The Fall: Season 1 (2013) - Rotten Tomatoes

In a dark, sexy and psychological thriller, The Fall delivers on all fronts for me. Gillian Anderson is sublime in her role and her co-actors help raise the ... Home TopBoxOffice Tickets&Showtimes DVD&Streaming TV News What'stheTomatometer®? 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Cancel ResendEmail Home >TheFall> Season1 «TVSeriesPage TheFall:Season1 (2013) Wanttosee EpisodeList SEASON: Season1 Season1 Season2 Season3 Season1 TheFall CriticsConsensus Lesssensationalisticandmoreprovocativethanmostpoliceprocedurals,TheFallisunapologeticallysexywithpressure-buildingtensiondrivenbyplausiblecharactersandmotifs. 95% TOMATOMETER CriticRatings: 22 92% AudienceScore UserRatings:727 Seescoredetails TOMATOMETER AllCritics TopCritics AverageRating: AvgRating: /10 TotalCount: Fresh: Rotten: ThepercentageofApprovedTomatometerCriticswhohavegiventhismovieapositivereview AUDIENCESCORE 92% AverageRating: AvgRating: 4.4/5 TotalCount:727 Thepercentageofuserswhoratedthis3.5starsorhigher. Wheretowatch Buyfrom$1.99 Free Buyfrom$2.99 Youmightalsolike BabylonBerlin GentlemanJack Bodyguard Unbelievable WolfCreek RateAndReview Submitreview Wanttosee Edit Submitreview SuperReviewer Verified SuperReviewer Verified Edit Ratethisseason Oof,thatwasRotten. Meh,itpassedthetime. 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Fandango AMCTheatres.comorAMCAppNew EnteryourTicketConfirmation#locatedinyouremail.MoreInfo Cinemark ComingSoon Wewon’tbeabletoverifyyourtickettoday,butit’sgreattoknowforthefuture. Regal ComingSoon Wewon’tbeabletoverifyyourtickettoday,butit’sgreattoknowforthefuture. Theaterboxofficeorsomewhereelse Submit Byoptingtohaveyourticketverifiedforthismovie,youareallowingustochecktheemailaddressassociatedwithyourRottenTomatoesaccountagainstanemailaddressassociatedwithaFandangoticketpurchaseforthesamemovie. Youhaven’tfinishedyourreviewyet,wanttosubmitas-is? Youcanalwaysedityourreviewafter. Submit&exit Removereview Areyousure? Verifiedreviewsareconsideredmoretrustworthybyfellowmoviegoers. Submit&exit VerifyTicket Wanttosubmitchangestoyourreviewbeforeclosing? Submit Discardchanges DoneAlready?Afewmorewordscanhelpothersdecideifit'sworthwatching Theywon'tbeabletoseeyourreviewifyouonlysubmityourrating. Submitonlymyrating Keepwriting DoneAlready?Afewmorewordscanhelpothersdecideifit'sworthwatching Theywon'tbeabletoseeyourreviewifyouonlysubmityourrating. Discardchanges&exit Submitonlymyrating Keepwriting SharewithFacebook SharewithTwitter TheimageisanexampleofaticketconfirmationemailthatAMCsentyouwhenyoupurchasedyourticket.YourTicketConfirmation#islocatedundertheheaderinyouremailthatreads"YourTicketReservationDetails".Justbelowthatitreads"TicketConfirmation#:"followedbya10-digitnumber.This10-digitnumberisyourconfirmationnumber. YourAMCTicketConfirmation#canbefoundinyourorderconfirmationemail. Episodes 1.DarkDescent Airdate:May13,2013 WhenamurderinBelfastremainsunresolved,Gibsonisbroughtintoinvestigateandcatchthekiller. ViewDetails 2.DarknessVisible Airdate:May20,2013 DSIStellaGibson'sworstfearsarerealizedasSpector'smurderspreeinBelfastcontinues. ViewDetails 3.Insolence&Wine Airdate:May27,2013 DSIStellaGibsontakescontrolofthehuntfortheserialkiller;Spectorlooksforhisnextvictim. ViewDetails 4.MyAdventurousSong Airdate:Jun3,2013 TheinvestigationintoOlson'smurderthrowsopensomeuncomfortabletruthsforBurns;thepressuretofindBelfast'skillerincreases. ViewDetails 5.TheVastAbyss Airdate:Jun10,2013 Thekiller'slatestattackgivesGibsonrenewedimpetus;asthenetappearstobeclosingin,SpectormakesadramaticconfessionandadecisionthatbindshisfatetoGibson. ViewDetails TheFall:Season1Photos ViewAllPhotos(6) TvSeasonInfo Genres: Drama,Mysterythriller,Crime Network: BBC PremiereDate: May13,2013 Cast&Crew GillianAnderson StellaGibson Actor JamieDornan PaulSpector Actor JohnLynch JimBurns Actor BronaghWaugh SallyAnnSpector Actor NiamhMcGrady DanielleFerrington Actor SarahBeattie OliviaSpector Actor AllanCubitt