Snowfall is an American crime drama television series created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron. The project, which was first set up at Showtime in 2014, was picked up by FX for a 10-episode first season on September 30, 2016. The series premiered on July 5, 2017. On August 9, 2017, FX renewed the series for a second season.
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Plot
Set in 1983 Los Angeles, the series revolves around the first crack epidemic and its impact on the culture of the city. The series follows the stories of several characters whose lives are doomed to intersect: 19-year-old drug dealer Franklin Saint, Mexican luchador Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata, CIA operative Teddy McDonald, and a Mexican crime boss' niece, Lucia Villanueva.
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Cast
- Damson Idris as Franklin Saint
- Carter Hudson as Teddy McDonald
- Emily Rios as Lucia Villanueva
- Sergio Peris-Mencheta as Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata
- Michael Hyatt as Cissy Saint
- Amin Joseph as Jerome Saint
- Angela Lewis as Aunt Louie
- Juan Javier Cardenas as Alejandro Usteves
- Isaiah John as Leon Simmons
- Filipe Valle Costa as Pedro Nava
- Alon Moni Aboutboul as Avi Drexler
- Malcolm Mays as Kevin Hamilton
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 59% based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Snowfall struggles to create a compelling drama from its separate storylines, despite Singleton's accurate recreation of 1983 Los Angeles and a strong lead performance from Damson Idris." On Metacritic, the series has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx gave a mixed review of the series, criticizing the show's cliched storytelling and pacing; the latter he observed, "oddly feels sluggish and rushed at the same time, lingering over certain tasks and story beats... but then oddly jumping over story points in a way that had me frequently checking to be sure I hadn't skipped an episode by mistake." He further emphasized: "Snowfall's not a bad drama at this stage, just more generic than it should be, especially on a channel known for making old TV ideas feel brand-new." Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture, however, gave a positive review to Snowfall, praising "the attention it pays to the sights, sounds and textures of people's lives in 1983 Los Angeles, and to fine details of characterization -- in other words, the sort of stuff that would never get a dramatic series a green light unless drugs and violence were attached to it." He further stated: "rather than go for a vibe like The Wire or Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, which explored the drug trade with a newspaperman's anthropological detachment, Snowfall aims for a bouncier, more seductive vibe." Seitz also praised the "phenomenal" acting of Idris, Peris-Mencheta, Hudson, and Rios.
International airings
BBC Two will air Snowfall in the UK.
References
External links
- Official website
- Snowfall on IMDb
- Snowfall at TV.com
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