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Season 1 – The Purge

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During a 12-hour period when all crime -- including murder -- is legal, a group of seemingly unrelated characters cross paths in a city in an altered America. While the clock winds down, some will fight, some will hide, others will embrace what it means to purge to its fullest extent -- whether for revenge, personal gain, protection, or unadulterated glee. As each character is forced to reckon with his or her past and plot how to better their futures, they soon discover how far they will go on Purge Night.

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Critics Consensus

Bloated and boring, The Purge kills its own fleetingly fun premise and proves that not all stories work better on the small screen.

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Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.

Shadow and Act

Nov 5, 2019

Like its film predecessors, the TV show, often challenges us as the viewers to check in with our own value systems.

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Keith Phipps

New York Magazine/Vulture

Nov 7, 2018

3/5

This is the best incarnation of The Purge yet. The mythology of the films has been begging to be unpacked a bit, and the series has done that without explaining too much in the process.

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LaToya Ferguson

Paste Magazine

Sep 5, 2018

As someone who hasn't watched The Purge movies, the episodes I've seen-including the pilot... have given me enough reason to watch the rest of the season, just to see how it all shakes out.

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John Tones

Espinof

Jul 11, 2019

3/5

It would have been interesting if 'The Purge' used a multiplicity of visions and a longer time to develop the story. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

Jan 18, 2019

C-

After viewing the the first three episodes of Season One, I see "The Purge" as overwhelmingly unsuitable for basic cable television.

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Ángel S. Harguindey

El Pais (Spain)

Jan 10, 2019

The series is a song for cruelty without style. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Ville H

@seriesenjoyer Dec 13, 2025

ABSOLUTE GOLD, BEST SHOW EVER

Rachel O

@RT04343966 Sep 29, 2024

I love how it ties all of the main characters together. They all start off living different lives until then end, where they slowly come together for a horrific ending. I love how some people you thought were heros, were actually villains. I also love how it makes you think about laws in our own society, and how what may be legally right still can be morally wrong...and vice versa.....

Jules N

@Julio52 Nov 26, 2023

Une saison qui perd de son intérêt en faisant passer toute l'histoire en une nuit ce qui devient ennuyant au bout de 4-5 épisodes.

Nathan M

@RT49136442 Feb 9, 2023

A plot that runs solely on murder is rated pg13, that's all I'll say.

y c

@RT01118071 Sep 3, 2021

How you can take a film ripe for exploration of the world it exists in, just waiting to have its nuances explored and depicted and instead deliver yet another braindead wokefest that allows me to guess the exact plot because every character's race and gender were determine the screen play. Boring, boring, boring. What a waste of potential.

Emilio T

@MilloTPue Aug 11, 2021

Although they get to find new situations in the particular universe of The Purge without showing that the bag of tricks is empty, elongating the story does not keep the tension, which also fits better in the timing (and probably in the format) of a single movie.

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Miguel

Jessica Garza

Penelope

Amanda Warren

Jane

Colin Woodell

Rick

Fiona Dourif

Tavis

Hannah Emily Anderson

Jenna

Episode 1

Aired Sep 4, 2018

What Is America?

Once a year, any and all crime -- including murder -- is legal in America for a period of 12 hours.

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Episode 2

Aired Sep 11, 2018

Take What's Yours

Jane considers the morality of Purge; Miguel searches for Pete the Cop.

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Episode 3

Aired Sep 18, 2018

The Urge to Purge

Penelope prepares for her sacrifice; Rick and Jenna weigh the cost of closing their business deal.

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Episode 4

Aired Sep 25, 2018

Release the Beast

Jane must leave the office; Lila consoles Jenna; Penelope is thrust into the Carnival of Flesh.

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Episode 5

Aired Oct 2, 2018

Rise Up

Catalina warns Jenna; Henry torments Penelope; Jane goes on a ride along with the Matron Saints.

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Episode 6

Aired Oct 9, 2018

The Forgotten

Joe remembers the past; Miguel confronts Henry; Jane learns a dark truth about David Ryker.

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Episode 7

Aired Oct 16, 2018

Lovely Dark and Deep

Miguel and Penelope hike the forest; Jane must endure David's party; Rick doubts Lila's intentions.

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Episode 8

Aired Oct 23, 2018

The Giving Time Is Here

Lila grapples with rejection; Miguel and Penelope seek the safety of the Cantina.

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Episode 9

Aired Oct 30, 2018

I Will Participate

Joe debates the Purge with Jane; Miguel teams up with Pete to rescue Penelope.

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Episode 10

Aired Nov 6, 2018

A Nation Reborn

Penelope takes charge; Miguel and Pete grapple with an unexpected enemy.

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