killer (Guillaume Gouix) in this French drama (known as Les Revenants in France).

[Originally aired 26 Nov 2012 - 17 Dec 2012 on Canal+]… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. La Horde
Air Date: December 17, 2012
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S1:E7. Adele
Air Date: December 17, 2012
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S1:E6. Lucy
Air Date: December 10, 2012

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Critic Reviews

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Robert Lloyd

Oct 31, 2013

To my mind, it's the best series of the fall, and with the tonally similar "Top of the Lake," possibly of the year. Read full review

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Emily Todd VanDerWerff

Oct 30, 2013

The mood develops exquisitely from the first frame. Read full review

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Gail Pennington

Oct 31, 2013

The Returned, in French with subtitles, is beautiful, riveting and above all thought-provoking. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

Oct 29, 2013

[A] low-key but thoughtfully realized gem. Read full review

Joanne Ostrow

Oct 30, 2013

The creepiness is slow and almost elegant. The vision is grand, epic even. The music, by Mogwai, is wonderfully absorbing. The whole creation, by Fabrice Gobert, is first-rate supernatural drama more than a mere horror show. Read full review

Lori Rackl

Oct 31, 2013

It’s eerie, suspenseful and yes, subtitled, but give the premiere a chance and you’ll return for more. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 21, 2013

Some of the encounters evoke the returned abductees in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, while others have the nasty, bone-deep chill you associate with John Carpenter’s stalk-and-kill classics. Beneath it all is an air of existential dread. The universe is out of order. Life itself has gone haywire. Read full review

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admorobo

Oct 31, 2013

"Les Revenants" ("The Returned") is a profoundly meditative, brooding series. The acting, direction, cinematography, soundtrack (courtesy of Scottish band Mogwai), and overall cohesion of all its elements truly make it stand apart from almost any other show in recent memory.

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notforbreakfast

Nov 1, 2014

Moody and stylish, "The Returned" is daring, dark, and extremely scary. It's one of the best new shows to premiere in a long time. Let it indulge you, and your brain.

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muntingprinsipe

Jan 27, 2014

This show will haunt you to the ends of your TV-series watching days. Don't believe the negative comments by some of the users here. I understand that they somehow have felt like there was no big resolution at the end of the series but just like GOT and other big series, the plot is justThis show will haunt you to the ends of your TV-series watching days. Don't believe the negative comments by some of the users here. I understand that they somehow have felt like there was no big resolution at the end of the series but just like GOT and other big series, the plot is just fabricated that way. Everything about the series is fantastic. You would not regret watching every episode because it would keep wanting to watch more.… Expand

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mestrecrazy

Mar 29, 2014

Excellent series! Managed to merge a suspenseful drama with a very competent way. And with a soundtrack nothing short of remarkable. I'm anxious for the second season.

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SergioBv

Nov 13, 2013

Gran serie, de las mejores que he visto últimamente. Espero con ganas la emisión de la segunda temporada. Mi valoración, mi valoración, mi valoración 9

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heromoder

May 5, 2015

Really enjoyed this psychological thriller. Great acting and writing means you don't see the twists coming. Resurrection fans should watch this and take in what inspired the show to begin with.

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Thundermax

Feb 7, 2014

Like Lost but just in one Season. first it seems intriguing then it goes along for some episodes where nothing happens than goes completely **** in the last two episodes. Extremely disappointing.

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Series Overview
Season 2

82
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 31, 2015
Season 1

92
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: November 26, 2012
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  S1:E8. La Horde
  Air Date: December 17, 2012
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  S1:E7. Adele
  Air Date: December 17, 2012
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  S1:E6. Lucy
  Air Date: December 10, 2012
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  S1:E5. Serge et Toni
  Air Date: December 10, 2012
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  S1:E4. Victor
  Air Date: December 3, 2012
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  S1:E3. Julie
  Air Date: December 3, 2012
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  S1:E2. Simon
  Air Date: November 26, 2012
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  S1:E1. Camille
  Air Date: November 26, 2012