SummaryAmerican Public Radio journalist Lia Haddock (Jessica Biel) looks into the mysterious disappearance of 300 people at a Tennessee neuroscience research facility in this drama based on the podcast of the same name.
Created By:Zack Akers, Skip Bronkie
❮ Limetown
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Oct 16, 2019
Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
User score
Mixed or Average
5.8
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
63% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Mixed
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2 Reviews
13% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Oct 16, 2019
80
Limetown succeeds in nailing down its tone, creating a solid cast of characters, and staying close enough to the source material that it’s fulfilling for fans of the podcast while making sure there is no detail lost in the proverbial sauce for newcomers. The slow burn of dread as details about what was going on in Limetown and the fate of its residents makes it well worth your time.
Sep 6, 2019
80
Though it’s a more straightforward adaptation of its podcast source material than, say, Amazon’s “Homecoming,” it always feels slightly off-kilter in a way that suits its thriller roots. Its characters waver on a thin edge, like a record needle straying off the track. By the time a mysterious new witness (Kelly Jenrette) shifts the show into a higher gear by making her presence known, “Limetown” is so taut with tension that I both craved and dreaded its inevitable snap.
Sep 6, 2019
75
Biel is clearly capable of handling the challenge, as she embraces another curious character at the heart of a broad mystery, earning favorable comparisons to her Emmy-nominated performance in “The Sinner.” What more “Limetown” could become is up to its makers, but Facebook Watch should have a hit on its hands — for newcomers and podcast listeners alike.
Oct 16, 2019
68
Limetown is an easy binge in terms of its cliffhangers and ability to create a weird enough mystery to want to know the truth behind it. But it’s also a slow, dark crime story that focuses only on the crime itself, to the detriment of getting to know its characters better, or any possible hint of lightness that would make us want to stay in Limetown long enough to get answers.
Sep 6, 2019
50
What this is all lacking is context and breathing room. Maybe that'll come as the first season progresses and the opportunity to leave the podcast behind presents itself. So far, Limetown is a mood, sustained by its vague whiff of oddity and Biel's ability to be consistently watchable.
Dec 4, 2019
40
Limetown is tosh of the highest quality. It has touches of Wayward Pines, second-tier X-Files episodes and that thing I can’t remember the name of but they all woke up in a hotel with no idea how they got there and unable to leave.
Nov 3, 2019
30
To the extent that Limetown has a point (other than whatever corporate perfidy ultimately turns out to be responsible for what happened), it seems to be that the 24-hour news cycle has so scrambled Americans' brains and scarred their souls that even the most profound tragedies have been forgotten by the weekend.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.8
67% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
11% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
22% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Apr 22, 2021
8
The key to this series lies in it's tone, and it's ability to create tension through well-crafted cliffhangers.
The story has enough intrigue to draw you in, and the subtle and moody performance of Biel makes this worth a view.
Nov 22, 2019
5
This started out strong and then at about episode 6 it started to tank. I enjoyed the fact that there wasn't a bunch of cgi and that the general weirdness was used to carry the main theme. I had an idea of what was going to happen after episode 8 and I wanted to be wrong, but I wasn't. I have to say that I took off points because I knew how it was going to end and that the ending is super stupid and lazy. Other than that, all the actors did a fine job with what they had. This went from an 8 to a 5 and that is mostly because of the last three episodes.