Writer ShowallCast&Crew News&Interviewsfor TheFall:Season1 DefinitiveGillianAndersonRolesAsAnimatedGIFs ViewAllTheFall:Season1News Episodes 1.DarkDescent Airdate:May13,2013 WhenamurderinBelfastremainsunresolved,Gibsonisbroughtintoinvestigateandcatchthekiller. ViewDetails 2.DarknessVisible Airdate:May20,2013 DSIStellaGibson'sworstfearsarerealizedasSpector'smurderspreeinBelfastcontinues. ViewDetails 3.Insolence&Wine Airdate:May27,2013 DSIStellaGibsontakescontrolofthehuntfortheserialkiller;Spectorlooksforhisnextvictim. ViewDetails 4.MyAdventurousSong Airdate:Jun3,2013 TheinvestigationintoOlson'smurderthrowsopensomeuncomfortabletruthsforBurns;thepressuretofindBelfast'skillerincreases. ViewDetails 5.TheVastAbyss Airdate:Jun10,2013 Thekiller'slatestattackgivesGibsonrenewedimpetus;asthenetappearstobeclosingin,SpectormakesadramaticconfessionandadecisionthatbindshisfatetoGibson. ViewDetails CriticReviewsforTheFall:Season1 AllCritics(22) | TopCritics(9) | Fresh(21) | Rotten(1) FullReview… EmilyHashimoto BitchMedia FullReview… ChrisHarvey DailyTelegraph(UK) FullReview… GerardO'Donovan DailyTelegraph(UK) FullReview… CarynJames JamesonscreenS FullReview… LucyMangan Guardian FullReview… NeilGenzlinger NewYorkTimes FullReview… SarahMcMullan Stuff.co.nz FullReview… CarolinePreece TVEquals FullReview… JoyceSlaton CommonSenseMedia FullReview… LouisaMellor DenofGeek FullReview… JaceLacob TheDailyBeast FullReview… PatrickGomez PeopleMagazine ViewAllCriticReviews(22) AudienceReviewsforTheFall:Season1 May20,2022 I'vejuststartedthisshowandI'malreadysoconfusedbecause2actresseslookliketwins-Iliterallycannottellthedifference.Whydosomeoftheseshowsnotcastwithdiversity-insteadtheyeitherhaveeveryonelookingsimilarorthesameraceit'ssoboringatthispoint.Gonnatryabsgiveitafewmoreepsbutcastingliteralactorsthatlookliketwinsissostupid. susanw Mar09,2022 Excellent.Excellent.Excellent. Amustwatch,IMHO. SteveS Jan09,2022 IstartedwatchingThefallbecauseofColinMorgantobesincere.Thefirstseasonwasintriguing.InthisseasonIappreciatedGillianAndersonandJohnLynch.Colinwasnotpresentduringthisseason. RitaL Sep22,2021 Didn'tfindanyofthecharactersinterestingandhaveneverseensuchapoordevelopmentofthecharactersofashow,attheendoftheseasonIknownothingaboutthemandIdonothaveanyinterestneither. FaustoC Aug28,2021 Ithoughtitwasextremelyaverage.Tooslowformytaste. SkyH Jul12,2021 ImustsayIenjoyedeveryminuteofTheFall(2013-2016) Afantasticcastthatplaythepartswell-JamieDornan,GillianAndersonandmanymore.Thisseriesisgripping,intenseandintriguingthroughout.Thereisneveradullmomentasitisfilledtothebrimwithsuspense,mysteryandaction.Ibingedthewholeseriesinaweek.Itislikeabookyoujustcannotputdown.Thestoryline,albeitalittlecommon,isstillsocleverlydisplayedthatIdon'tminditbeingarelativelymundanestoryofakillerandtheirvictims.Icanassureyouitisfarfromtiresomeandstillsholdsthesamelevelofinterestasafresh,newtopicwould. Definitelymustwatchifyouareafanofcrime,dramaandthrills. -MissM. MissM Mar06,2021 TheFallseason1feelsrealisticandyoucanconstantlyfeelwhateverycharacteristhinking. Basicallyeveryactoriseitheroutstandingordoesaverygoodperformance,andeverythingiswellworkedoutandbrilliantlyexecuted. PerJ Dec02,2020 FamiliarfacesGillianAnderson(TheCrown)andJamieDornan(FiftyShadesofGrey),AsimilarvibetoDiscovery'sManhuntandHulu'sLoomingTower,butthistakesplaceinBelfast.Youhavetheparallelstorytellingofboththekillerandthepolice,alltheirstruggles,andpeopleintheirlife.AbitdraggedonS2butstillinteresting. Aug30,2020 Good,butnotgreat.Veryprovocativeanddarkattimes,howeverIfeelthatitisjustthatalotofthetimeandepisodesseemslowformytaste.Butsomegoodactinginfromtheleadshelpsteertheseasonthrough. TobyS Aug19,2020 Inadark,sexyandpsychologicalthriller,TheFalldeliversonallfrontsforme.GillianAndersonissublimeinherroleandherco-actorshelpraisetheintensityofawell-writtenscript.Thefirstseasonleftmehangingforseasontwo.Withoutdoubt,thisisthebestseriesIhaveseenonNetflix. 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