Home > Woke > Season 1 « TV Series Page Woke: Season 1 (2020) Want to see Episode List Season 1 Woke Critics Consensus Though Woke's first season doesn't quite know what it wants to say about racism in America, its solid ensemble - led by a well-cast Lamorne Morris - and some surreal silliness make it a messy conversation worth watching. 76% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 41 76% Audience Score User Ratings: 62 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. Rhymes with Broke Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Aspiring cartoonist Keef has a brush with the law. He starts to see the world through a new lens. View Details 2. What Prequels? Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Keef grapples with the fallout from the previous day's events while trying to put his life back in order. View Details 3. Gig E. Smalls Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Being "woke" doesn't pay the bills. It also doesn't save you from awkward small talk at parties thrown by rich white ladies. View Details 4. Black People For Rent Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Keef channels his creative energy in a provocative new way. View Details 5. Oaktown Get-Down Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Keef and his friends head to an Oakland artists' salon where he hopes to get in the good graces of the East Bay's artistic elite. View Details 6. Dap, Peace, F*ck You Air date: Sep 9, 2020 After the events at the salon, Keef and Adrienne discuss how to move forward, Clovis helps Ayana get revenge on her ex-girlfriend, and Gunther tests the bounds of his sexual fluidity. View Details 7. Prayers for Kubby Air date: Sep 9, 2020 What should be a quick trip across town instead turns into the bus ride from Hell. View Details 8. Blue Lies Matter Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Months later, Keef thinks he's finally arrived in a better place until he's confronted with an unexpected face from the past. View Details Woke: Season 1 Videos 2:23 Woke: Season 1 Trailer 1:00 Woke: Season 1 Teaser View All Videos (2) Tv Season Info Genre: Comedy Network: Hulu Premiere Date: Sep 9, 2020 Creators: Keith Knight, Marshall Todd Exec. Producers: Marshall Todd, Keith Knight, Aeysha Carr, Eric Christian Olsen, John Will Clay, Kate Schumaecker, Richie Schwartz, Will Gluck, Jay Dyer, Maurice Marable, Richard Schwartz, John Will Cast & Crew T Murph Clovis Lamorne Morris Keef Blake Anderson Gunther Keith Knight Marshall Todd Eric Christian Olsen Will Gluck Maurice Marable John Will Richard Schwartz Aeysha Carr Rochée Jeffrey Conor Galvin Show all Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Woke: Season 1 TV Premiere Dates 2020 View All Woke: Season 1 News Episodes 1. Rhymes with Broke Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Aspiring cartoonist Keef has a brush with the law. He starts to see the world through a new lens. View Details 2. What Prequels? Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Keef grapples with the fallout from the previous day's events while trying to put his life back in order. View Details 3. Gig E. Smalls Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Being "woke" doesn't pay the bills. It also doesn't save you from awkward small talk at parties thrown by rich white ladies. View Details 4. Black People For Rent Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Keef channels his creative energy in a provocative new way. View Details 5. Oaktown Get-Down Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Keef and his friends head to an Oakland artists' salon where he hopes to get in the good graces of the East Bay's artistic elite. View Details 6. Dap, Peace, F*ck You Air date: Sep 9, 2020 After the events at the salon, Keef and Adrienne discuss how to move forward, Clovis helps Ayana get revenge on her ex-girlfriend, and Gunther tests the bounds of his sexual fluidity. View Details 7. Prayers for Kubby Air date: Sep 9, 2020 What should be a quick trip across town instead turns into the bus ride from Hell. View Details 8. Blue Lies Matter Air date: Sep 9, 2020 Months later, Keef thinks he's finally arrived in a better place until he's confronted with an unexpected face from the past. View Details Critic Reviews for Woke Season 1 All Critics (41) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (10) "Woke" has a serious spine, but the tone is light, even goofy, as a dramedy so caught up in what it thinks are teachable moments that it often doesn't succeed at either. Sep 9, 2020 | Rating: C- | Full Review… Tambay Obenson indieWire Top Critic Woke adds new layers of funny to a situation that easily could have been predictable and pedantic... This is a pitch perfect comedy released at just the right time. Sep 9, 2020 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic It gets in its own way a little too often and its eight episodes are probably twice as many as it really needs. But it's still a show to watch and learn from. Sep 9, 2020 | Full Review… Bill Goodykoontz Arizona Republic Top Critic While the eight-episode Hulu series Woke satirizes the definitions of Blackness and artistic integrity, its inert discussions lead to few laughs. Sep 7, 2020 | Full Review… Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Top Critic As you're watching it, you wonder where it's going. And when it gets to the end, it completely opens the door...the humor has the potential to be really impactful going