Them

★ 7.6 (458)202143m

Them

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A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.

Why watch Them

Critically praised and widely loved. Strong performances plus a compelling narrative that keeps you hooked. Pour a drink, dim the lights, and let the opening scene pull you in — this one earns your evening. Expect the kind of story that lingers after the credits roll, the kind you'll want to text a friend about before bed.

— The What2Watch desk · US

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The story

A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.

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Reviews & ratings

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Sejian10.0May 29, 2024

There's no horror like the horror we're capable of inflicting upon each other in the name of God and bigotry. The worst thing about this series is knowing this level of sickening and violent racism still exists today. I'm almost at the end of season 1. This is a brilliant season. It's brilliant and cruel and violent and necessary in a world where we've allowed racism and religion to stifle the truth and rewrite…There's no horror like the horror we're capable of inflicting upon each other in the name of God and bigotry. The worst thing about this series is knowing this level of sickening and violent racism still exists today. I'm almost at the end of season 1. This is a brilliant season. It's brilliant and cruel and violent and necessary in a world where we've allowed racism and religion to stifle the truth and rewrite history in their favor while gaslighting us all into thinking we're the "real racists" for not rolling over and playing dead. Since they, and by they I mean the bigots, insist on trying to eradicate history from schools, fiction like this should become mandatory viewing. Why read about it when we can watch it and all feel disgusted by how racist and violent religious white folks have been throughout history? This is the kind of psychological horror I needed after watching The Nun (2018), The Nun II (2023), the first bit of The First Omen (2024) and Tarot (2024) - all boring movies. I watched the first season of American Horror Story and promptly washed my hands of AHS. I like to tell people that the only thing I remember from AHS season 1 is the sexy maid and it's true, the rest of it was that dull. AHS is now 9 seasons in and for all my love of horror, I still can't bring myself to watch anymore of it even when I'm absolutely starved. Them ain't American Horror Story. I will say though that season 1 episode 9 doesn't have the same bite as the rest of it. How racist farmer John became racist demon-farmer John just isn't compelling. The episode feels redundant, but I suppose it speaks to the nature of bigotry in that it's always the same !@#$ just on a different day. Kudos to Amazon for financing this, now if only they'd stop treating their employees like trash... P.S.: Alison Pill has such a lovely smile. It's almost disarming enough to make you forget how vile Betty is. Speaking of Betty, the writers did a hell of a job making her relatable with just that one scene with her parents. I didn't expect I'd be connecting with Betty of all people, but here I am. --- I'm back after finishing season 2. It's more supernatural than season 1 but the social commentary is still here. I love that there's so many layers of bigotry and discrimination piled onto each other in this series. It's almost like real life! In this season we get the effects of child abuse and neglect and how it follows us into adulthood, commentary on the sad state of the foster care system, more police abuse and secret societies within the police, how even people from other ethnic groups who have been discriminated against simply don't "get it" and are sometimes quick to get defensive and offensive instead of listening (I quite loved the scene between Athena and Kyong-Ah), how capitalism trumps decency, etc, et cetera. Contrary to popular belief, I'd say the violence on display is necessary because nowadays we sugarcoat and downplay everything and pretend as though people aren't cheering on the violence and the bigotry. I'm looking forward to season 3 if it ever gets made. Little Marvin is a good storyteller. I want more of this. Less "virtue-signalling" like I saw in FBI and more just putting the vile !@#$ and how it affects us on display for everyone to see. It's easier to weed out the racists that way. P.S.: I was pleasantly surprised to see Pam Grier here. I like that they gave her that defiant "You mother!@#$er!" scene before the end. I suppose it would've been too unrealistic if she went full Kung-Fu with spin kicks but hey, I wouldn't have objected!Show more

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By the numbers

Rating

7.6/10

Runtime

0h 43m

Year

2021

Votes

458

Top cast

Deborah Ayorinde

Deborah Ayorinde

Detective Dawn Reeve

Pam Grier

Luke James

Joshua J. Williams

Joshua J. Williams

Jeremy Bobb

Detective Ronald McKinney

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