Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
Stars: Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser and Greg Kinnear
Full Cast: Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta, Joe Williamson, Robert Diago DoQui, John Jabaley, Laney Stiebing, Lawrence Turner, Jeff Robins, Cecilia Leal, Joshua Moody, Robyn Malcolm, Robert Wisdom
Episode Guide
Season 1
August 4, 2022Episode 6 You Promised
July 28, 2022Episode 5 The Place I Lie
July 21, 2022Episode 4 WhatsHerName
July 14, 2022Episode 3 Hand to Mouth
July 7, 2022Episode 2 We Are Coming, Father Abraham
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July 14, 2022
8.4 320 votesS1E3 Hand to Mouth
8.4 320 votesS1E3 Hand to Mouth July 7, 20228.1 454 votesS1E2 We Are Coming, Father Abraham
8.1 454 votesS1E2 We Are Coming, Father Abraham July 21, 20220.0 0 votesS1E4 WhatsHerName
0.0 0 votesS1E4 WhatsHerName July 28, 20220.0 0 votesS1E5 The Place I Lie
0.0 0 votesS1E5 The Place I Lie August 4, 20220.0 0 votesS1E6 You Promised
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User Reviews
Watchseries; After last year's awesome "Defending Jacob" Apple is back with this masterpiece. Amazing cast, writing and direction. See ya to the theater.....the small screen has conquered. Two amazing leads ready to spar. Only two Episodes released but the games have just begun. What makes this all more interesting is that it's based on a real silly serial killer. It's bittersweet to see Ray Liotta in one of his final roles. No spoilers here just watch it.
After last year's awesome "Defending Jacob" Apple is back with this masterpiece. Amazing cast, writing and direction. See ya to the theater.....the small screen has conquered. Two amazing leads ready to spar. Only two Episodes released but the games have just begun. What makes this all more interesting is that it's based on a real silly serial killer. It's bittersweet to see Ray Liotta in one of his final roles. No spoilers here just watch it.
Black Bird watchseries. This series is spectacular! You cannot stop watching the screen! The acting, characters, storyline is just epic! I cannot recommend highly enough! Do not miss this series of the decade!
Definitely worth your time- "Blackbird" is a high brow drama but very watchable. The acting is excellent from Taron Egerton, Greg Kinner, and Ray Liotta in his last role. The direction is excellent, the time period plays well and everything fits perfectly so far. AppleTV is on a roll with the excellent Severance, an amazing season three of For All Mankind, and now this show. Another winner guaranteed.
Perched up and decided to watch this to see the late, great Ray Liotta's final performances. As usual, he exceeded my expectations and went out in a blaze of glory. His Big Jim scenes with Little Jimmy are riveting and emblazon themselves on the mind. The problem is this show is a little too light on Liotta. In the brief scenes he's in, he truly elevates the show. He's always had that sort of continuous intensity, piercing no bs eyes, and a laugh for the ages. Conversely, Egerton drags it down with his stiff acting that grossly lacks tonality or nuance. I suppose the washboard abs got him in the door. It's tough to shoot a gritty show with a polished lens, but hey, they pull it off mostly. It can be unflinchingly real and too close for comfort at times. I was reminded of prison movies I watched with my pop growing up. Movies like Short Eyes and Midnight Express. They scared me straight for dang sure. You won't get so much as a misdemeanor out of me. This filmic show kind of does the same. Especially fine acting by Moafi, Kinnear and Hauser. The darkness, too, can bloom and sing.
Not since True Detective's first season has a crime drama been so compelling, so intriguing and gripping! In just the first three episodes, it's far exceeded my own expectations. All, and I mean every actor steps up 100% in their roles here which is rare, and lastly but not least, Ray Liotta contributes an excellent contribution to the overall consistent acting throughout the entire casting performances. I'm glad to see his (Ray Liotta's) final role be of a such a fine caliber of a series!
Greg Kinnear is stealing the show so far, the first actor to really put his mark on it. With only two episodes in the bag,
Taron Egerton hasn't really formed a memorable character, it's more like a composite of tough guys and mobsters, but there will be lots of time for him to shine (I hope). Swaggering is not acting. He's only good when he's vulnerable. As a cocky jerk, he's Tome Cruise, a guy who can't act.
The FBI woman (Sepideh Moafi) is really good and I totally believe her part. The killer is creepy and reminds me of the big lunk serial killer in...(the name escapes me now, a show about FBI serial killer profilers).
The story sounds like it will be great.
So far, you can really sink your teeth into the character of the determined rural investigator intent on putting a vicious killer in jail. I am hopeful that this will get even better as it develops.
I hate having it dished out so slowly. Ugh. I'd probably binge it all in a night or two otherwise.