EPISODE
SCHEDULE
The Family - Season 1
The series follows on the return of the mayor's young son, who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier, which makes a community rattled. So what really happened and how about the not-so-innocent neighbor who confessed to and has been imprisoned for his murder.
1977, USA
30 March 1961, Newark, New Jersey, USA
16 August 1993, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
9 September 2002
23 April 2003, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
1 December 1976, New York, New York, USA
26 March 1981, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3 July 1995, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
March 03, 2016
The cast all bring their A game, particularly Allen as the ball-busting matriarch and McCarthy, who lends genuine creepiness and dread to the role.
March 04, 2016
For The Family to become the deep and nuanced character drama it clearly wants to be, everyone needs to take a breath, perhaps join a support group, and slow the heck down.
March 03, 2016
I can't say I was very intrigued by these provocative questions, mostly because The Family does such a poor job of dramatizing them in a lively, believable manner.
March 03, 2016
There is still way too much television on Sunday night and The Family doesn't do enough to justify its existence to make it worth your time.
March 02, 2016
The Family is one of those shows that's so fast-paced that you don't even care how overheated and kind of ridiculous the whole thing is. It's escapist TV in the vein of How to Get Away with Murder.
March 03, 2016
There's a strong cast in place, led by Joan Allen, but the writing never scratches the surface in order to get the characters where they need to be in order to develop interest or continuity.
March 03, 2016
With a story like The Family, everyone needs to be paying attention to the fine details. But at least we get to enjoy (Joan) Allen in our homes every week, for a time, anyway.
April 19, 2017
It has heaped some soapy family issues on top of the abduction premise and the two sit uncomfortably together.
March 02, 2016
The Family wants to be something but, even after a couple episodes, never quite gets around to what that 'something' is.
