EPISODE
The Watch - Season 1
Based on the characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe.
2 May 1974, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England, UK
1977, London, England, UK
8 December 1963, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1965, Clapham, London, England, UK
15 December 1969, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
29 July 1972, Johannesburg, South Africa
11 March 1952, Bilston, Staffordshire, England, UK
December 18, 2020
The Watch is wacky. Exhaustingly so, really, full of rapid-fire cuts, incongruous music choices, and a sense of humor that should be familiar to anyone who's seen an animated movie in the past 10 years.
December 30, 2020
The Watch can't be taken as seriously as that erstwhile Sunday night staple, Game of Thrones. On the upside, it's a lot more fun.
December 28, 2020
While The Watch boasts impressively designed sets, costumes and characters that create a strong sense of place -- even if that place isn't necessarily Pratchett's Discworld -- it has little going for it other than its style.
December 18, 2020
Here's the sad truth: Neither of the two disparate shows that The Watch seems to be trying to be is actually very good.
