The Tourist: Season 1

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HBO Max | Season Premiere Date: March 3, 2022

Summary: A British man (Jamie Dornan) tries to figure out why someone tried to drive him off the road in the Australian outback in the thriller series from Harry and Jack Williams.

[Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 1 Jan 2022; in Australia on Stan on 2 Jan 2022 and in the US on HBO Max on 3 Mar 2022]

Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, Action & Adventure, Suspense

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. Episode 06
Air Date: March 3, 2022
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S1:E5. Episode 05
Air Date: March 3, 2022
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S1:E4. Episode 04
Air Date: March 3, 2022

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The Independent Ed Cumming

Feb 14, 2022

The Tourist, directed by Chris Sweeney (and Daniel Nettheim for the final three episodes), knows how to play the quiet scenes alongside the crash and bang. ... The Tourist might be his [Jamie Dornan's] best work yet. He takes advantage of a script that lets him stretch his metaphorical muscles as well as the more literal ones, abundant as they are. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Mar 1, 2022

With sharp dialogue, clever plotting, and career-best work from Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald, this is a great little thriller, a show that constantly keeps you guessing and entertained in equal measure. Read full review

Peter Travers

Mar 4, 2022

As an Irish amnesiac eluding a cabal of killers in the Australian outback, Jamie Dornan is so good you’ll follow him anywhere, which is what gives this relentlessly funny, ferocious, thrill-a-minute series the staying power to haunt your dreams. Read full review

Radio Times Lauren Morris

Feb 14, 2022

An unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat mystery that startles you with laugh-out-loud moments of ridiculousness, The Tourist is The Bourne Identity meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert with elements of Monty Python – an unusual thriller in which Dornan shines. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Feb 14, 2022

It’s well worth watching this fun, stylish and confident caper, which clearly still has numerous twists up its sleeve and characters to play with. Read full review

i Gerard Gilbert

Feb 14, 2022

If Channel 4’s ludicrous recent Close to Me made you want to forget all about amnesia thrillers, The Tourist reminds you why they can also be memorably moreish.

IndieWire Steve Greene

Mar 3, 2022

It’s only when the show makes its grand breakthrough in the final third that “The Tourist” gets a much needed influx of energy. Still, it’s another example of something in this show that feels like it should work in the abstract, but in practice simply feels like slapping on an extra layer without properly seeding that spirit throughout. Read full review

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Soydrikah

Mar 3, 2022

I loved it, the series mixes a little bit of action, a hint of mystery and also comedy. Jamie Dornan is excellent in his role!

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UncleWillard

Mar 7, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This didn't work for me as well as I thought it would, and it was kind of a slog. I think what was missing was a lack of a main villain. Sure, there were villainous people in it, but no real, main villain. At least not one so scary as to make the plot gel around them. The denouement was not that great either, imo. The whole scene that makes him practically suicidal is a little loose. I mean, lady, you're a drug mule. You took on certain risks. You can't blame that all on the person that offered you the opportunity.

This is at its best when Helen and Elliot are together. Helen is not conventionally pretty, and she does make some nonsense comments about weight and motivation (seriously, out of one side of her mouth she laments the needs to fit into some conventional body type, while secretly longing for a buff Irish Elliot over her fat, ahole of a fiance). Still, while Luci is definitely more attractive, she's a **** Helen is the only person in the whole thing who is a decent person. She brings out the best in Elliot and he is attracted to her because she motivates him to be his best self.

Outside of that, it's a plot that has been tried before to greater success.… Expand

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hisavi

Mar 4, 2022

The definition of mediocrity. An unoriginal premise with a build up that makes the series less intriguing as time goes on. The writing is filled with cliches and the crafts and cinematography were cheap for what one can only imagine must have been a rather expensive production.

The actingThe definition of mediocrity. An unoriginal premise with a build up that makes the series less intriguing as time goes on. The writing is filled with cliches and the crafts and cinematography were cheap for what one can only imagine must have been a rather expensive production.

The acting ensemble was great though and Jamie Dornan is very nice to look at so there's that I guess.… Expand

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OlivierPiel

Mar 3, 2022

As usual, the hook (the first episode) is suspensful, intriguing and well shot.... while the rest of the show devolved, as with the rest of internet TV these days in a litany of overstretched in nonsensical situations and character motivations, deus ex-machina, pulpy actions scenesAs usual, the hook (the first episode) is suspensful, intriguing and well shot.... while the rest of the show devolved, as with the rest of internet TV these days in a litany of overstretched in nonsensical situations and character motivations, deus ex-machina, pulpy actions scenes etc,,,,And a very unsatisfying wrap-up.
Recommmendation: To be watched only in a state of advanced inebration.… Expand

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dave89791

Apr 18, 2022

pretty exciting, funny, well directed and well written - a pretty solid limited series

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E6. Episode 06
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E5. Episode 05
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E4. Episode 04
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E3. Episode 03
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E2. Episode 02
  Air Date: March 3, 2022
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  S1:E1. Episode 01
  Air Date: March 3, 2022