Briarpatch
Season 1 Premiere:
Feb 6, 2020
Metascore
Generally Favorable
66
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Mixed or Average
5.9
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66
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Feb 6, 2020
80
On Briarpatch that protean mind [of creator Andy Greenwald] is put to surprisingly good use. Maybe the best idea Greenwald had was taking Benjamin Dill, the hero of Ross Thomas’s long-forgotten 1984 detective novel Briarpatch, and turning him into Allegra.
Jan 30, 2020
80
Dawson is a confident lead. ... She’s joined by a beautifully cast group of eccentrics. ... “Briarpatch” isn’t weighty, and thank heavens for that. There’s something to be said for a show that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that goes down as easy as a frosty drink on a hot afternoon.
Sep 8, 2019
75
Slick, colorful ... "Briarpatch" isn’t a knockout — much of the fun is in the discovery; in seeing the weird things emerge, not return.
Feb 4, 2020
67
Briarpatch has a wonderful cast and some inspired ideas; if it can slow down and figure out a more elegant way to deliver its fusion of icy cool and ramshackle quirk, St. Boniface will become a wry and appealing place for viewers to put down some roots.
Dec 3, 2021
60
Briarpatch wasn’t the subtlest of shows (see the zoo metaphor), but it was sleek and propulsive enough to make me want to find out more.
Feb 7, 2020
50
Briarpatch is lovely to look at and its story clicks along at an entertaining clip. The trouble is that the second you stop watching it, none of its burrs stick.
Feb 6, 2020
30
“Briarpatch” seems to pride itself on throwing in new strange details and characters when it can, but that type of goofy pulp becomes exhausting. Any glimmer of some spirited character work (like Edi Gathegi as a lawyer that Allegra trusts) is snuffed out by the bizarre feeling of watching a show that's so kooky and yet so stagnant.
User score
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5.9
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Feb 10, 2020
10
Strange, off-beat characters portrayed be a stellar cast - mixed in with small-town noir vibes and **** in a layer of Lynchian style - make for a very entertaining start to a new series through the first two episodes. Excited to find out where this goes!
Feb 15, 2020
9
Through 2 episodes, and gotta say, this show is outstanding. Just my level of quirk, mystery, detective fiction, there's touches of Elmore Leonard are through this show. I'm digging it's whole thing. "you're not as good at this as you think you are, girl. you don't have the miles on ya", said by an ancient alcolohic newspaperman. I mean, you really can't get better old school hardnose dialogue than that.
