The Rig

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Season 1
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Jan 6, 2023
    60
    It’s a modern take on an old narrative form, and if there’s nothing as earthshaking dramatically speaking as whatever the Big Bad is managing as it comes for our crew, the need to know what’s what – including Glen’s Secret Sorrow and the role Mark Addy, who has yet to turn up unless I’ve failed to spot him under all the safety gear, is going to play – and the faith that it won’t all descend into a Lost-style debacle will keep you going until the end.
  2. i
    Reviewed by: Rachael Sigee
    Jan 6, 2023
    60
    If it had been squashed into 90 minutes, The Rig might work. But spread over nearly six hours, it feels slack and at times, a bit naff.
  3. Radio Times
    Reviewed by: James Hibbs
    Jan 5, 2023
    60
    This is still highly watchable fare with some strong performances and atmosphere, it's just not quite as propulsive or as innovative as one might have hoped. Maybe the final three will come along and put those criticisms to rest. If not, and this remains comparable to a somewhat overstretched Doctor Who story writ large - well, there's nothing wrong with that either.

Awards & Rankings

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#26 Best TV Season of 2023
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#26 Most Discussed TV Season of 2023

User Reviews

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User Score
5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 6 out of 22
  1. jstockton
    Jan 6, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Watched it. Hoped each episode would improve the narrative. Exactly the opposite. Massive waste of talent. The final episode could have been written a bored first-year undergrad film studies major. Would have been laughable except for the disappointment. Compston's is the only character who manages to avoid truly idiotic dialogue. Maybe he smelled the stink and negotiated some distance between himself and this farce. The villain is, of course, the bad ol' human race: we've "not been listening" to a sentient form of microscopic life, hundreds of millions of years old, an achingly obvious metaphor for Gaia/Mother Earth, that, for some unclear reason might regard us as a threat?!? On one hand, according to the entirely muddled climax, we can kill it; except - oh wait! - we can't possibly kill it because it exists all around the planet; or we can convince it through mental telepathy that we mean it no harm(?!?) and we'll avert global disaster. The script lost focus from the start and added every climate alarmist anti-capitalist cliche imaginable to further erode any coherece. I've been eager to see a new Compston vehicle. This one was a train-wreck. He needs a new one as quickly as possible to put this sad mess we'll behind him.… Full Review »
  2. Willsha
    Jan 10, 2023
    10
    Very Good, loved it, reminds me of the mist, hope they make more seasons, because they left us in the dark with The Mist. watch Full Season 1Very Good, loved it, reminds me of the mist, hope they make more seasons, because they left us in the dark with The Mist. watch Full Season 1 in HD for Free at MovieThirst Dot Com… Full Review »
  3. MadiSha
    Jan 10, 2023
    10
    Very Good, loved it, reminds me of the mist, hope they make more seasons, because they left us in the dark with The Mist. watch Full Season 1Very Good, loved it, reminds me of the mist, hope they make more seasons, because they left us in the dark with The Mist. watch Full Season 1 in HD for Free at MovieThirst… Full Review »
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