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The Changeling – Season 1, Episode 8 Battle of the Island

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The Changeling – Season 1, Episode 8

Battle of the Island

Aired Oct 13, 2023

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Mystery & Thriller

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Kinder Garten's fury rips across the island, sending Cal, Apollo and the others out into darkness.

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Ile-Ife Okantah

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10/14/2023

3/5

Okay, despite my criticisms, the cliffhanger left me anticipating a season two now that the story is picking up again, which shows there’s potential.

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Terry Mesnard

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11/20/2024

On its own, Episode 8 is a good episode. It has agency and a propulsive pace. It’s actually an exciting episode, but one that I feel comes too little, too late for this season.

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Brooke Obie

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10/14/2023

Without a big finish or even answers to the manufactured riddles in the show that were explained in the book in a sentence or two, the series feels like an uneven attempt at an ambitious story. Here’s hoping they find their footing in season two.

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Melody McCune

Tell-Tale TV

10/14/2023

2.5/5

It’s a baffling conclusion to an uneven season. Worse, we’re left wondering if any of our lingering questions will get answers since there’s no confirmation of a second season.

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Joe Lipsett

Queer.Horror.Movies.

10/13/2023

Episode 8 is not only too short; it mistakenly puts all of its emotional stakes in the wrong characters. Why is the climax between Cal and William, two characters we...have no real emotional investment in, fighting atop a fake cliff?

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Synopsis

Kinder Garten's fury rips across the island, sending Cal, Apollo and the others out into darkness.

Creator: Kelly Marcel
Executive Producer: Kelly Marcel, Melina Matsoukas, David Knoller, Jonathan Van Tulleken, Victor LaValle, LaKeith Stanfield, Megan Ellison, Ali Krug, Patrick Chu, Sue Naegle, David Wolkis
Network: Apple TV
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date: Oct 13, 2023

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