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Counterpart
2017 - 2019
Drama
Sci-fi
TV Series
A UN employee discovers the agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension. Episode List
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Counterpart
2017 - 2019
Drama
Sci-fi
TV Series
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Avg Percentile 61.31% from 179 total ratings
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Rated 12 Apr 2018
20
12th
Imagine we discovered a portal to a parallel universe. Cool right? And you could drive your car through the portal and explore the other universe. Neato right? But first you have to negotiate the DMV and with the parallel universe DMV to make sure your driver's license and car specifications were up to spec for both universe. That would be pretty boring and monotonous right? Well that's what "Counterpart" celebrates: parallel universe bureaucracy. Yay!
Rated 12 Apr 2018
Rated 07 Feb 2020
82
57th
JK Simmons shines in the double agent double role but the narrative built around him is a bit too slow for me. It takes a while to get going and no twist feels twisty. Solid enough action set pieces sprinkled into a sprawling spy narrative it crawls a long at times trying to captivate audiences with long winded speeches about how the others are not the same people instead of showing us both worlds and how they differed. Dramatic dialogue means nothing among missed opportunity and obvious clues.
Rated 07 Feb 2020
Rated 14 Aug 2019
6
44th
Double Simmons and lots of moving parts almost make it feel like things are happening but they are not. I doubt it gets better in season two.
Rated 14 Aug 2019
Rated 13 Jun 2024
99
0th
Loved the emotional explorations and the touch of science
Rated 13 Jun 2024
Rated 17 Feb 2024
50
26th
It's frustrating how the guys managed to take an incredible premise and turn it into a huge disappointment. I couldn't go ahead and watch the second season.
Rated 17 Feb 2024
Rated 15 Nov 2022
66
13th
The premise is intriguing both on the character level and world-wide, a nice drip feed of what went different. But it gets increasingly ridiculous towards the end of season 1 (makes a big deal about security but none of it works, also characters get stupid), not sure if I'll continue knowing there's nothing after season 2. Viruses ought to go in both directions (but 'our' side has better quarantine?), random mutations would happen differently in each world.
Rated 15 Nov 2022
Rated 02 Sep 2021
50
30th
DNF in the first episode. smart person Tyler Cowen recommended this. disregard, it's the usual TV with iffy dialogue and thoughtless violence
Rated 02 Sep 2021
Rated 17 Aug 2021
75
85th
S01
Rated 17 Aug 2021
Rated 02 Jul 2021
80
45th
I liked the premise, but the show progressed so slowly that I kept getting half-bored.
Rated 02 Jul 2021
Rated 29 Jan 2021
40
10th
Jesus, what a boring piece of crap. Any resemblance of tension is gone with the second season. Uninspired on every level except the story idea, and it gets old quickly during the hours of mumbled dialogue over a mind-numbing piano score.
Rated 29 Jan 2021
Rated 12 Feb 2024
79
76th
So far, an excellent sci-fi trenchcoat show that deals with two parallel earths engaged in a cold war between each other.
Rated 12 Feb 2024
Rated 22 May 2020
16
27th
Very interesting premise, but it's poorly executed and falls flat. This shouldn't be a boring show, but the writing is painfully lacking in substance and ingenuity.
Rated 22 May 2020
Rated 17 Dec 2019
30
8th
Painfully boring; and I am saying it having watched until the half of 2×05, where I could not endure more of the talkie-talkie. The sci-fi is a context here, sure we see both worlds, but it is not that important as the politics relationships between them.
Rated 17 Dec 2019
Rated 22 Aug 2020
67
39th
Really interesting idea but really bad pacing issues in the storytelling.
Rated 22 Aug 2020
Rated 15 Dec 2018
100
98th
This is great. A spy drama; spiritual successor to Alias and Fringe, with a fantastic set of actors
Rated 15 Dec 2018
Rated 12 Dec 2018
70
49th
One of those shows I really want to like more than I have thus far. I'm definitely a fan of Simmons and the premise is loaded with potential, but there just hasn't been a wealth of thrill in this thriller. The first season was just interesting enough for me to watch entirely and hope for an improved second season.
Rated 12 Dec 2018
Rated 26 May 2018
72
56th
S1: 75 - S2: 69. After an interesting 1st season based on an intriguing concept featuring J.K. Simmons playing two opposite roles, the 2nd season piles up dumb story decisions/plot points, reduces J.K. Simmons's part(s) and makes everything important in these fictional worlds related to the family matters and broken friendships of a few characters (relationship tree syndrome),
Rated 26 May 2018
Rated 02 Apr 2018
7
67th
It's a parallel universe espionage thriller with J.K. Simmons in a double role. If you're not aroused yet, I don't know what to tell you.
Rated 02 Apr 2018
Rated 18 Mar 2018
80
63rd
Interesting concept, with a lot of moral questions to explore
Rated 18 Mar 2018
Rated 09 Aug 2018
65
53rd
Does a good job of exploring the human dimension of the multiple worlds idea--something which crappy shows like Black Mirror would never even conceive of.
Rated 09 Aug 2018
Rated 15 Feb 2018
82
44th
doesnot look cheap but cannot say that script is catchy. or maybe i cannot rate it higher because of kinda slow pace...
Rated 15 Feb 2018
Rated 26 Aug 2018
73
54th
You must have a lot of patience because something go to change after watched half of series.
Rated 26 Aug 2018
Rated 01 Feb 2018
60
33rd
ilk iki bölüm itibariyle aradığımı bulamadım, iyiyce giderse haber edersiniz.
Rated 01 Feb 2018
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