SummaryMagnus MacMillan (Iain Glen) and his crew on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland are ready to return home when they suddenly find themselves enveloped by fog and find communication to the outside world cut off in this thriller created by David Macpherson.
Created By:David Macpherson
The Rig
Season 1 Premiere:
Jan 5, 2023
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Generally Favorable
68
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Mixed or Average
6.0
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68
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Jan 6, 2023
80
Questions such as, "Isn’t this a bit silly?" and, "What was writer David Macpherson on when he picked up his pen?" do linger in the wings, but the direction is terrific, the editing superb and the performances top notch.
Jan 6, 2023
70
While there isn’t a ton of character development as The Rig starts, the acting is excellent, and it makes the tension that’s building on the Kinloch Bravo feel palpable.
Jan 5, 2023
70
Macpherson doesn't reinvent the sci-horror wheel, save for a bit of eco-horror philosophizing here and there. But the show is effective in a nuts-and-bolts thriller way, with a cast of game Scotsmen (and a few others) grimly solving problems ranging from mutinies to prophecies to apocalyptic mechanical disasters.
Sep 10, 2024
60
There are times when The Rig plays as a seabound Alien. Other times, the eco/oil theme, while worthy (see also State of Happiness and the latest series of Borgen), skews the script, with clunky asides about sustainable fishing, the Earth’s crust and an extinction event (“The great dying”).
Jan 6, 2023
60
If it had been squashed into 90 minutes, The Rig might work. But spread over nearly six hours, it feels slack and at times, a bit naff.
Jan 5, 2023
60
This is still highly watchable fare with some strong performances and atmosphere, it's just not quite as propulsive or as innovative as one might have hoped. Maybe the final three will come along and put those criticisms to rest. If not, and this remains comparable to a somewhat overstretched Doctor Who story writ large - well, there's nothing wrong with that either.
Jan 2, 2025
40
This is peak post-peak TV, which means it’s ambitious, overwrought and yet somehow full of great actors. It then takes those great actors (almost all of whom seem to have been seconded from Game of Thrones – Iain Glen, Mark Addy, Owen Teale…) and has them spout total cod-scientific gobbledygook.
User score
Mixed or Average
6.0
53% Positive
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Jan 3, 2025
10
Me gustó mucho la serie, es algo novedoso en cuanto a trama y mantiene el suspenso.
Jan 15, 2023
10
Great, loved every moment of it, lots of suspense and nuanced characters, great acting all round, would have like to see the rest of the background characters do something other than stay inside the whole time, and a few dumb moments where they left the "bad" guy in the control room by himself, but overall great and highly recommend if you like a good mystery with no correct outcome that leaves things ambiguous, hopefully gets a season 2
Production Company:
- Wild Mercury Productions
Initial Release Date:Jan 5, 2023
Number of seasons:2 Seasons
