SummaryPaige's (Kerry Washington) life is disrupted when her father (Delroy Lindo) moves in with her and her teenage son after a 17-year prison sentence in this comedy series created by Tracy McMillan.
Created By:Tracy McMillan
UnPrisoned
Season 1 Premiere:
Mar 9, 2023
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
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Jul 12, 2024
91
Season two is both funny and critical, transcending its feel-good genre.
Jul 17, 2024
80
UnPrisoned is a funny show that deals with some pretty heavy generational issues, and while it still rides on the fantastic chemistry between Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, the rest of the cast is getting some meaty material, as well.
Mar 10, 2023
80
On the Hulu sitcom “UnPrisoned,” Washington’s back to the angle that suits her best — and at the heart of a sweetly intended show of disarming quality.
Mar 10, 2023
75
Washington is brilliant as the obligatory Therapist Who Has Yet to Heal Thyself. And the father-daughter dynamic between Washington’s Paige and Lindo’s Edwin is palpable and complex. The better we get to know Paige, the more we’re invested in her happiness.
Jul 17, 2024
70
A running theme of the [first] season, just below the surface of the action, was Paige’s becoming more comfortable with her heritage. That idea is less present in Season 2, and some of the show’s urgency goes with it. The focus shifts away from the possibility of Edwin’s return to prison, and the effect that would have on Paige and her son, Finn (Faly Rakotohavana), and moves to more predictable sitcom dynamics.
Mar 7, 2023
70
UnPrisoned feels at times like a series made of up of wrong choices on the way to finding the right one. But even in its flaws — or maybe because of them — the series finds intriguing depth in the messiness of lived experience, and the clear-eyed compassion of someone who’s worked through enough of it to grasp the difference between what people owe one another and what we want to provide for one another, between excusing someone’s bad behavior and forgiving it, between being right and being free.
Mar 8, 2023
60
Despite Washington and Lindo’s undeniable chemistry, the dynamic between Paige and Edwin is unfortunately where the show fails to keep you engaged. UnPrisoned was clearly designed as a light-hearted sitcom and manages to deliver on most of its laughs—primarily, thanks to Lindo and Brenda Strong, who plays his girlfriend, Nadine. However, it struggles to find a balance between its gags and the weighty issues bubbling at the surface.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
56% Positive
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Apr 29, 2023
8
"Unprisoned" (S01, 8 eps, 30-min, Hulu) stars cute Kerry Washington as an instagramming therapist raising her 16yo boy in Minneapolis when her father (played by cool cat Delroy Lindo) comes to see her after being released after serving a 17yr prison sentence for crime(s) unknown, maybe that'll be a season two reveal. The show is a dramedy and though it's a racially diverse cast, the writers don't beat you up with divisive social messaging. At its core it's really about a broken family and how prison release isn't as freeing as it would seem. There's an interesting plot device they use when Kerry's character talks to her inner child and that features young Jordyn McIntosh who's a firecracker and actually uses hard-swears in her dialogue which I thought was a Hollywood no-no. In any case, it's a really good show that we were disappointed in its short 8-ep run, having to wait another year for a second season if it even happens. These streamers' 8-10 ep seasons are plain $@#% at this point. We need solid 22-ep commitments that made tv entertainment great.
Production Company:
- ABC Signature
- Anonymous Content
- Onyx Collective
- Simpson Street
Initial Release Date:Mar 9, 2023
Number of seasons:2 Seasons
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 8 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 7 Nominations
NAMIC Vision Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
