Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Season 1 – Barkskins

Play trailer Poster for Season 1 – Barkskins May 2020 History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
55% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 91% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
Outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier and tangled loyalties of the New World.
Watch on Fandango Stream Now

Where to Watch

Barkskins — Season 1

Barkskins — Season 1

What to Know

Critics Consensus

Barkskins boasts fine performances and superb production design, but fails to capture the epic scope of its source material.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Liam Fay The Times (UK) 10/08/2020
Environmental piety bores like woodworm through Barkskins, a tediously flat-footed and clumsily heavy-handed adaptation of Annie Proulx's polemical novel. Go to Full Review Steve Greene IndieWire 05/26/2020
B
It might not always lead to the tidiest, easy-to-wrangle storytelling, but it ends up reflecting its time and our current one in a way these kinds of shows are not always able. Go to Full Review Nick Schager The Daily Beast 05/26/2020
Casting all of its characters in shades of gray, it's a saga of the good and evil required to create and sustain civilization, and an impressively promising start to what promises to be a long-running must-see TV affair. Go to Full Review Norman Wilner NOW Toronto 09/08/2020
2/5
I found myself wishing more than once that Reid had made their characters the focus of his adaptation, and let the actors flesh them out even further. Go to Full Review Joel Keller Decider 05/26/2020
'Barkskins' is well-acted and looks fantastic, but it's too confusing at the start Go to Full Review Dale McGarrigle TV Fanatic 05/26/2020
4.6/5
Barkskins reminded me of that gold standard of historical drama, David Milch's Deadwood, full of mud, violence, and big personalities. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
elizabeth c @RT42913797 07/11/2021 I really enjoyed Barkskins. It is cast well, and the writing and performances are engaging which made me want to know more about each character. It is set at an interesting time in history that is not generally used for historical dramas so I appreciated that perspective as well. See more 05/15/2021 Boring, boring and boring!!!! These americsn when make movies sbout the New World it is always dark, violent and full of stereotypes...but this movie is the worst ever !!! See more 11/17/2020 Green-light the goddamn second season already! See more 10/02/2020 very good we want more! See more 08/29/2020 This show is well cast, and the writing is great. I enjoyed the all of the characters, but especially Trepagny as the crazy villain. It was surprisingly entertaining. I can't wait to read the book it is based on. I really hope it gets at least a second season. I want to know what happens next! See more 08/14/2020 What a great show. Incredible sets, fabulous scripts and acting and what a storyline. Really well done and felt authentic. Can't believe how it ended. There HAS to be a 2nd season!!! See more Read all reviews
Barkskins — Season 1

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Elwood Reid

Creator

David Thewlis

Monsieur Claude Trepagny

Marcia Gay Harden

Mathilde

Aneurin Barnard

Hamish Goames

Zahn McClarnon

Yvon

James Bloor

Charles Duquet

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 25, 2020 New France A group of outcasts battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier and tangled loyalties of the New World. Details Episode 2 Aired May 25, 2020 The Turtle King In the wilds of New France, Mathilde is entrusted with protecting the creek massacre survivors and Trepagny becomes vulnerable. Details Episode 3 Aired Jun 1, 2020 The Sugared Plum Mathilde takes charge of the inn, while the Filles prepare for the matchmaking dance. Details Episode 4 Aired Jun 1, 2020 The Law of Two The Iroquois return for their dead; Trepagny leads Melissande back to the Doma; Delphine embarks on her new life with Pierre Gasquet. Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 9, 2020 Buttermilk Mathilde encourages Bouchard to reestablish his authority; Trepagny solicits help for a dangerous mission; Delphine's fate changes course. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 9, 2020 The Wobble Trepagny and Bouchard incite war with their rescue attempt leaving the Sel and Father Gabriel's fate in the balance and Cooke's loyalty is tested. Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 15, 2020 Bees in a Bottle Trepany is reunited with Melissande; Mathilde encourages Delphine to entertain Cooke's interest while he is tasked with retrieving the dead bodies. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 15, 2020 The Black Sun As winter looms, wedding preparations begin but Duquet makes a deal with Goames that could spell the Wobik's end. Details

More Like This

View All
Vikings: Valhalla 96% 62% Vikings: Valhalla Watchlist TRAILER for Vikings: Valhalla Gentleman Jack 92% 93% Gentleman Jack Watchlist TRAILER for Gentleman Jack Rome 86% 96% Rome Watchlist Frontier 75% 78% Frontier Watchlist TRAILER for Frontier The Gilded Age 89% 70% The Gilded Age Watchlist TRAILER for The Gilded Age Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Barkskins — Season 1

Barkskins Barkskins View more photos

Season Info

Director
David Slade, Lukas Ettlin, Courtney Hunt, Louise Friedberg, Dan Attias, Darren Grant
Creator
Elwood Reid
Executive Producer
Richard Middleton, E. Annie Proulx
Screenwriter
Elwood Reid, Sheri Holman, Walter Kirn, Migizi Pensoneau, Kseniya Melnik, Jason Sack, Adam Glass
Network
National Geographic
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 25, 2020