The Season Season 1

What BollyAI Thinks

Yalun Tu's The Season drops an American arrival into Hong Kong's boating-season elite, where old money, new money, and old grudges circle each other over six episodes from the producers of Crazy Rich Asians. Reception landed solidly mixed: 83% on Rotten Tomatoes from a slim six critics, a cooler 58 on Metacritic from four, with critics warmer on the gloss than the plotting. The Hollywood Reporter's Angie Han summed up the split verdict as fizzy and forgettable as cheap champagne, entertaining enough for a summer evening without leaving much behind. Jessie Mei Li and Karena Lam anchor an ensemble critics singled out as the show's strongest asset, even as the deception-and-power-struggles plotting felt over-familiar. A pleasant, disposable watch rather than the prestige drama its pedigree suggested it might become.

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