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The Idol – Season 1, Episode 5 Jocelyn Forever

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The Idol – Season 1, Episode 5

Jocelyn Forever

Aired Jul 2, 2023

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While planning a showcase for her next tour, Jocelyn begins to take control of her relationship with Tedros.

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Leila Latif

Guardian

07/07/2023

1/5

We were promised the year’s most shocking show. Instead we get a painfully tedious TV non-event, featuring a performance from the Weeknd that should be tried at The Hague

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Ed Power

Daily Telegraph (UK)

07/03/2023

1/5

The set has been cut short, with the show mysteriously trimmed from six to five episodes, the last of which confirmed it was not only the worst TV show of the year – but a potential turkey for the ages.

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Chris Vognar

Rolling Stone

07/03/2023

In any case, the finale was neither a bang nor a whimper. It was, rather, not quite as bad as what preceded it. That can be either read as damning with faint praise, or seen as a small victory of sorts.

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

07/05/2023

3/10

The discussions throughout the episode are vapid. Characters we’ve grown to care about simply exit stage left, with no additional time to deconstruct their journey.

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Fletcher Peters

The Daily Beast

07/05/2023

As they stared in bewilderment at the naked, dancing twentysomethings, I, too, wondered what in the world I was watching. But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, as the last four episodes of this series have been almost equally confusing as this mess.

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Alex Moreland

National World

07/04/2023

1/5

The Idol builds to a grand anticlimax, demonstrating mainly how hollow Sam Levinson and Abel Tesfaye's take on artistic inspiration always was

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Synopsis

While planning a showcase for her next tour, Jocelyn begins to take control of her relationship with Tedros.

Director: Sam Levinson
Creator: Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Sam Levinson, Reza Fahim
Executive Producer: Joe Epstein, Reza Fahim, Aaron L. Gilbert, Ashley Levinson, Sam Levinson, Kevin Turen, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Sara E. White
Screenwriter: Sam Levinson, Reza Fahim, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jul 2, 2023