Home > Falling Water > Season 1 « TV Series Page Falling Water: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Falling Water Critics Consensus Falling Water attempts complexity and intrigue but churns out an unimaginative concept lacking a redeemable payoff. 26% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 19 81% Audience Score User Ratings: 86 See score details 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. Don't Tell Bill Air date: Oct 13, 2016 The premiere of mind-bending drama about three disparate people who discover that they share a subconscious link via a dream. View Details 2. Calling the Vasty Deep Air date: Oct 20, 2016 Burton questions whether the Woman in Red exists beyond his dreams; Tess learns how to navigate into others' dreams; and Taka connects the group suicide to unexpected sources. View Details 3. Monsters, Most Familiar Air date: Oct 27, 2016 Taka takes a closer look at the cult; Burton meets a mysterious CEO while on a business trip; and Tess discovers difficult information at her mother's house. View Details 4. Castles Made of Sand Air date: Nov 3, 2016 Burton's controlled façade crumbles; Taka and Sabine find an unexpected intimacy; and Tess seeks solace with a dying ex-lover. View Details 5. Ambergris Air date: Nov 10, 2016 Tess quits the dream experiments and uncovers more of her mother's secrets; Burton rejects sleep to shake loose of Olivia; and Taka is torn between Kumiko and Sabine. View Details 6. The Swirl Air date: Nov 17, 2016 Tess, who believes Charlotte was involved in the taking of her son, enters her mother's dreams; Ann-Marie Bowen attempts to recruit Taka; and Burton uncovers new secrets. View Details 7. Three Half Blind Mice Air date: Dec 1, 2016 Taka and Tess are brought together by a blackout; and Burton finds evidence that the Woman in Red may exist outside his dreams. View Details 8. The Well Air date: Dec 8, 2016 Burton pursues the Woman in Red; Sabine has issues with Taka, who learns more about the green; and Tess and Bill meet a familiar face while following a lead about the boy. View Details 9. No Task for the Timid Air date: Dec 15, 2016 Taka, Tess and Burton all converge on the boy. View Details 10. Circular Time Air date: Dec 22, 2016 Tess tries to protect the boy; Taka attempts to appease the Green; and Burton strives to heal the Woman in Red. View Details Falling Water: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (99) Tv Season Info Three seemingly ordinary people – trend-spotter Tess (Lizzie Brochere), NYPD detective Taka (Will Yun Lee), and security expert Burton (David Ajala) – discover that, while they don't know each other, they can connect with each other and possibly others through their dreams. In their attempt to seek the meaning of their dreams and why they're dreaming them in the first place, they find out that there are stronger forces playing a high-stakes game behind their connected dreaming. The first season of "Falling Water" also features Zak Orth as industrialist Bill Boerg and Anna Wood as The Woman in Red. Genre: Drama Network: USA Network Premiere Date: Oct 13, 2016 Creators: Blake Masters, Henry Bromell Exec. Producer: Gale Anne Hurd Cast & Crew Lizzie Brocheré Tess David Ajala Burton Anna Wood The Woman in Red Will Yun Lee Taka Zak Orth Bill Boerg Kai Lennox Woody Hammond Melanie Nicholls-King Jodi Long Brooke Bloom Francesca Faridany Jennifer Ferrin Neal Huff Douglas Hodge Lucy Walters Marianne Rendón Trudie Styler Ben Van Bergen Lou Taylor Pucci Jessica Hecht Shiloh Fernandez Gale Anne Hurd Henry Bromell Blake Masters Show all Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Falling Water: Season 1 TV Premieres Countdown for October 14, 2016 The Accountant Yields a Modest Return on Investment The Walking Dead Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd Previews Season 7, Talks Falling Water View All Falling Water: Season 1 News Episodes 1. Don't Tell Bill Air date: Oct 13, 2016 The premiere of mind-bending drama about three disparate people who discover that they share a subconscious link via a dream. View Details 2. Calling the Vasty Deep Air date: Oct 20, 2016 Burton questions whether the Woman in Red exists beyond his dreams; Tess learns how to navigate into others' dreams; and Taka connects the group suicide to unexpected sources. View Details 3. Monsters, Most Familiar Air date: Oct 27, 2016 Taka takes a closer look at the cult; Burton meets a mysterious CEO while on a business trip; and Tess discovers difficult information at her mother's house. View Details 4. Castles Made of Sand Air date: Nov 3, 2016 Burton's controlled façade crumbles; Taka and Sabine find an unexpected intimacy; and Tess seeks solace with a dying ex-lover. View Details 5. Ambergris Air date: Nov 10, 2016 Tess quits the dream experiments and uncovers more of her mother's secrets; Burton rejects sleep to shake loose of Olivia; and Taka is torn between Kumiko and Sabine. View Details 6. The Swirl Air date: Nov 17, 2016 Tess, who believes Charlotte was involved in the taking of her son, enters her mother's dreams; Ann-Marie Bowen attempts to recruit Taka; and Burton uncovers new secrets. View Details 7. Three Half Blind Mice Air date: Dec 1, 2016 Taka and Tess are brought together by a blackout; and Burton finds evidence that the Woman in Red may exist outside his dreams. View Details 8. The Well Air date: Dec 8, 2016 Burton pursues the Woman in Red; Sabine has issues with Taka, who learns more about the green; and Tess and Bill meet a familiar face while following a lead about the boy. View Details 9. No Task for the Timid Air date: Dec 15, 2016 Taka, Tess and Burton all converge on the boy. View Details 10. Circular Time Air date: Dec 22, 2016 Tess tries to protect the boy; Taka attempts to appease the Green; and Burton strives to heal the Woman in Red. View Details Critic Reviews for Falling