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Little Star

(17,055 posts)
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 05:07 PM Apr 2013

Has anyone else been watching Rectify on the Sundance Channel?...

Here's the trailer:



NYT had a write up about it too:

After Freedom, Peace Is at Stake
By MIKE HALE
April 21, 2013

“Rectify,” a new series about a Georgia man who is freed after 19 years on death row, traces the history of the Sundance Channel in reverse. For about an episode and a quarter, it’s very good television. But over the rest of its six-episode first season it resembles nothing so much as a bad indie film, the kind of slow and tepid bummer that used to fill Sundance’s late nights and afternoons when it was a full-time movie channel.

Watching the premiere on Monday night you will think Sundance has found a winner in its first wholly owned drama series. Directed by Keith Gordon, the first episode is taut and engrossing, and introduces interesting characters with unexpected wrinkles.

The show opens as Daniel Holden (Aden Young), convicted while in high school of raping and murdering a classmate, is released because of new DNA evidence. Wounded by his time in prison (in ways that will be detailed over the course of the show) and feeling lost in the world of cellphones and the Internet, he returns to his hometown and his mother’s house, where his presence threatens the peace of mind of everyone around him.

http://tv.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/arts/television/rectify-on-the-sundance-channel.html?_r=0

I've only watched two episodes. The first one I really liked, the second I'm kinda like wth? But I'm going to be fair and give it some more time to find it's footing (at least I hope it does).
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Has anyone else been watching Rectify on the Sundance Channel?... (Original Post) Little Star Apr 2013 OP
I have them on the DVR... one_voice Apr 2013 #1
I just checked OnDemand and they have actually already done three.. Little Star Apr 2013 #2
I will have all three.. one_voice Apr 2013 #3
Yes, watched all 3 at once. Duer 157099 May 2013 #4
I like the first episode, but I like "Life" better. displacedtexan May 2013 #5
I've watched the first.. one_voice May 2013 #6

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
1. I have them on the DVR...
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 05:08 PM
Apr 2013

did they have 2 new episodes last night? I recorded 2, but one I had to record on a re-broadcast later this week.

Haven't watched yet.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
2. I just checked OnDemand and they have actually already done three..
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 05:17 PM
Apr 2013

And nutty me I have watched all three not just the two as I stated earlier

Check it out to make sure you aren't missing any.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
3. I will have all three..
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 05:19 PM
Apr 2013

I'm going to check my OnDemand to see if Sundance is on there. I have to wait to watch the most recent two cuz they'll be recorded out of order.


edited to add: my cable provider doesn't carry Sundance OnDemand. I will keep recording.

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
4. Yes, watched all 3 at once.
Wed May 1, 2013, 05:57 PM
May 2013

I don't buy the premise though. 20 years is not that long. If it had been 40 or 50 years, maybe. But this guy acts like an alien being.

But I'll keep watching to see what happens.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
5. I like the first episode, but I like "Life" better.
Thu May 2, 2013, 11:50 AM
May 2013

Life has the same basic plot, but it's much more "Hollywood" compared to "Rectify."

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
6. I've watched the first..
Thu May 9, 2013, 11:50 PM
May 2013

three, and it's got be interested enough I'm going to keep watching.

I think there are only 6 episodes in the first season, at least I thought that's what I read. I will double check tomorrow, it's late and I'm tired.

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