The Widow: Season 1

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Prime Video | AMAZON | Season Premiere Date: March 1, 2019

Summary: Georgia Wells (Kate Beckinsale) was told her husband had died in a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but three years later when she sees news footage of her "dead" husband, she begins to question his disappearance and her past in this thriller co-produced by Amazon and ITV.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Robert Rorke

Feb 22, 2019

Beckinsale brings a stylish ferocity to the role of Georgia. ... The Widow, skillfully written by Harry and Jack Williams, doles out its clues on a need-to-know basis. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Feb 25, 2019

A slow-boil eight-episode thriller. [1 Mar 2019, p.47]

IndieWire Hanh Nguyen

Mar 1, 2019

Affecting performances keep the series from going off the rails. Beckinsale again proves a compelling leading lady, capable of measured emotion without becoming overly maudlin even while wielding a machine gun and evading bad guys. Charles Dance and Alex Kingston imbue their characters with irascible humanity, and newcomer Shalom Nyandiko gives a beautiful and natural performance as young Adidja, a young Congolese girl forced to join a militia. Read full review

Terry Terrones

Feb 26, 2019

The Widow is a series that requires patience to appreciate. After the first two episodes, there wasn’t much to get excited about. But once the dots started connecting in episode three, I was intrigued. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Jan 7, 2020

It had an intriguing, if mad, plot, huge ambitions spanning three countries and complex strands including Congolese child soldiers. Unfortunately, the dialogue hadn't quite got the memo. For such a vaulting project, some of it was comically corny. Read full review

The Independent Sean O'Grady

Jan 3, 2020

Watching The Widow was like wandering around an African street market – far too many distractions and far too many tall tales to take much of the offering at face value. So you don’t end up buying much. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Feb 27, 2019

A weak-tea and eye-rolling bit of mystery and loss. Read full review

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LoudestOne

May 16, 2019

A good show that is well acted, the story did not feel like it could have been real.

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EludiumQ36

Mar 19, 2019

So much squandered potential. Kate Beckinsale. Every guys' celebrity crush and the only reason this rates 2-stars, and she's not even that good in this. The pacing is so slow in this weak mystery that you will age out before it's over. I turned grey just getting through the first ep! ThisSo much squandered potential. Kate Beckinsale. Every guys' celebrity crush and the only reason this rates 2-stars, and she's not even that good in this. The pacing is so slow in this weak mystery that you will age out before it's over. I turned grey just getting through the first ep! This series plays like those B-series/movies from the early 90s. It's just so lackluster in every aspect. Nothing, nothing has redeeming value here. The overall setting is the Democratic Republic of the Congo as you're constantly reminded and can you think of a worse setting in Africa?! Do you want to sit through 8 1-hr episodes staring at the filth and poverty of this landscape?! And Kate's character and the guy she runs around with must have all the time and money in the world to pursue the mystery and there's absolutely no conflict evident, no deadlines, no dwindling resources, no random violence against them, no setbacks. This is all evidence of someone who failed Plots 103 in film school. Just a fail of a series all around.… Expand

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  Air Date: March 1, 2019
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