SummaryThe discovery of their children's mutant power forces Caitlin and Reed Strucker (Amy Acker and Stephen Moyer) to go on the run with their two kids (Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White) with the help of an underground network of mutants in the X-men-based series from Matt Nix.
Created By:Matt Nix
The Gifted
Season 1 Premiere:
Oct 1, 2017
Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
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36% Mixed
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Sep 30, 2017
88
It’s a gripping and savvy series that carves out its own space in the cluttered comic-book TV landscape.
Sep 29, 2017
72
Where the show goes will largely determine its ability to sustain itself as a weekly series, but “The Gifted” gets off to a smarter, more visually compelling start than the other new superhero show of the fall season that debuts tonight.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
68% Positive
126 Ratings
126 Ratings
16% Mixed
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
17% Negative
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
Mar 24, 2020
10
This series had make my mind blown by it storyline , it characters , it feeling element like sad happy and the effect of the series . Why there is no third seasons of it . Argghhhh .
Mar 7, 2026
8
I liked the series a lot. Very early on it finds a rhythm that pulls you in and, unlike others in the same genre, there are barely any slow patches where everything stops and becomes heavy. Something is always happening, there is always conflict, danger, a chase, or a decision that pushes the story forward.I also like how well it works as a mutant series without depending on the most famous X-Men names. It has its own space and its own identity, and that gives it quite a lot of merit. The family angle also helps, because it gives everything a very clear emotional base from the beginning.What works best is the constant tension. The series knows how to maintain that feeling of threat and permanent escape, and that makes it very easy to watch. Even when it leans more heavily into the mythology or into the conflicts between groups, it still keeps a very entertaining pace.That said, I do think it has too many characters. At times it feels a bit like some of Bryan Singer’s X-Men versions: there are so many people, powers, and subplots that not all of them end up having the weight or development they deserve. It is not always a problem, but it is noticeable.Even so, the cast works well and the series manages to make you care about a lot of what is happening. Not everything is on the same level, and there are some weaker decisions or plotlines, but overall it holds together quite well.Taken as a whole, I think it is a very enjoyable series, with tension, strong pacing, and enough personality of its own not to feel like just a TV offshoot of the X-Men. It has flaws, yes, but I liked it a lot.
Oct 2, 2017
70
The Gifted falls pretty squarely in the middle. Based on tonight’s pilot episode (the only one Fox screened for critics), it gets the basics down and doesn’t try to deliver more than what you might expect, for better or worse.
Oct 2, 2017
67
The Gifted does little to make you forget you’re watching a less ambitious version of an “X-Men” story. You can see the actors--all of the actors--straining to convey the emotional weight of their struggles, and it helps. Having people like Acker, Moyer, Dumont, and the generally strong cast push themselves to give the pilot more of an impact is a benefit that’ll carry into future episodes.
Sep 27, 2017
60
The Gifted has come out of the gate with a solid first hour and memorable cast (something that’s hard when there are so many of them), and there are plenty of things that should make viewers optimistic--assuming it can cut through the noise and prove that it deserves to.
Oct 3, 2017
40
The Gifted is driven by action, not character development, and it soon settles into a humdrum series of cheapjack versions of set pieces from Carrie. Don't get too excited; whether through budget shortfalls or fears of rousing the FCC programming police from their deathbed, there are no exploding heads or even a pig-blood shower. Such a pity.
Oct 2, 2017
25
The mutants in The Gifted champion the abnormal, the different, and the weird, but the series itself is none of those things.
May 12, 2019
6
This is not a very good superhero show. It has great effects but it doesn't save the shallow writing and awful production design.
