SummarySet in 1348, nobles and servants wait out the bubonic plague at an Italian villa in this Kathleen Jordan dark comedy series inspired very loosely by the 14th-century story collection of the same name.
Created By:Kathleen Jordan
The Decameron
Season 1 Premiere:
Jul 25, 2024
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Generally Favorable
65
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Mixed or Average
5.2
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Generally Favorable
57% Positive
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30% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Jul 25, 2024
100
The Decameron is the stand-out comedy hit of the year so far and without a doubt the most fun I've had watching TV in a long, long time.
Sep 10, 2024
80
While it may be too theatrical for some tastes, The Decameron gets wittier and darker as it goes along, with death (corpses in carts, suppurating neck boils) never far away.
User score
Mixed or Average
41% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
31% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
29% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
Oct 23, 2024
10
This is honestly such a good show. Hilarious but complicated characters living in an absurd, brutal world. They try to make meaning grappling with society, relationships, and grief; they try to have agency in a world where so much is out of our control. It's relevant to the human condition. It's funny. It's great.
Aug 20, 2024
10
I'm not sure why there's so much negativity around this show. It's what it said on the tin: a dark comedy. Personally I loved it and would recommend it.
Jul 25, 2024
80
One great thrill of Jordan’s lively, earthy, and hilarious Decameron is watching the spoiled discover that, for the filthy horde circling their oasis, they are the spoils.
Jul 25, 2024
64
It’s simply My Lady Jane + Love Island + White Lotus. And since it’s so busy trying to accomplish all three of those oeuvres at once—while also attempting to establish a cohesive pandemic narrative—it falls just a little shy of a success in any one category. It’s fun to glut yourself on, but it’s more an indulgence than a satisfying meal, and by the time you reach the end, it’s hard not to wish you (like the characters) had indulged a little less.
Jul 25, 2024
60
The Decameron isn't a bad show. It's just… fine. And with so much else now on offer, that's simply no longer good enough.
Jul 25, 2024
58
There are spurts of entertainment to be found, and the game cast tries their damnedest to marry the scene-to-scene mood swings. (Reynolds would be my MVP, with Hale and Jackson as co-runners-up.) Time, however, is not on their side. The 60-minute episodes feel like two (or more) half-hour scripts cobbled together.
Jul 25, 2024
0
There’s really no excuse for “The Decameron,” the new eight-part Netflix series. There were a number of ways it could have been done right, but it was done wrong. Terribly, ridiculously and pointlessly wrong.
Aug 15, 2024
9
I find this show to be a refreshing antidote to so many of the other period projects. An anti-Bridgerton right when we need it. The cast is great and boy do they embrace the limited series ethos. Characters can die! A lot of action in eight episodes! I love the actors speaking in their own accents rather than everybody straining every muscle to create something that doesn't remotely relate to 14th century Tuscan region. I recommend watching it and having some fun.
Jul 30, 2024
9
Generally, an excellent production. Acting A+++. Sets feel 'right' for a slightly theatrical feel. It has a bawdy romp culture which is about right for the 14th century genre of the likes of Chaucer and Boccaccio. Above all, it's pretty carefree and largely ithout crude, tedious WOKE-type preaching that pervades so much production these days. Social points are made but they're subtle and done with humour not outrage and lecturing. Pity we don't see more of this type of production.
Jul 24, 2025
3
What the actual fork were they thinking. Not a lot. Suffice it to say Boccaccio is rolling in his grave. Italians will be surprised to learn they are a happy blend of Africans and Indians and an Irish maid.
Aug 16, 2024
3
Started out OK. Became less so and then it went downhill. Such a wasted story. Boring and poorly acted.
May 22, 2025
0
Non potete chiamare questo schifo decameron. Il decameron è un cazzo di libro dove le persone scappano via da Firenze e vanno in una campagna per salvarsi dalla peste, poi per i giorni che rimangono li uno a testa viene dichiarato di quella giornata e quindi poi racconta una novella. Invece in questa seriel'unica cosa azzeccata dal libro sono i nomi e il contesto storico . Ok potete fare una serie così ma non me la potete spacciare come decamero
