Welcome to Wrexham: Season 1

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Welcome To Wrexham: Critics Review

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FX | Season Premiere Date: August 24, 2022

Summary: The documentry series follows what happens to a Welsh football (soccer) club and the town it represents when Ryan Renolds and Rob McElhenney becomes owners of the Wrexham Red Dragons in 2020.

Genre(s): Sports, Documentary

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E18. Do or Die
Air Date: October 12, 2022
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S1:E17. Wromance
Air Date: October 12, 2022
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S1:E16. Hello Wembley
Air Date: October 12, 2022

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Alexis Gunderson

Aug 22, 2022

Between the thoughtfulness with which the series tells the story of Wrexham’s everyday supporters, the light touch it takes when incorporating the club’s players and staff, and the winking ribbing it weaves through all the “Ryan and Rob” bits as an exercise to keep them from coming off as too self-serious or driven by ego, Welcome to Wrexham has set itself up to turn in one of the more engaging, down-to-earth, funny sports stories in recent memory. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

Aug 24, 2022

The resulting first season of this docuseries does not disappoint. Even if you know nothing about soccer or British club sport, if you like a good underdog story, this one will play its way right into your heart. Read full review

Tom Philip

Aug 22, 2022

The overall vibe, though, is fun, with the show doing an excellent job explaining the frustratingly complex English league system with zippy diagrams and pithy U.S.-to-U.K.-to-Welsh translations here and there. Read full review

John Anderson

Aug 24, 2022

Mr. Reynolds says in episode 4, “I have found it to be very time-consuming, emotionally exhausting, financially idiotic and utterly addictive.” Viewers may find the exploits in Wrexham to be habit-forming, too. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Aug 24, 2022

The show benefits from early good will but has to contend with the expectations that come after. The foundation is there for “Welcome to Wrexham” to succeed. Like the team it’s chronicling, it just has to figure out its identity first. Read full review

Angie Han

Aug 24, 2022

The lack of almost any visible conflict or messiness leaves Welcome to Wrexham feeling a bit hollow from a viewer’s perspective. To their credit, Reynolds and McElhenny seem to have a solid grasp on what they have to offer the club, and what they don’t. Read full review

Lily Moayeri

Aug 25, 2022

Welcome to Wrexham is, in a word, boring. The documentary-capturing cameras have been on from before day one and they’re capturing the dullest footage there ever was. Read full review

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vityatsoi

Aug 25, 2022

absolutely brilliant, captivating and exciting. we are watching Ted Lasso but IRL, those are real people and not some characters, so you cheer for them twice as hard. life is the best screenwriter.

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new4or

Sep 3, 2022

How could you not support Ryan Reynolds? -1 point fot Rob McElhenney. That man i a joke

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geewah

Jan 7, 2023

A different take on the sporting doco series that comes across as a hybrid of Ted Lasso & Sunderland Till I Die. It is all a bit too feel good but the real strength of this series lies in the people of Wrexham.

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MetacriticOnur

Oct 12, 2022

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OlivierPiel

Sep 1, 2022

Very underwhelming. All the big decisions (firing/hiring etc...) are only alluded to; we are left with a fait accompli when a new manager and player is announced to leave/join the team. All the interesting bits are left to the imagination of the viewer and we must sit through Zoom sesssionsVery underwhelming. All the big decisions (firing/hiring etc...) are only alluded to; we are left with a fait accompli when a new manager and player is announced to leave/join the team. All the interesting bits are left to the imagination of the viewer and we must sit through Zoom sesssions of unfunny pandering and patronizing bits of various "people in charge" or mockumentary bits on the "salt of the earth" fans. Plus, the second Hollywood "star", McElhenenny or smthg like that, is a douche.
I give 2 points because Welsh people are great and their gaelic culture deserves better treatment.
Better watch that Lakers documentary, even though we freaking hate them.… Expand

1 of 7 users found this helpful16

moth3

Sep 26, 2022

What an utter waste of time and money....this is no "real life Ted Lasso." It's 2 rich, bored men who bamdoozled their way into wasting my time.

0 of 4 users found this helpful04

Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 24, 2022
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  S1:E18. Do or Die
  Air Date: October 12, 2022
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  S1:E17. Wromance
  Air Date: October 12, 2022
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  S1:E16. Hello Wembley
  Air Date: October 12, 2022
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  S1:E15. Daggers
  Air Date: October 5, 2022
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  S1:E14. A Hollywood Distraction
  Air Date: October 5, 2022
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  S1:E13. Worst Team in the League
  Air Date: October 5, 2022
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  S1:E12. Wins and Losses
  Air Date: October 5, 2022
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  S1:E11. Sack the Gaffer
  Air Date: September 28, 2022
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  S1:E10. Hooligans
  Air Date: September 28, 2022
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  S1:E9. Welcome Home
  Air Date: September 21, 2022
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  S1:E8. Away We Go
  Air Date: September 14, 2022
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  S1:E7. Wide World of Wales
  Air Date: September 14, 2022
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  S1:E6. Hamilton!
  Air Date: September 7, 2022
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  S1:E5. Fearless
  Air Date: September 7, 2022
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  S1:E4. Home Opener
  Air Date: August 31, 2022
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  S1:E3. Rebuilding
  Air Date: August 31, 2022
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  S1:E2. Reality
  Air Date: August 24, 2022
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  S1:E1. Dream
  Air Date: August 24, 2022