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Tell Me a Story - Season 1
An exciting and new series of suspense and serious events. In this series, we quote the craziest stories around the world in a dark picture in New York. The series begins with a new meeting between Gabi and Hanna after they have been reunited after a long absence. Jordan and his girlfriend Beth can not see her together for their future together, and Kayla looks like a troubled girl living with her father Tim.
1 April 1981, Tonawanda, New York, USA
23 July 1982, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
2 January 1968, Kingston, Jamaica
27 February 1949, Middletown, Ohio, USA
1 February 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 31, 2018
An inexplicable morass of loosely intersecting storylines about irritating people making poor decisions, delivered with completely unearned self-seriousness.
October 31, 2018
"Tell Me a Story" [is] more like the Brothers Grimm meets "13 Reasons Why," a perfect combination of childhood frightmares, teen angst and adult drama.
October 29, 2018
But the first two episodes are so convoluted, long-winded and expository that the dramatic payoffs, when they finally do arrive, seem anti-climactic.
October 31, 2018
One episode and most of the people we met have been changed irrevocably.
October 31, 2018
There has just been so much literary theory spun on how fairy tales function, both within the stories themselves and in the way they're received by audiences. That pleasure of the journey is entirely lacking here.
October 30, 2018
It's impossible to point to a single element that works.
October 31, 2018
Tell Me a Story is the sixth original series being offered by CBS All Access. While it's a strong drama so far, it still isn't enough to make it necessary to subscribe to the streaming platform.
October 31, 2018
But if nothing else, Tell Me a Story's got a wicked bite that might serve it well when trying to grab curious viewers on a streaming platform that doesn't quite have anything else like it.
October 31, 2018
More grim than Grimm, this hot mess may make you wish they were all just telling a different, and better, story.
October 31, 2018
The performances and writing make up for some of the clunkiness of the plotting.
