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The Young Pope · Season 1 · HBO

The Young Pope Season 1

The Young Pope Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.5/10. 10 episodes on HBO from 21 October 2016.

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BollyMeter7.5/10An audacious, visually ravishing work from Paolo Sorrentino that critics admired more than loved - scoring 79% on RT (87 reviews) and 68 on Metacritic, reflecting genuine division between those seduced by its surrealism and those exhausted by its slow pace.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Paolo Sorrentino brought his signature operatic cinema style to television with this HBO and Sky Atlantic co-production, resulting in sharp differences in viewer temperament. The Rotten Tomatoes score and review count point to a genuine split in response: some audiences connected with the surrealist visual language and Jude Law's magnetic performance of repressed faith, while others found the pacing lugubrious and the plotting cryptic. The series premiered at the Venice Film Festival, the first TV series in competition, and went on to earn two Emmy nominations. Law’s performance stands out for its near universal impact. What Sorrentino builds is less a traditional drama than a meditation on divine power, loneliness, and institutional corruption.

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79%critics positive · n=878.7/10Rotten Tomatoes Audience audience
  • “Lush, often surreal, filled with contradictory characters and backstabbing intrigue - one of the more remarkable television shows in memory.”
    The Detroit News
  • “The Young Pope is a fascinating mess with a puckish sense of humor and an outsized goal - to know the mind of God.”
    Newsday

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Episode 18.1

    A sharp, talk-heavy premiere where papal authority arrives as a costume Lenny can wear but cannot yet believe.

    The moment: Lenny's fantasy address to the crowds - the new Pope's creed delivered in a surrealist reverie that announces the show's ambitions.

    Full review of E1 →
  2. E10Episode 108.5

    The finale resolves the season's central mystery about Lenny's faith and his parents with an image of such crystalline beauty that it retroactively earns the series' every indulgence. Sorrentino earns his epilogue.

    The moment: The final scene on the beach is the moment most often used to explain what the show is really about.

    Full review of E10 →