Water Season 1 All Critics (19) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (14) The sole appeal upon which Falling Water relies is mystery, and I'll admit that after watching I do want to learn the answers to the questions the plot has posed. But I don't wish for the answers so much that I'll sit through another hour. Oct 13, 2016 | Full Review… Spencer Kornhaber The Atlantic Top Critic The idea of dream-traveling isn't new - see 1984's Dreamscape - but this is a good-looking and intriguing reworking of the premise. Oct 13, 2016 | Rating: B | Full Review… Tom Long Detroit News Top Critic Falling Water is a hollow puzzle box. It is a twisting, turning show that centers on dreams but completely loses the required balance of a series like this one: don't just present new questions, give us a few answers too. Oct 12, 2016 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic The performances are solid and the production values also make the grade under the direction of show-runners Gale Anne Hurd (who spent a season on The Walking Dead) and Blake Masters (Brotherhood). Oct 12, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic The only thing that's crystal clear is that this won't be a short trip, so it's up to a viewer to decide if the show is languorously absorbing or just painful slow... My not goes to painfully slow. Jan 25, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… Hank Stuever Washington Post Top Critic Perhaps, if one took copious notes, consulted the show website's "About" page... the convolutions in "Falling Water" would yield rewards. As it is, it's hard to imagine finding the time for this dull, plodding thought experiment. Oct 5, 2016 | Full Review… Sonia Saraiya Variety Top Critic If you're feeling burned TV series after TV series that plants a central mystery and then dances around it for too long to sustain interest, proceed here with cautious optimism. Oct 27, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Allison Keene Collider Intriguing but irritatingly opaque, this drama traffics in dreamy imagery and surreal plot developments that seem cobbled together from other mysteries. Oct 18, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media We don't expect answers to the series' biggest questions yet, but we should at least know what the characters are striving for collectively and what's really at stake here. Otherwise, it's hard to really care about what happens each week. Oct 14, 2016 | Full Review… Daniel Johnson Screen Rant The problem with Water is that it keeps promising revelations that are constantly withheld, as though we might not keep watching if the show tipped its hand about what all this dream investigation is really about. Oct 13, 2016 | Full Review… Ken Tucker Yahoo! TV There's a compelling TV show underneath its heavily stylized packaging, and if you have the patience to watch that play out then you will be rewarded. Oct 12, 2016 | Rating: 6.9/10 | Full Review… Terri Schwartz IGN Movies So far, the tension has felt more tailored to give the illusion of stakes and mystery and gravitas rather than a filter for legitimate urgency. Oct 12, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review… Alicia Lutes Nerdist View All Critic Reviews (19) Audience Reviews for Falling Water: Season 1 Jun 04, 2020 It is one of the best series that can be seen at the moment. The narrative is very well plotted, and it travels through the dreamlike in a plot that links what happens in dreams with reality. I am surprised that "criticism" has not been able to appreciate it adequately. JORDI S May 31, 2020 Entertaining. There are no gaps in it. Most of the events are carefully planned so that I can believe what's happening. Sun N Jan 25, 2020 This show is amazing, from the cast to the sets to tiny details in the environment to pacing. Nearly every episode ends with me thinking it was an amazing episode Chris C Mar 18, 2019 Another excellent example of a show the people likes but the critics hated. At this point I think we can pretty much ignore everything a professional critic says because they're mostly shilll souless, lying acks of human detritus. This was a solid series that suffered from poor marketing (more like non existant) and a saturated schedule. Alistair S Mar 14, 2018 one of the best, but if ur looking for easy thing like teens stuff this isn't what u looking for cos it a bit puzzled and u have to put the pieces together like the Legion TV series Jan 27, 2018 Almost to the end of Season 1 and excited to see how it wraps up. Regardless, it's been a great ride. Not only are the leads great and the mood/atmosphere of the show eerily electric, but the ideas ... so well thought out! I would urge viewers to ignore the critics and give this a good shot. It's better than a lot of the shows and movies that examine dreams and what they might mean. The pacing can be slow, but it works and gives you some time to think about what you're seeing, which is so important when it comes to dreams. Don't most of us wish we could go into our dreams and spend a bit more time taking in the details? Nat C Jan 25, 2018 An incredibly original series that get side tracked a little but still has excellent cerebral depth. Fully deserves five stars. Sean M Jan 18, 2018 Watched the first 5 episodes of season one and it has been intriguing thus far. Jan 07, 2018 I generally agree with the critics on RT, but they got this one WAY wrong. Falling Water is one of the most unique and enjoyable series o the last few years. I encourage everyone (with any intellect) to give this series a shot. Bryon P Mar 13, 2017 Falling Water attempted to impress with complexity and intrigue but churned out a poor show. Actors are good, so is camera work and production but the story and how it is delivered lacks imagination and convinction. 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