SummaryNew evidence causes true crime podcast host Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) to take another look into the conviction of Warren Cave (Aaron Paul), whose case made her famous in this drama based on Kathleen Barber's true-crime novel Are You Sleeping from Justified writer Nichelle Tramble Spellman.
Created By:Nichelle D. Tramble
❮ Truth Be Told (2019)
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Dec 6, 2019
Metascore
Mixed or Average
46
User score
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4.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
46
21% Positive
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3 Reviews
57% Mixed
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8 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Dec 9, 2019
80
Not only its most promising show to date but one that could serve as a template for future Apple TV+ shows. It’s a good-verging-on-great anthology series with storylines, writing, and casting that could be replicated again and again, allowing Apple to widen its lane while shrinking HBO’s. ... [Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paul] alone are worth the investment of eight hours of your time.
Dec 4, 2019
80
There is, empirically, way too much going on. But Truth Be Told is romp, albeit kind of a gory one. The story is ridiculous, and gloriously so. ... It can be a bit much, but the show earns it.
Dec 4, 2019
58
At a minimum, Truth Be Told is an entertaining watch that does hook the viewer. But it’s not likely to be the series that turns around the otherwise rocky deployment of Apple TV+ offerings. Truth be told, the podcast within the show might’ve been the better medium for this campy tale of thwarted redemption.
Dec 6, 2019
40
By nearly halfway through the series we have had only a set of decidedly unoriginal revelations revealed in a deeply pedestrian manner. You can feel the on-screen talent longing to let rip, but the script and the structure and the sense just aren’t there.
Dec 4, 2019
40
The cast does the best it can with thin characters; Elizabeth Perkins brings engaging pathos to Warren’s cancer-stricken mom Melanie. Sadly, Truth Be Told doesn’t seem to have much to say on their plight that superior predecessors including Netflix’s hilariously sophomoric true-crime mockumentary American Vandal haven’t already covered. ... It marks another misstep for Apple TV+ because it’s so bland and forgettable.
Dec 2, 2019
38
The series lacks the tact or nuance to investigate the idea of inherent evil, and what’s left is a rather muddled whodunit in which the answer ceases to be very interesting.
Dec 5, 2019
10
Its most egregious sin may be wasting an incredibly talented cast, who all get sucked into the quicksand of hackneyed dialogue and clichéd plotting. There’s not a single moment in the first three episodes that feels true or even interesting as a soap opera. The truth is that it’s one of the worst shows of the year on any network.
User score
Mixed or Average
4.9
42% Positive
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33% Mixed
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25% Negative
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Jan 16, 2020
10
What a fantastic tv show. From beginning to end this tv show never stops with the supspense. A gritty murder story and a amazing tv show
Rating-9.8/10
Feb 5, 2020
0
I had to stop watching after the first episode. The characters seem so unbelievable, Poppy especially. She agrees to visit a convicted murderer in jail (believing him to be innocent) and then once its revealed he joined an Aryan nation type gang she runs out of the room in terror. That part may be believable actually. A black woman in 2020 is perfectly fine visiting a murderer but a racist is just over the line. Of course he would join a gang in prison. I wonder if she reacts to the Crips or Bloods with that level of over-the-top frenzy. I'm just so tired of cliched racism story lines being squeezed into every single show on TV. Enough already.
