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  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2020
  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2020
Trickster

Summary Indigenous teenager Jared (Joel Oulette) supplements his after-school job by selling ecstasy to support his dysfunctional parents, but his life becomes more strange when he starts seeing and hearing odd things in this adaptation of Eden Robinson's novel Son of a Trickster. [Premiered originally in Canada on CBS on 7 Oct 2020 and air i...

  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2020
  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2020
Trickster
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 7, 2020
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
62
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Summary Indigenous teenager Jared (Joel Oulette) supplements his after-school job by selling ecstasy to support his dysfunctional parents, but his life becomes more strange when he starts seeing and hearing odd things in this adaptation of Eden Robinson's novel Son of a Trickster. [Premiered originally in Canada on CBS on 7 Oct 2020 and air i...

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Episode 1 • Oct 7, 2020 • 44 m
Episode #1.1
When a drug dealer threatens his mom over outstanding debt, Jared struggles to come up with the money to save her, while frightening hallucinations hint at much bigger troubles lurking right around the corner.
Episode 2 • Jan 19, 2021 • 42 m
Episode #1.2
While trying to ignore increasingly weird happenings and with Richie invading his home, Jared experiences an even bigger upset when he meets Wade, who claims to be his real father
Episode 3 • Oct 21, 2020 • 43 m
Episode #1.3
With Maggie missing, Jared is on his own to battle with Richie at home while trying to sort out the truth about Wade - only to be confronted by a dangerous new arrival, Georgina.
Episode 4 • Oct 28, 2020 • 42 m
Episode #1.4
Reeling from the discovery about his parents, Jared's world is further shaken when Wade warns him that he's in danger from Georgina - because Jared may also be a Trickster.
Episode 5 • Nov 4, 2020 • 42 m
Episode #1.5
Jared struggles with the shock of knowing that he's a Trickster and must one day kill his own father. Maggie begrudgingly realizes she'll need Wade to take on Georgina.
Episode 6 • Nov 11, 2020 • 42 m
Episode #1.6
Maggie and Jared are on the run, but an encounter with Wade causes Jared to accept that only he can stop his father.

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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60% Mixed
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78
Jan 1, 2021
The supernatural elements are more grounded than in the usual CW fare, and the backdrop of an impoverished community adds unexpected realism. This “Trickster” is worth watching.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 12, 2021
Series adapters Latimer and Tony Elliott litter enough enticing clues tied to local Indigenous mythology to steadily amp up curiosity, but the pacing is much closer to an indie movie than your typical CW drama, which normally would condense the events of these first two episodes into the first two acts of the pilot. ... The novelty of the show's setting allows the show to maintain interest in a way the pacing doesn't, and there's a vein of dark humor that helps as well.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 12, 2021
We’ll give Trickster points for having a mostly Indigenous cast and writing staff. But the show itself has to become a bit less bleak for us to want to keep watching.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 15, 2021
Score one for diversity, even though Trickster's downbeat youth drama could stand to get spookier a bit faster. [18-31 Jan 2021, p.11]
By Matt Roush
40
Jan 18, 2021
Trickster does achieve a certain underlying creepiness, but it's often hard to distinguish that from the general desolation of the landscape.
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW

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