Home > Catch-22 > Miniseries « TV Series Page Catch-22: Miniseries (2019) Want to see Episode List Miniseries Catch-22 Critics Consensus Though not quite as sharp as Joseph Heller's seminal novel, Catch-22's handsomely rendered, hilariously horrifying exploration of war still soars thanks to its stellar cast and reverent adherence to its source material. 87% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 68 81% Audience Score User Ratings: 219 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 17, 2019 Young American flyers arrive in war and discover that the bureaucracy is more deadly than the enemy. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: May 17, 2019 Yossarian pursues desperate measures to get home, while Milo sees war as a growth industry. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: May 17, 2019 Yossarian needlessly expends energy to avoid a feared mission; disaster catches up with him, when he least expects it. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: May 17, 2019 On a surreal trip, Yossarian begins to realize the magnitude and influence of Milo's business empire. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: May 17, 2019 Reeling from one violent tragedy, Yossarian encounters incomprehensible darkness in Rome, and is faced with an impossible choice. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: May 17, 2019 Alive and intact, Yossarian is thwarted by an old adversary. Confronted by a devastating loss, he undergoes a transformation. More Catch-22: Miniseries Videos 1:00 Catch-22: Season 1 Teaser 1:36 Catch-22: Limited Series Trailer View All Videos (2) Tv Season Info Based on Joseph Heller's seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he'll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty. Genre: Drama Network: Hulu Premiere Date: May 17, 2019 Exec. Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Richard Brown, Steve Golin, Luke Davis, David Michôd Cast Christopher Abbott as Yossarian George Clooney Kyle Chandler as Colonel Cathcart Giancarlo Giannini as Marcello Martin Delaney as Sgt Towser Rafi Gavron as Aarfy Gerran Howell as Kid Sampson Hugh Laurie as Major de Coverley Graham Patrick Martin as Orr Daniel Stewart as Milo Kevin J. O'Connor as Lt. Colonel Korn Tessa Ferrer as Nurse Duckett Julie Ann Emery as Marion Scheisskopf Jon Rudnitsky as McWatt Jay Paulson as Chaplain Tappman Show More Cast News & Interviews for Catch-22: Miniseries 2019 TV Premiere Dates Calendar View All Catch-22: Miniseries News Episodes 1 Episode 1 Air date: May 17, 2019 Young American flyers arrive in war and discover that the bureaucracy is more deadly than the enemy. More 2 Episode 2 Air date: May 17, 2019 Yossarian pursues desperate measures to get home, while Milo sees war as a growth industry. More 3 Episode 3 Air date: May 17, 2019 Yossarian needlessly expends energy to avoid a feared mission; disaster catches up with him, when he least expects it. More 4 Episode 4 Air date: May 17, 2019 On a surreal trip, Yossarian begins to realize the magnitude and influence of Milo's business empire. More 5 Episode 5 Air date: May 17, 2019 Reeling from one violent tragedy, Yossarian encounters incomprehensible darkness in Rome, and is faced with an impossible choice. More 6 Episode 6 Air date: May 17, 2019 Alive and intact, Yossarian is thwarted by an old adversary. Confronted by a devastating loss, he undergoes a transformation. More Critic Reviews for Catch-22 Miniseries All Critics (68) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (9) Its sense of loss and creeping madness was deftly woven into a narrative that was often laugh-out-loud funny. Jun 20, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Chris Harvey Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic It's a remarkably good-looking, high-quality piece of work all round -- and it returns the story to its historical context. Jun 20, 2019 | Full Review… David Sexton London Evening Standard Top Critic It is very, very good. Its writers, Luke Davies and David Michôd, have done an incredibly smooth job given the way that, on the page, Heller makes the reader do so much of the work... But on some level, I cannot quite get fully involved with it. Jun 19, 2019 | Full Review… Rachel Cooke New Statesman Top Critic In a tale full of paradoxes, the style is both glossy and visceral, which feels exactly right. Jun 14, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Suzi Feay Financial Times Top Critic Good (and good-looking) production, but without contemporary relevance, urgency or edge. May 23, 2019 | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic It makes room for some small but soaring set pieces, like Giancarlo Giannini's brief appearance as an old, Italian man giving the young, American soldiers a lesson in wartime relativity. May 23, 2019 | Full Review… David Bianculli NPR Top Critic It's not appointment TV but the sort of show you might happily get to months, years, from now when you've done all the others you've missed. Jun 28, 2019 | Full Review… Olly Richards GQ Magazine [UK] Half anti-war paean, half mighty roar against gung-ho lying idiocy, it's as powerful as it was all those years ago. And genuinely, if pathetically, funny in its mightier moments. Jun 24, 2019 | Full Review… Euan Ferguson Observer (UK) Heller's satirical masterpiece has never had an adaptation to do it justice, but one episode in to Clooney's production, and things are shaping up nicely. Jun 24, 2019 | Full Review… Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) The absurd, circular logic of bureaucracy (and war) is made excruciatingly clear, and I was never bored or drifted. Jun 24, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Deborah Ross The Mail on Sunday (UK) View All Critic Reviews (68) Audience Reviews for Catch-22: Miniseries Sep 12, 2019 It's a good show but just another show with white main characters. Overall it's al Katlego M Aug 25, 2019 Very abstract and real at the same time. Great job by cast and crew, to simulate war, and highlight the conflicts. No sugar coating here. Tony H Jul 30, 2019 Boring and not funny Jessy T Jul 29, 2019 The best thing since sliced bread Ryan P Jul 27, 2019 Shows a perspective of how war could influence a young mind and how similar we react in everyday life. Addison B Jul 26, 2019 Great visuals, takes a while to engage with YoYo but hooked by the final episode. Graham L Jul 26, 2019 Whilst the visuals are incredible, the production lacks the sharpness and insight of the novel and Mike Nichols' film because it manages to omit most of the constant inversions of values experienced by Yossarian as variations of Catch-22. The novel is more than an anti-war tale, it's a manual for today's crazy bureaucratic values, so instead of exploring these with a sharp script and editing, screen time gets soaked up with slo-mo shots of Yossarian and the crews at the beach. The fate of Nurse Duckett is lost, as is Nateley's whore and the switching of the drips into the patient with head to toe plaster. The ending is very weak. Ian I Jul 21, 2019 Really enjoyed the honesty of the so and amazing sets, costumes and cast. One of my favorite things I have watched in a long time. Tanner T Jul 15, 2019 The absurd, circular logic of bureaucracy (and war) is made excruciatingly clear, and I was never bored or drifted. Based on Joseph Heller's seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he'll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty. Robbie D Jul 13, 2019 Ok os ydech chi'n gyfarwydd efo'r llyfr. 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