forward. Oct 7, 2020 | Full Review… tt stern-enzi Cincinnati CityBeat It comments on relevant, serious subjects while being warm, witty and funny. [Full Review in Spanish] [Full Review in Spanish] Oct 4, 2020 | Full Review… Nestor Bentancor Nestor Cine Desde Hollywood Great premise, OK comedy about race and life; some language. Sep 25, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… Joyce Slaton Common Sense Media Don't let the title of this surreal comedy turn you off. New Girl's Lamorne Morris is terrific in the role of Keef Knight. Sep 17, 2020 | Full Review… Ryan Schwartz TV Equals If future seasons are willing to be more personal, less concerned about the white gaze, and more willing to address Keef's class and male privilege, Woke could make a name for itself next to the other shows mining similar territory. Sep 17, 2020 | Full Review… JM Mutore Polygon The series' message feels convoluted at best and a bit lost at worst, unsure of whether to mock or champion Keef's newfound wokeness. Sep 15, 2020 | Full Review… Joyce Chen Paste Magazine The first and last episodes are good, but in between it's only fitfully amusing and lacks the teeth necessary to be all that relevant in 2020... however, I would not call Woke a waste of time. It's an easy way to kill a few hours. Sep 15, 2020 | Full Review… Dustin Rowles Pajiba "Woke" feels very much in conversation with them, and it manages to walk the line of being funny without trivializing the issues that it depicts. I want to see where Keef goes, and what he has to say, in future seasons. Sep 15, 2020 | Full Review… Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) View All Critic Reviews (41) Audience Reviews for Woke: Season 1 Oct 10, 2020 This series is as insufferable as the title suggests. It doesn't have anything interesting or new to say, it's just an attempt to climb on a political bandwagon. It makes me long for the days when TV shows aimed to entertain rather than propagandize the audience. Maria L Sep 21, 2020 Honestly, loved it all. It's just so much fun to watch. The message in the last two episodes - strong, riveting, exciting. You have to have an open mind, the title can be misleading. It creates such expectations. The writing is incredible. ker k Sep 20, 2020 Fantastic first season! Eye opening real life journey mixed with crazy comedy and a breakout performance by T. Murph. The first season ended with me ready for the next episode. Tony M Sep 20, 2020 I love this show and can't wait for the next season 😍 The season finale really crept up on me. Kudos to the sound engineers on the show such good music too. Please hulu a season 2 🙏 Lauren S Sep 19, 2020 Twists and turns and lots of unexpected humor. Paul E Sep 18, 2020 Funny, original, thought provoking. Great cast. Jon M Sep 16, 2020 Surprisingly hilarious, there were so many scenes that had me actually laughing out loud. However it feels a little too short at only 8 episodes. Dakota R Sep 13, 2020 A man with a message and the challenges he faces to overcome adversity, whether that be society or his own demons. It's a story we need right now. It's a must watch ashish c Sep 12, 2020 Woke is brilliant! I've binged it twice and during the second viewing, I caught little nuances I missed during the first viewing. It's smart, funny, witty, and thought-provoking. All the things you'd expect when you mix inventive story telling with a brilliant ensemble cast. Lamorne Morris is brilliant as the main character, Keef Knight. A cartoonist who's on the verge of mainstream success until the incident. His close friends Gunther (Blake Anderson) and Clovis (T. Murph) are there for him and do their best to console and support him. Adrienne (Rose McIver), the artist, was a nice surprise! I love that Rose is using her New Zealand accent as Adrienne. Ayana (Sasheer Zamata) is an activist and publicist who, outside of Keef's friends, is the one ally who challenges Keef in ways that his friends can't. The animated characters are voiced by some heavy hitters: J.B. Smoove (Marker), Nicole Byer and Eddie Griffin (40oz), Cree Summer (Paper Bag), Tony Hale (Butter), Sam Richardson (Toast), Jack McBrayer (Sad face), Cedric the Entertainer (Trashcan), and Keith David (Bible). Woke is a must-see for those who like having water cooler conversations with their white, black, brown, mocha, yellow, conservative, liberal, centrist coworker and/or friends! Enjoy! b s Sep 12, 2020 Lamorne Morris is as brilliant as the man he is representing, I agree the humor should be a stronger aspect but his performance puts everything in perspective. I beg you to keep the series going. Tweek the writing but keep it going. Its an important show! ---ohcheap1 Cindy O See all Audience reviews News & Features Best Horror Movies Top 200 of all time "Rotten Tomatoes Is Wrong" Our new podcast Worst Superhero Movies Thanks, <em>Squad</em> Best Netflix Series and Shows What to binge right now More News & Features TOP HEADLINES Best Horror Movies of 2020 Ranked – Rotten Tomatoes Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming – Rotten Tomatoes The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies – Rotten Tomatoes 20 Movies To Watch If You Loved Inception – Rotten Tomatoes All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More – Rotten Tomatoes The Best Quibi Shows to Stream Now – Rotten Tomatoes The 64 Most Anticipated Movies of 2020 – Rotten Tomatoes Sundance 2020 Movie Scorecard – Rotten Tomatoes More Headlines Go back More trailers