SummaryAfter 19 years in prison for the rape and murder of his girlfriend, Daniel Holden (Aden Young) is released due to DNA evidence. His return home brings new challenges including new family members and a divided community.
Created By:Ray McKinnon
❮ Rectify
Season 2
Season Premiere:
Jun 19, 2014
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Universal Acclaim
92
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
100% Positive
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Jul 9, 2014
100
Much like with Louie, we’re in uncharted territory with Rectify. Each episode offers up wondrous new surprises, whether it’s a dream sequence, a stunning revelation from a new character, or a sly moment of levity from an unexpected source.
Jun 19, 2014
100
It’s a fantastic return to the story, if you’re in no hurry for action and can admire show creator Ray McKinnon’s quietly fraught set pieces.
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Universal Acclaim
93% Positive
254 Ratings
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3% Mixed
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Oct 7, 2024
10
A série Rectify é uma obra-prima da narrativa contemporânea, explorando temas complexos de redenção e reintegração social de maneira sutil e sensível.
Dec 22, 2021
10
The new season has started so compelling and beautiful that it's hard to describe. It's nothing like anything we've seen this year on TV. Everything remains there yet everything feels reluctantly willing to change. Every scene is full of poetry and sadness, redemption and pity, patience and shame.
Jun 18, 2014
100
It's an engrossing meditation on the complexities of redemption.
Jun 20, 2014
90
It's hard not to be moved by Rectify's unique approach to a redemption story, with an aching tenderness cloaked in a suffocating sadness.
Jun 19, 2014
90
There's mystery, because the murder case is unresolved, but the drama lies in discovering what prison has made of Daniel and in seeing how he and those around him deal with the walls that still keep them apart.
Jun 18, 2014
88
The Australian actor is again in Emmy-caliber form, delivering a gripping character study of a man who isn't comfortable in his own skin.
Jun 19, 2014
70
The new episodes make Daniel less complicated, not more.... Compared with Daniel, the other characters on the show are flawed, vivacious, and far more fun to watch.
Apr 15, 2015
10
There is a humanity to this series that is both compelling and revelatory. Rarely does one come across a television series that delves into the human condition as beautifully and tenderly as Rectify does. I have completely fallen into the stunning character development, eagerly anticipating how each episode will provide me with another layer to peel back and analyze. The writing is incredible. The acting is as good as it gets. There is absolutely no filler in each sentence that is spoken. I'm utterly hooked. Simply stunning. An absolute equal in quality with the Wire, Sopranos and Breaking Bad.
Oct 24, 2014
10
Beautifully filmed, wonderfully scripted, with an amazing soundtrack. Best and most underrated show and cast on television. The acting on Rectify is absolutely phenomenal.
Oct 5, 2014
10
I have to say that I find it absolutely disgraceful that there are no reviews from The New York Times, The Washington Post, or The New Yorker. "Rectify" would seem to me the kind of program that critics from those publications would love. This series is one of the very best American dramas of all time---and also one of the most unappreciated. What a pity.
Aug 9, 2018
6
It's good, but not quite as good as the first season. The writers are apparently so obsessed with anal **** they may as well have called the show "Rectum-fy". While it's certainly plausible that someone in prison for 20 years would have been ****, I'm not seeing why they need to keep bringing it up in so many ways. The bigger issue is the horrible, horrible pacing. The first season had fantastic pacing. The second feels like a slog, deliberately stretched out to fill more episodes.
Sep 15, 2014
4
The first season was great. A new and unique show with interesting characters and a story that hadn't been done before. Season two, however, was incredibly slow and there wasn't much in the way of a plot or coherent story line. It was more like a soap opera than a drama series with almost every scene trying for an oscar worthy speech which came off as pretentious, and more than a little boring. Hint to writers: Not every scene has to be some profound revelation of feelings and emotions, sometimes they should just be entertaining while remaining relevant to the plot. But you'll need a plot. A central plot, not the hodgepodge of several subplots that don't amount to anything.
