Home > Disenchantment > Part 1 « TV Series Page Disenchantment: Part 1 (2018) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Want to see Episode List Part 1 Disenchantment Critics Consensus Disenchantment showcases enough of Matt Groening's trademark humor to satisfy fans -- although the show's overall familiarity and disappointing willingness to play it safe may not bode well for future seasons. 62% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 89 75% Audience Score User Ratings: 1020 See score details Other TV Shows BoJack Horseman Tuca & Bertie Watership Down Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1. A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Princess Bean already has the wedding day blues when a mysterious figure arrives, claiming he's her personal demon. Elfo hates his happy homeland. View Details 2. For Whom the Pig Oinks Air date: Aug 17, 2018 How to get rid of an unwanted fiancé? Bean's plan involves a party barge and mermaids. King Zøg tries to make Elfo's blood into an immortality potion. View Details 3. The Princess of Darkness Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Sorcerio declares that demonic possession is behind Bean's drunken exploits -- and things look dicey for Luci when the king hires an eerie exorcist. View Details 4. Castle Party Massacre Air date: Aug 17, 2018 With the king away, Bean throws a wild party while Odval and Sorcerio gather their secret society for a ritual. But the night takes a surprising turn. View Details 5. Faster, Princess! Kill! Kill! Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Banished from the castle by Zøg, Bean tries to work but has trouble keeping a job. Elfo encounters a bizarre pair of siblings living in a candy house. View Details 6. Swamp and Circumstance Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Bean tries her hand at diplomacy after Zøg makes her ambassador to Dankmire, Oona's kingdom and an important ally for Dreamland. View Details 7. Love's Tender Rampage Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Elfo lies to hide his feelings for Bean, but things get complicated when she tries to help him by sending the knights on a quest. View Details 8. The Limits of Immortality Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Elfo's been kidnapped! Bean, Luci, Sorcerio and the knights search for him, along with a magical pendant needed to complete the immortality potion. View Details 9. To Thine Own Elf Be True Air date: Aug 17, 2018 After he learns a surprising secret about himself, Elfo heads home to Elfwood in search of the truth. View Details 10. Dreamland Falls Air date: Aug 17, 2018 As Dreamland celebrates an unexpected arrival while saying goodbye to a friend, everyday life is thrown into disarray. View Details Disenchantment: Part 1 Videos 0:34 Disenchantment: Season 1 Teaser 1:42 Disenchantment: Season 1 Comic-Con Trailer 0:33 Disenchantment: Season 1 Teaser - Welcome to Dreamland 0:32 Disenchantment: Season 1 Teaser - Introducing Luci 0:32 Disenchantment: Season 1 Teaser - Introducing Elfo 0:32 Disenchantment: Season 1 Teaser - Introducing Bean View All Videos (6) Disenchantment: Part 1 Photos View All Photos (13) Tv Season Info Genre: Animation Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Aug 17, 2018 Creator: Matt Groening Exec. Producers: Matt Groening, Josh Weinstein Cast & Crew Jeny Batten Kissy David Herman The Herald/Prince Guysbert/Jerry Rich Fulcher Sir Turbish Tress MacNeille Queen Oona/Crown Prince Derek/The Fairy Abbi Jacobson Bean Billy West Sorcerio/Sir Mertz/The Jester/Pops Lucy Montgomery Bunty John DiMaggio King Zog Maurice LaMarche Prime Minister Odval Matt Berry Prince Merkimer Eric André Luci/Sir Pendergast Noel Fielding Stan Nat Faxon Elfo Matt Groening Josh Weinstein Show all Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Disenchantment: Part 1 Comic-Con 2019: All the Trailers For Movies and TV Shows 2018 TV Premiere Dates Calendar The Freshest Comic-Con Trailers For Upcoming Movies and TV Shows View All Disenchantment: Part 1 News Episodes 1. A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Princess Bean already has the wedding day blues when a mysterious figure arrives, claiming he's her personal demon. Elfo hates his happy homeland. View Details 2. For Whom the Pig Oinks Air date: Aug 17, 2018 How to get rid of an unwanted fiancé? Bean's plan involves a party barge and mermaids. King Zøg tries to make Elfo's blood into an immortality potion. View Details 3. The Princess of Darkness Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Sorcerio declares that demonic possession is behind Bean's drunken exploits -- and things look dicey for Luci when the king hires an eerie exorcist. View Details 4. Castle Party Massacre Air date: Aug 17, 2018 With the king away, Bean throws a wild party while Odval and Sorcerio gather their secret society for a ritual. But the night takes a surprising turn. View Details 5. Faster, Princess! Kill! Kill! Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Banished from the castle by Zøg, Bean tries to work but has trouble keeping a job. Elfo encounters a bizarre pair of siblings living in a candy house. View Details 6. Swamp and Circumstance Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Bean tries her hand at diplomacy after Zøg makes her ambassador to Dankmire, Oona's kingdom and an important ally for Dreamland. View Details 7. Love's Tender Rampage Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Elfo lies to hide his feelings for Bean, but things get complicated when she tries to help him by sending the knights on a quest. View Details 8. The Limits of Immortality Air date: Aug 17, 2018 Elfo's been kidnapped! Bean, Luci, Sorcerio and the knights search for him, along with a magical pendant needed to complete the immortality potion. View Details 9. To Thine Own Elf Be True Air date: Aug 17, 2018 After he learns a surprising secret about himself, Elfo heads home to Elfwood in search of the truth. View Details 10. Dreamland Falls Air date: Aug 17, 2018 As Dreamland celebrates an unexpected arrival while saying goodbye to a friend, everyday life is thrown into disarray. View Details Critic Reviews for Disenchantment Part 1 All Critics (89) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (34) The results are positive, the story is fun, there are laughs to be had and the show brings the subtlety and wit we have come to expect from Groening's creations. May 28, 2019 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Sam Mossman Arizona