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      2021 Drama Fantasy Action TRAILER for The Watch: Season 1 Trailer List View All /tv/the_watch/s01/videos videos The Watch: Season 1 NYCC Teaser The Watch: Season 1 NYCC Teaser 1:14 The Watch: Season 1 Trailer The Watch: Season 1 Trailer 1:43 The Watch: Season 1 Episode 2 Featurette - Closer Look The Watch: Season 1 Episode 2 Featurette - Closer Look 11:10 The Watch: Season 1 Episode 3 Sneak Peek - Breaking Into the Ass Guild The Watch: Season 1 Episode 3 Sneak Peek - Breaking Into the Ass Guild 1:11 View more videos
      53% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 39% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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      Critics Consensus

      Despite fantastic production design and a solid cast, The Watch simply doesn't capture the wonder, whimsy, and world building of Terry Pratchett's beloved novels.

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      Ed Power Daily Telegraph (UK) The longer The Watch goes on the less resemblance it bears to Pratchett. Nonetheless, it has a quirky humour all of its own. And writer Simon Allen isn't afraid to have fun. Rated: 3/5 Jul 1, 2021 Full Review Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald Plot? Sure, there's all kinds of skulduggery and even a dragon, but the setting and characters prove the greater gift. One for Pratchett fans and newcomers alike. Mar 4, 2021 Full Review Allison Keene Paste Magazine There are lots of moments that delighted me... under a lot of odd tonal choices. Still, the charm of the cast and the script's playful aspirations were enough to keep pushing through choppy editing and storytelling. Rated: 7.2/10 Jan 5, 2021 Full Review James Walton The Spectator The Watch is an obvious mess: clumsy in its storytelling and tonally all over the place, with an uneasy mix of solemnity and mostly feeble jokes. Aug 12, 2021 Full Review Marty Brown Common Sense Media Messy sci-fi crime series features violence, alcohol. Rated: 3/5 Jan 20, 2021 Full Review Ani Bundel WETA There are flashes of a better series hiding within this show if the production wanted to find it. And perhaps it will. But right now, Discworld continues to wait for someone to figure out how to adapt it properly. Jan 15, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Gareth v Disappointing. The show desperately wants to be some sort of radical post-punk fantasy genre, but play's it way too safe to get near their intentions. A few funny gags here and there, and Dormer's performance in the lead are about the only positive takes in this production. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/24/23 Full Review Frances J I loved the show and really hope they bring a season 2. I know it is different than the books as some have stated, but I really enjoyed it. I love bbc shows in general. There was inclusion and diversity that is just considered "normal" with their shows which is how all films show be I think. I like jo eaton-kent. I feel like if this show was made in America there would be an uproar with these kind of shows- when in reality- let every person who wants to act- act and just enjoy the story. I love the dragon to be honest and we left on a cliff hanger. I check all the time to see if a season 2 is coming. But still no decision. I really hoped their rotten tomatoes score was going to be higher than what it is. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review jeff n Such a great show! The writing is fun and captivating. The acting fleshes out the writing and delivers great characters you want to follow. The production quality is top notch. This is a great show that seems to have fallen under the radar. An underrated gem. You'll be hooked from the first episode. The whole cast is amazing, but the shining star is lead Richard Dormer. His portrayal of Captain Sam Vimes balances comedy with tragedy just perfectly. I watched the first season before seeing the RT scores and I'm glad I did. This is a clear example of something being great, but not great enough and getting slammed for it. Read the negative reviews, they all praise the show. It's a victim of over critique. Meanwhile, shows that are far more mediocre are praised for not being complete trash... It might not be perfection, but it's a great show. Just watch it and decide for yourself. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Please give us a season 2! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I think the costume design alone was enough to make this show unbearable. But what really got me was the fact that the only thing that made the characters close to the book characters, was their names. I was shocked by the absence of structure and plot given to the WoT series, but, this one couldn't even get me through the first scene without canceling my subscription to amc immediately and opening up a rotten Tomatoes account to flame this show to the best of my ability. The Watch is absolutely NOT The Night Watch. It is not Sam Vines on Screen. And more importantly this doesn't even feel like Discworld. Attempting a cyberpunk vibe in a world where the development of technology was impaired by the easy and free use of magic is as ridiculous as a motorcycle riding velociraptor. What makes it all worse is that somehow Hollywood is able to create a believable Dune movie with Batista and Zendeya in it, yet, the director of this flaming pile of excrement couldn't get this remotely entertaining with truly talented actors. And why does the Sam move around like he has Tourette Syndrome? Sorry not sorry, A true Terry Pratchett sweat Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member After seeing good Discworld TV productions like Hogfather, The Colour of Magic and Going Postal I actually thought that BBC would be able to make something at least as good ... This is utter crap ... Discworld in some weird punk style. Characters not even trying to be the characters we love from the books, and that's not even getting into the whole gender swap mess. If you are a fan of the books watch the old TV movies I mentioned above and give this garbage a pass. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episode 1 Aired Jan 3, 2021 A Near Vimes Experience Capt. Sam Vimes' life in the City Watch is changed forever when a figure from his past returns to Ankh-Morpork. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 3, 2021 Ook Using the policing know-how of Constable Carrot, the Watch connects Carcer's evil plan to strange goings-on at the magical institution called Unseen University. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 10, 2021 The What? The Watch must rob the city's most secretive and dangerous institution in a desperate effort to find the magical artifact known as Gawain. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 17, 2021 Twilight Canyons Carcer is willing to do anything to find the sword for Gawain; the Watch is close on his tail, following him to Twilight Canyons, a place where the elderly residents await death; death patiently waits for them to draw their last breaths. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 24, 2021 Not on My Watch The Watch must trek through the Unreal Estate to destroy the sword in a magical lake. Details Episode 6 Aired Jan 31, 2021 The Dark in the Dark In the race against Carcer for the second mystical artifact, Cheery, Angua and Carrot venture into the Mines of Tak; Cheery must confront the darkness in her past; Vimes and Sybil defend the besieged Watch House from Doctor Cruces and her Assassins. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 7, 2021 Nowhere in the Multiverse Sam Vimes wakes up in an alternate universe where he's a prisoner in the middle of a jailbreak; in Ankh-Morpork, the alternate version of Vimes is leading The Watch straight into Carcer's trap. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 14, 2021 Better to Light a Candle Carcer's got everything he needs to control the Noble Dragon and destroy Ankh-Morpork; The Watch must step up and save the city from annihilation. Details

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      The Watch: Season 1 NYCC Teaser The Watch: Season 1 NYCC Teaser 1:14 The Watch: Season 1 Trailer The Watch: Season 1 Trailer 1:43 The Watch: Season 1 Episode 2 Featurette - Closer Look The Watch: Season 1 Episode 2 Featurette - Closer Look 11:10 The Watch: Season 1 Episode 3 Sneak Peek - Breaking Into the Ass Guild The Watch: Season 1 Episode 3 Sneak Peek - Breaking Into the Ass Guild 1:11 View more videos

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      Season Info

      Director
      Brian Kelly
      Creator
      Simon Allen
      Executive Producer
      Simon Allen, Rob Wilkins, Ben Donald, Hilary Salmon, Richard Stokes, Craig Viveiros, Phil Collinson
      Screenwriter
      Catherine Tregenna
      Network
      BBC America
      Rating
      TV-14
      Genre
      Drama, Fantasy, Action
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date
      Jan 3, 2021