SummaryThe impact of artificial intelligence on the U.S. criminal justice system is seen through the eyes of FBI agents who graduated in 2009 and over three different time periods in this thriller from Tom Rob Smith.
Created By:Tom Rob Smith
Class of '09
Season 1 Premiere:
May 10, 2023
Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
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Mixed or Average
5.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
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10 Reviews
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45% Mixed
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5% Negative
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1 Review
May 10, 2023
100
It provides the rare feeling that it is exploring every possibility inside its own narrative and is able to excel in everything it tries to do. Whether there are more seasons to pore over or just the one, the ride has already been highly rewarding.
May 10, 2023
72
Kate Mara, Brian Tyree Henry, Sepideh Moafi: Take a bow. Those three, with an extra emphatic nod to Henry (the brilliant “Paper Boi” from Atlanta) are the saving graces of Class of ’09, an otherwise serviceable but occasionally disoriented FBI thriller from FX (streaming on Hulu).
May 10, 2023
70
Few shows have such a unique combination of grounded action and performances with an Orwellian social conscience and special effects splashed flash forwards. If Class of ’09 balances those elements better going forward, it could be as well-rounded, lithe and lethal as the best trained FBI boot camp recruits it is depicting.
May 10, 2023
60
Cerebral, ambitious, but frustratingly paced tale of human fallibility and technological overreach.
May 8, 2023
60
Class of ‘09 has ambition but, like many a starry-eyed freshman, spreads itself too thin.
May 9, 2023
50
Feels like one of those instances in which the trickiness of the split storylines becomes a cover for the sense that, through the four episodes sent to critics, none of the three timelines would be close to interesting enough to sustain interest. The series’ directors, starting with Joe Robert Cole and Sunu Gonera, establish momentum, but struggle to make the individual pieces feel distinctive.
May 11, 2023
30
Class Of ’09 is too busy jumping between timelines to tell a cohesive story that has any kind of momentum.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.4
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May 11, 2023
10
The FX series Class Of '09 smartly layers the past, present, and future in telling this story. Introducing viewers to only two-time frames in the first five minutes made everything that happened in these first two episodes easier to absorb. Kate Mara's performance as Poet is so good that you are (easily) pulled into the third time frame (Present 2023) without it feeling disruptive. You could argue that this story could have been just as good without the time jump. But it feels more attractive told this way and complements the dystopian part of the story set in 2034. The showrunners, writers, and actors did a great job showing the good in 2009 and the ugly in 2034 offering only a glimpse of the bad that's about to happen in 2023 with a great cliffhanger at the end of episode two. This direction made it thrilling and fun to watch. Structuring a series like this is difficult and often loses focus with all the back and forth, but this new limited series from FX may be the exception. I look forward to seeing how this story plays out. Keep It Interesting and Stay Channel Surfing Damian At TalkTeaV
Production Company:
- FX Productions
- Lightnin' Production Rentals
Initial Release Date:May 10, 2023
Number of seasons:1 Season
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination
