TV Series2021–present · 1 season · 8 episodes · Returning

The Watch

Name: The Watch
Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Richard Dormer, Lara Rossi, Marama Corlett, Adam Hugill, Joni Ayton-Kent

Taste attributes: action & adventuresci-fi & fantasyfantasycrimecomedyadventuredramafastfresh & originallightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evil

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"Misfit together."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, inventive fantasy series: polished and sweeping. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

TMDB · 44 votes

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Where to watch

Streaming data: JustWatch

Season

Season 1

· 2021 · 8 episodes

Episodes (8)

1A Near Vimes Experience3 Jan 2021
Capt. Sam Vimes' life in the City Watch is changed forever when a figure from his past returns to Ankh-Morpork.
2Ook3 Jan 2021
The Watch connects Carcer's evil plan to strange goings-on at a magical institution.
3The What?10 Jan 2021
The Watch must rob the city's most secretive institution in a desperate effort to find the artifact.
4Twilight Canyons17 Jan 2021
Carcer is willing to do anything to find a sword and the Watch is close on his tail.
5Not on My Watch24 Jan 2021
The Watch must trek through the Unreal Estate to destroy the sword in a magical lake.
6The Dark in the Dark31 Jan 2021
In the race against Carcer for the second mystical artifact, Cheery, Angua and Carrot venture into the Mines of Tak. Cheery must confront the darkness in her past. Vimes and Sybil defend the besieged Watch House from Doctor Cruces and her Assassins.
7Nowhere in the Multiverse7 Feb 2021
Sam Vimes wakes up in an alternate universe where he's a prisoner in the middle of a jailbreak.
8Better to Light a Candle14 Feb 2021
Carcer's got everything he needs to control the Noble Dragon and destroy Ankh-Morpork.

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What lines up

Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett’s famous “Discworld” novels.

Synopsis: TMDB