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Season 1 – The Terror

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Mar 2018

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A series of bizarre deaths haunt a Japanese American community during World War II while Chester Nakayama and his friends and family face persecution from the American government in a Japanese internment camp.

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Critics Consensus

A thriller wrapped in a prestige drama package, The Terror makes for gripping, atmospheric supernatural horror.

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Hugo Rifkind

The Times (UK)

03/18/2021

My terror with The Terror is that the ghosty horror will tip it over somewhat. I'd be happy enough with them playing it straight as a drama of expedition gone wrong.

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Scott Bryan

BBC.com

03/17/2021

The drama's strength is its claustrophobia, the feeling or foreboding and the complete and utter isolation experienced by the crew.

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Deborah Ross

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

03/08/2021

4/5

This is masculine derring-do, and this is horror, but it all comes wrapped in top-notch prestige drama and that, I discovered, I can take.

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Fausto Ponce

Alta Fidelidad Magazine

04/27/2021

3.8/5

The series... tells us the story of the expeditionaries in a disorderly way, which helps to generate mystery and in some cases (as when we see passages of days prior to his departure), empathy. [Full review in Spanish]

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Keri O'Shea

Warped Perspective

04/08/2021

It's in keeping with the series as a whole that so much of the worst of the misery takes place off-screen. Just as with their historical counterparts, we simply don't know what the men's death agonies were like.

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tunahan uğur t

@Tunahan93 Dec 21

If you are a geek of Age of Exploration, you must see this series. It has a thriller character, and the adventure of Northwest Passage searching.

Jon L

@JonLunatic Nov 30

Outstanding show from beginning to end! High tier acting,cinematography,storytelling. It’s a shame we only got one season but holy hell it was phenomenal!

Nathan C

Nov 24

I think this is my favourite show of all time. I watched other tv shows which are great! But they aren't my preference.

Donnie D

@DonnieDarko55 Sep 27

Must watch! The characters and story glue you to your seat!

Michael V

Sep 21

The acting is top-notch and the whole show has a very claustrophobic feeling with a sense of impending dread. However the monster angle is a bit lackluster. I think it would have been a much stronger show if they had leaned more into the descent into madness of the crew and scrapped the monster plotline entirely. It is still a good show, but it could have been great.

Arthur B.

@Artwork Sep 7

Absolutely fantastic. Adapted remarkably well from the book.

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Captain Francis Crozier

Tobias Menzies

Captain James Fitzjames

Ciarán Hinds

Sir John Franklin

Paul Ready

Dr. Henry Goodsir

Adam Nagaitis

Cornelius Hickey

Nive Nielsen

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Episode 1

Aired Mar 26, 2018

Go for Broke

An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition 200 miles from finding the Northwest Passage, forcing its captains to make a dire choice.

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Episode 2

Aired Mar 26, 2018

Gore

After a long winter trapped in the ice, scouting parties are sent out in search of open water; one of the teams makes a frightening discovery.

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Episode 3

Aired Apr 2, 2018

The Ladder

With something now stalking the ships, the captains debate their options, testing their loyalty to one another against their duty to their crews.

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Episode 4

Aired Apr 9, 2018

Punished, as a Boy

A cunning attack on the ships proves the men are not battling an ordinary bear and that the region's Inuit culture may hold a key to their survival.

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Episode 5

Aired Apr 16, 2018

First Shot a Winner, Lads

A strange illness begins to show itself while another more familiar one jeopardizes the expedition's most valuable resource: its captain's judgment.

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Episode 6

Aired Apr 23, 2018

A Mercy

With the end of their provisions in sight, officers contemplate an 800-mile walkout while planning a party to raise the men's worsening spirits.

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Episode 7

Aired Apr 30, 2018

Horrible From Supper

As the men begin their long march south, shocking events underscore how vulnerable and exposed their situation has become.

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Episode 8

Aired May 7, 2018

Terror Camp Clear

The death of an officer under mysterious circumstances creates paranoia among the men; Capt. Crozier discovers some of the crew members may be considering mutiny.

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Episode 9

Aired May 14, 2018

The C, the C, the Open C

While hope comes in strange forms, the question of what the men are willing to do to survive begins to be settled in both noble and horrifying ways.

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Episode 10

Aired May 21, 2018

We Are Gone

The expedition's journey reaches its climax as men find themselves in a final confrontation with the Inuit mythology they've trespassed into.

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