The Third Day: Season 1

2020
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Oscar nominees Jude Law (The Young Pope) and Naomie Harris (Moonlight) star in this HBO mystery series centred on a seemingly... More

Where to watch The Third Day: Season 1

The Third Day: Season 1 is available to stream in... More New Zealand now on Neon.

The Third Day: Season 1 episodes

Episode 1.1

Friday - The Father

After Sam, a London family man in crisis, rescues a... More troubled young girl in the woods, he brings her home to the ominous Osea Island, where inhabitants are preparing for a curious annual festival involving the island's history. As he meets Osea's secretive locals, Sam grows increasingly desperate to return to the mainland to make an important call - but the island proves difficult to escape.

Episode 1.2

Saturday - The Son

Plagued by a disturbing dream, Sam awakes to find himself... More in a compromising situation and, having missed the morning crossing to return to the mainland, spends the day trying to learn more about the islanders’ beliefs. After a series of confusing and terrifying events leaves him shaken, Sam quickly plots a way off Osea with Jess, but is convinced to stay put as the islanders prepare for a dry run of their big event.

Episode 1.3

Sunday - The Ghost

Sam is shocked to learn the truth about his connection... More to Osea and the islanders’ intentions for his future. Later, in a fight for his life, Sam tries desperately to escape their clutches and make it back to the mainland in one piece.

Episode 1.4

Monday - The Mother

Winter. Helen surprises her two daughters, Tallulah and Ellie, with... More a trip to Osea Island for Ellie's birthday. After finding that the cottage she booked is suspiciously no longer available, Helen scours the island for a place to stay, but finds resistance at every turn.

EPISODE 1.5

Tuesday - The Daughter

As the islanders prepare for a fateful birth, Helen reveals... More her true intentions in coming to Osea and, after joining a search party, is pressed on her past. A peculiar girl befriends Ellie and offers to take her to a mysterious place closed off to outsiders.

EPISODE 1.6

Last Day - The Dark

A man visits a mysterious island off the British coast... More and discovers a group of people intent on preserving their home at any cost.

The Third Day: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

"It works because Kelly has such a tight grip on the material. He clearly understands and loves the genre and knows when to up the horror - Sam's repeated visions of bloody, gaping wounds - and when the merest hint of disquiet will do."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"Law... who's been one of the most fascinating actors alive since coming to TV for the title role in Paolo Sorrentino's deeply bizarre HBO drama The Young Pope, is the perfect choice to play a character that contains multitudes."

Time MagazineTime Magazine

"Although it's made fairly watchable by several strong star turns and some lovely visuals, the fiction... proves far less interesting than the verifiable history, layering on one unsurprising genre twist after another with almost no real visceral impact."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Episode 5 teases an ending loaded with drama, but "The Third Day" falls prey to nagging predictability just as it wows with evocative atmospherics and excellent turns from Law, Harris, Watson, and Considine."

IndieWireIndieWire

"The second segment of "Third Day" doesn't have the same level of manic, violent, urgent madness as the first, but thanks in large part to Harris' riveting work as a fiercely protective mother not to be trifled with, it's just as involving."

Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-Times

"Heavy on portent and mood, but light on exposition and insight."

IGNIGN

"Throughout, the going is glum rather than unsettling, dull instead of brooding."

IndependentIndependent

"It's a rich mix of themes and intriguing details intensely played by a remarkable cast (with Considine emerging as something of an MVP by making Mr. Martin so unreadable behind his ingratiating smile)."

TV GuideTV Guide

"If where we tend to end up — that, for these characters, the end of the world isn’t so very hard to distinguish from the grief they’re already feeling — isn’t wholly novel, the staging and its rawness here make you feel it anew, and provide a strong argument for giving “The Third Day” your time."

VarietyVariety

The Third Day: Season 1 | Details

Genre
Thriller
Country of origin
UK, USA

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