Republic Top Critic Boldly different to Groening's other work, while looking and feeling familiar. It's short of greatness, but engaging enough to warrant returning for season 2. Aug 31, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… Matt Neal ABC Radio (Australia) Top Critic Disenchantment is incredibly green as a show and it's still finding its feet. It's a new show from another time in every sense of the word. Aug 29, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… Amelia Navascues Triple J Top Critic The jokes are stale, their set-ups are mundane, the plot is predictable, the execution is rarely inspired. Aug 20, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic It's designed simply to entertain, which-for the most part-it does. Aug 17, 2018 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic "Disenchantment" doesn't move the story beyond easy parody and old-fashioned humor into a more original and timely place... It's somewhat entertaining, but you may feel as though you've seen it all done before, and better. Aug 17, 2018 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic Disenchantment shares its DNA -- albeit a much weaker strain -- with the comedy of Monty Python with its penchant for visual gags. But it often relies too heavily on outdated ba-dum-tish one-liners and physical comedy. Jul 23, 2020 | Full Review… Prahlad Srihari Firstpost Disenchantment is far from Matt Groening's best work but has a lot of room for potential and is worth a watch if you are a fan of animation. Oct 8, 2019 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review… Charlie Ceates Cultured Vultures All of the pieces to make something truly wonderful are here - it just feels as though showrunners are assembling them by hastily skim-reading a set of IKEA instructions. Sep 23, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… Sol Harris Starburst It's a letdown to realize Groening has reduced this epic opportunity to a mere game of moans. May 28, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Matt Roush TV Insider Groening's characters always come equipped with plenty of charm, and while it is not instantly apparent in Disenchantment, you will find yourself rooting for them come the final episode. May 28, 2019 | Full Review… Liam Hoofe Flickering Myth The trademark humor is there, with plenty of visual gags to dissect on shop signs and background details, but it's too restrained and pedestrian to make a series like this pop. May 28, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Adam Starkey Metro (UK) View All Critic Reviews (89) Audience Reviews for Disenchantment: Part 1 Oct 06, 2020 I actually find myself enjoying this more than simpsons or futurama. David L Sep 18, 2020 It wasn't great, it was not very interesting, and I don't think it's a good indication when there is only one likable character in a whole show or movie or whatever. Some parts were fun and entertaining, but, for the most part, I felt like it was bogged down by trying too hard to be edgy and shoe-horning in mediocre jokes about modern politics and whatnot that stood out like a sore thumb from the setting and everything. Also, I at least partially feel like this should be a one star review just because of Elfo. It was a good enough concept for a show but it needed to have been executed much more like Bojack Horseman to be actually good. Kate G Jul 24, 2020 This series has a very mixed score, but I'll recommend you watch it yourself, and then find out what you think about the series. Andreas H Jul 08, 2020 This show is a bit of an oddity for me. While I am a huge fan of The Simpsons (first 14 Seasons), I have been struggled to like Matt Groening's work outside of that, Futurama being the biggest example. However, I was pleasantly surprised by Enchantment. It is a solidly funny show and the cast voices it well. That being said, I have found its a show that I don't "seek out" when I'm looking to pass some time, like I have for The Simpsons, South Park, and Rick and Morty. These would be my "top tier", with King of the Hill slightly behind that, and then finally to shows like Enchantment. I don't really know what it is exactly, but Enchantment is missing an element that the others have that elevates their shows. Milhouse V May 16, 2020 If the first season of Disenchantment had been 6 episodes long instead of 10, my rating would have been a star higher. We first get introduced to the characters and see the beginning of a sinister storyline. Then we have to wait until the last few episodes to get any real character or plot development. I would have been forgiving of the unrelated hijinks in the middle if they'd been funnier; frankly a lot of it felt like filler. There were a few good laughs, but much of the time was spent on fetchquests and boring action sequences. The Hansel and Gretel bit, for example, would have been hilarious as a side gag that lasted a minute or two. Unfortunately, it got dragged on so long it ended up being macabre and... weird. It's a perfect encapsulation of Season 1; there are seeds of brilliance, but ultimately the whole thing just ends up feeling stretched. I do think the payoff at the end is worth fighting through the slog in the middle. That said, I would not blame you one bit if you gave up after a few episodes. It's hard not to compare Disenchantment to Futurama. The art, the humor, and several of the voices make the comparison unavoidable. That's a real shame, because it's inevitably going to lead to disappointment. Futurama began with a wide open world. We wanted to stand right alongside Fry and explore the future with him. Disenchantment immediately reveals the main plot thread, and then largely ignores it for seven episodes. More frustratingly, while the characters in Futurama felt fresh and original, many of the characters in Disenchantment come off as tired caricatures. Still good for some laughs, but the sparks of creativity are a lot less frequent. Jay S May 01, 2020 Absolutely fantastic - I adore this show Chris K Apr 05, 2020 Great piece of animated tv series. Love the irony and the plot Gaetano D Feb 27, 2020 I love this series, I love the Simpsons and I loved Futurama. Devon J Feb 06, 2020 It took a little while for me to truly get into it, but once I did, I loved it. Hayley S Jan 09, 2020 Disappointing when compared to Groening's previous shows, disenchantment starts very slowly. However, it does build momentum both narratively and comedically as the show progresses. 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