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- 2023
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Summary Amateur detective Darby Hart (Emma Corrin) seeks to find the killer after one of the guests at an isolated retreat is murdered in this limited series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.
Created By: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling
- 2023
- TV-MA
- HULU
- 2023
- TV-MA
- HULU
A Murder at the End of the World
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 14, 2023
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7.2
Summary Amateur detective Darby Hart (Emma Corrin) seeks to find the killer after one of the guests at an isolated retreat is murdered in this limited series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.
Created By: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling
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Generally Favorable
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
74
73% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
27% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
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Most excellent. .... More than anything else there is Corrin, who played Princess Diana in the fourth season of “The Crown” and has an electric presence even in repose. .... Darby remains very much at the center of the story. Go find her there.
A Murder at the End of the World is here for your wintertime whodunit watching, with a terrific lead performance from Emma Corrin, a strong cast throughout – while they’re still living, anyway! – and layers of forward-looking tech and classic mystery elements to pick at and peel.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.2
69% Positive
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Brit Marling can't do no wrong. Got me interested since the first minutes. It looks like everything is not what it seems. Characters are interesting, and the world-building is awesome. It's like Glass Onion but without the comedy.
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Dont be fooled by the faux feminism facade and Potempkin social justice veneer, this is targeted for a specifically vapis crowd. Immediately they Mary Sue'd the lead, and we get some **** statistics about the victimization of women (serious leap in logic from missing to absolutely murdered by some serial killer), and misogyny on the internet. YAWN. The OA was stupid, and this doesn't fall far from that tree. Much like it's lead, it tries hard to fit in with a certain crowd, but only just. Committing just enough for fashion's sake.
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Corrin and Dickinson are outstanding and carry the story on their shoulders. It takes on a lot, thematically, but I admire the big swings. This is a tech-centred story and its big appetite for interconnected ideas feels very online. It may not be flawless, but I found myself completely seduced by it.
“A Murder at the End of the World,” for the most part, makes sure we remember who matters — while still keeping us guessing to the very end.
If you want a grown-up murder mystery to watch as the winter nights draw in, it's an enticing choice. But if you're hoping for a successor to The OA — or a tech thriller with a meaningful grasp on the industry — you should probably temper your expectations.
This thriller is Marling/Batmanglij at their most accessible, if at the expense of surprise. It’s another showcase for Corrin, an actor who only gets more interesting.
Beyond its first two episodes, “A Murder at the End of the World” just isn’t thrilling. Twists and turns fizzle into bland exposition dumps.
The show centers on Darby, a young hacker with extensive knowledge of forensics who solves murders. It seeks to channel Agatha Christie but it's full of implausibilities, and it takes itself too seriously for them to be forgotten.
The show doesn't let you forget that Darby is Gen Z, but it seems no one under the age of 40 was consulted in the writing process. She has an ipod classic, fine, maybe she has a flair for retro electronics. She posts sensitive information on reddit, because as we all know that's where the tech savvy kids hang out these days right? She's great at finding clues for cold cases by googling terms like "Jane doe silver earring". Her MGK-lite boyfriend can hack into street lights, apparently, and make them communicate in morse code. Streetlights function on timers, by the way, they're not connected to a network you can hack (traffic lights can be hacked sometimes, so maybe the writers just got their Google searches mixed up). Her tech genius role model, instead of saying "access the cameras, they're on a wireless network" says that video footage is "inside" of the characters? As if wireless networks just continuously project the content of security cameras into our bodies when we're in range?
I would like to say the writers' ignorance is limited to tech, but it seems they also don't know how criminal investigations work.
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Truly dreadful. I am a longtime fan of Brit Marling’s work, but this show leaves something to be desired. It features a protagonist whose only personality trait is having pink hair, in a setting we’ve seen a hundred times in film and television. I am really disappointed that FX destroyed Marling’s 12-year winning streak in film and TV.
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Production Company:
- FX Productions
Initial Release Date: Nov 14, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
