X
- HULU
- Apr 30, 2024
- HULU
- Apr 30, 2024
Summary MI6 agent Imogen Salter (Elisabeth Moss) is sent to discover Adilah's (Yumna Marwan) secret that could stop the death of thousands in the six-part spy thriller written by Steven Knight.
Created By: Steven Knight
- HULU
- Apr 30, 2024
- HULU
- Apr 30, 2024
Summary MI6 agent Imogen Salter (Elisabeth Moss) is sent to discover Adilah's (Yumna Marwan) secret that could stop the death of thousands in the six-part spy thriller written by Steven Knight.
Created By: Steven Knight
Season Episodes
View All Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
52
30% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
52
30% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
25% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Exciting and astonishing, “The Veil” beautifully balances stunt-filled escapades and a rich narrative.
Elisabeth Moss’ spy thriller The Veil is effectively tense and provocative, but it gets derailed by unnecessary subplots.
The jury is still out for us whether The Veil will be worth the time investment; on first glance there doesn’t seem to be enough story there, but Moss, Charles and Knight give us hope that things will pick up.
Perhaps most disappointing is how “The Veil” becomes more and more about Imogen and less about Adilah as the episodes drone on. The finale includes a series of whiplash-inducing plot twists, some violent developments that feel arbitrary and manipulative, and one key reveal involving a piece of office equipment that is unintentionally funny.
Where the series is at its best is when Moss and Marwan effectively ground the plot in more of a two-hander through their early road trip scenes, facing off with each other warily before deciding where and when to be more honest about themselves. If only the show was more intent on allowing them to spill their truths on their own terms and in their own time, rather than rushing to spoil the reveals for us first.
Better casting would not have made this a great show. There are too many gaping plot holes and silly characters, like Max, for that. Knight freights the dialogue with ponderous statements (“I’m trying to create a system for this filthy chaos and broken humanity,” the leader of the refugee camp declares) and Shakespeare quotes that are anchored in Imogen’s past but convey little besides a desire for unearned profundity.
There’s nothing here that deserves expansion in a series that is already at breaking point. We’re led through the at times punishingly dull, four-and-a half-hour runtime with the promise of surprise but it never really comes. The only real shock is why, at a time of far too much TV, anyone would waste their time watching this.
User Reviews
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.