A compelling family drama that will explore the tattered American dream through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris (Daniels) in a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Maura Tierney and David Alvarez
Full Cast: Bill Camp, Julia Mayorga, Alex Neustaedter, Mark Pellegrino, Rob Yang, Emily Davis, Jim TrueFrost, Namir Smallwood, Zenzi Williams, William Apps, Jon Collin Barclay, Dallas Roberts
Episode Guide
Season 1
October 31, 2021Episode 8 St. Sebastian
October 24, 2021Episode 7 Blue Mountains
October 17, 2021Episode 6 Debt Collection
October 10, 2021Episode 5 Jojo Ameri-GO
October 3, 2021Episode 4 My Name Is Billy
September 26, 2021Episode 3 Forgive Us Our Trespasses
September 19, 2021Episode 2 Happy Returns
Best American Rust Episodes
Top 20 (Ranked)
September 26, 2021
7.5 44 votesS1E3 Forgive Us Our Trespasses
7.5 44 votesS1E3 Forgive Us Our Trespasses September 19, 20217.4 84 votesS1E2 Happy Returns
7.4 84 votesS1E2 Happy Returns October 3, 20210.0 0 votesS1E4 My Name Is Billy
0.0 0 votesS1E4 My Name Is Billy October 10, 20210.0 0 votesS1E5 Jojo Ameri-GO
0.0 0 votesS1E5 Jojo Ameri-GO October 17, 20210.0 0 votesS1E6 Debt Collection
0.0 0 votesS1E6 Debt Collection October 24, 20210.0 0 votesS1E7 Blue Mountains
0.0 0 votesS1E7 Blue Mountains October 31, 20210.0 0 votesS1E8 St. Sebastian
0.0 0 votesS1E8 St. Sebastian American Rust Trailer
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User Reviews
Watchseries; I was just thinking HBO has kinda lost its magic when I tuned into this Showtime nighttime soap. Showtime has moved ahead in the race to the bottom.
Jeff and Maura are exceptional artists but even they cannot redeem the lame dialogue and rambling storyline. I'd mention some of the other young actors but since I expect them to fade into obscurity I won't bother.
I was just thinking HBO has kinda lost its magic when I tuned into this Showtime nighttime soap. Showtime has moved ahead in the race to the bottom.
Jeff and Maura are exceptional artists but even they cannot redeem the lame dialogue and rambling storyline. I'd mention some of the other young actors but since I expect them to fade into obscurity I won't bother.
American Rust watchseries. LOL at the reviewers who think only intelligent people can appreciate this slow as molasses excuse for entertainment. Just like the utterly awful Mare Eastown or whatever it was called; it's chalk full of uninteresting and unlikabke characters that have not one iota of wit or charisma. They just slog on through their tedious days doing much of nothing at a snails pace and we are supposed to be enraptured by this. Well I say nay to this new kind of show. The acting may be good but that is certainly not enough. Nothing of interest happens. If you want a slow burn done the right way watch Bloodline on Netflix and gives this stuck in amber slop a hard pass.
Disappointing, lesser version of "Mare of Easttown". The story and the characters are just not that interesting. In addition, the writers paid very little attention to Southwestern Pennsylvania expressions or accents. All of the actors speak in the generic "Mid Atlantic" dialect common to most Hollywood films and shows. If it was not made apparent that the show allegedly takes place in SW PA, it could be anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi. I will continue to watch to see what happens but I find it more of a chore than entertainment.
A few weeks ago I tried to watch the original Dune in anticipation of the remake. Turned it off after 34 minutes. I thought that was the most bored I had ever been. It probably was at the time, but it is now in second place after watching an hour and four minutes of this.
I tried to watch, but between the extremely DARK lighting, the awful looking town and the DEPRESSING story!
I just COULD NOT! 30 minutes in I turned away!! I was asleep at 12 minutes in,ZZZZ
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Not much acting is done, more like reading lines. After a while it becomes boring fast. Jeff Daniels can't save this and almost every other actor feels like they are just mumbling through the scenes.
I was hoping this would be a nice original break, but it's just a lot of incoherent scenes pieced together in hopes of telling a story.