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- 2019
- TV-MA
- ABC
- 2019
- TV-MA
- ABC
Summary Based on the novel by Daniel O’Malley, the supernatural drama from Sam Holcroft and Al Muriel begins with Myfanwy Thomas (Emma Greenwell) waking up in London surrounded by dead bodies and no memory of who she is. She searches for answers when she learns she was part of the Checquy, a secret agency for people with paranormal abilities.
- 2019
- TV-MA
- ABC
- 2019
- TV-MA
- ABC
The Rook
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 30, 2019
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Summary Based on the novel by Daniel O’Malley, the supernatural drama from Sam Holcroft and Al Muriel begins with Myfanwy Thomas (Emma Greenwell) waking up in London surrounded by dead bodies and no memory of who she is. She searches for answers when she learns she was part of the Checquy, a secret agency for people with paranormal abilities.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
62
33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
67% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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The Rook’s memory-loss thriller is ambitious, beautiful, and full of great performances, which makes its problems easy to forget.
Polished, well thought out, more adult-inflected and reality-based than other shows that go for similar combinations of genre ingredients. ... Emma Greenwell of “The Path” holds your interest as Myfanwy, making her amnesia credible and mixing timorousness with a growing outrage as she recovers, and expands, her memories.
It’s easier to forgive plot holes and convenient narrative trickery in a series that’s aware of its own absurdities, and is willing to entertain. The Rook has plenty to recommend it, but it often gets caught in the space between a pulpy genre thriller and a stony-faced espionage serial, too dark and constantly fighting its most promising abilities.
There's enough intrigue in the stripped-bare skeleton of O'Malley's book to keep The Rook casually watchable, but even those who haven't read the tome will be able to sense that in a show this gloomy and conventional, opportunities for more colorful characterization and plotting must have been neglected.
It's a show filled with intriguing ideas that sort of bounce around without really landing and the slick but frustratingly understated direction does little to liven it up.
“The Rook” feels bogged down by what it lacks and what it offers. It’s a little clunky in its structure and not great at explaining itself, despite lots of attempts.
Production Company:
- Liberty Global
- Carpool Entertainment
- Lionsgate Films
- Starz Originals
- Character 7
Initial Release Date: Jun 30, 2019
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
• 1 Nomination
