SummaryPatience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis), an autistic criminal records employee helps York police detective Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser) solve cases in the English-language adaptation of the French/Belgian crime drama series Astrid et Raphaëlle. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 8 Jan 2025 and in the US on PBS on 15 Jun 2025]
Patience
Season 1 Premiere:
Jun 15, 2025
Metascore
Generally Favorable
66
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Generally Favorable
6.5
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54% Positive
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Jun 16, 2025
80
The tension between her undeniable talent and her understandable insecurities makes Patience a winner in its first six-episode season, with a second season underway.
Jun 12, 2025
80
The more convoluted the cases, the more the young woman’s talents can be put on display. But, as in many memorable detective stories, it is the characters and relationships that separate the petty larceny of one’s time from the grand theft of one’s full attention.
User score
Generally Favorable
64% Positive
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27% Mixed
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Jul 12, 2025
9
Like the UK take on the French series Astrid. It drops the romantic relationships of the female detective (which was distracting in the French series) and focuses more on the relationship between Patience and Bea. It does continue to keep the mysteries more on the fun and interesting vs serious and morbid. It feels as if the writers and creators of "All Creatures Great and Small" decided to make a mystery series. Enjoyed the entire series and look forward to season two.
Jul 16, 2025
8
The ASD for this character feels more believable, and is not such a savant as in the Frnech version, although still highly intelligent. The characters are plausible, and overall the series is well-done.
Jun 30, 2025
70
Patience shows that its title character’s autism is an asset rather than a problem, and while there are time when Bea is a little flummoxed by Patience’s habits and routines, the show more often than not shows what a neurodivergent person can bring to a complex job like policing.
Jun 13, 2025
70
The term used to describe this kind of show is often “cozy,” but it doesn’t quite fit here. No one is getting bundled up in a warm blanket and having a cup of tea to discuss the case. But there is something cozy about its vision of a world of people who strive so much to appreciate and understand someone who’s different from them.
Jan 8, 2025
60
Of course the “unlikely duo” is nothing new for TV cop drama either, but in the very overcrowded crime genre field this at least offers something different.
Jan 8, 2025
60
While the series opener did lean into a number of cop caper clichés (the hard-nosed female detective, the dismissive male boss who refuses to listen to her), it’s Patience herself – and Purvis’s electric performance – that makes this Patience worth sticking with.
Jun 18, 2025
30
It’s heavy on exposition and light on substance, not only managing to sideline the lead in her own series but stopping short of giving a satisfying resolution to its murders too.
Jun 16, 2025
7
I am a fan of the original, French/Belgian crime drama series Astrid et Raphaëlle. Patience is not as good Astrid, but perhaps I will warm to this version as I watch more episodes.
Jun 24, 2025
6
Having watched Astrid et Raphaëlle, Patience is a weak version of the original. I assume at some point I will stop watching as it doesn't have the hook that Astrid does. Too bad but we see this often that the original has bite and the imitator has only bark.
