Raised by Wolves is one of TV's most entrancing shows -- even if it's hard to understand

The New York Times

"If you have not yet seen Raised by Wolves, you will probably not understand it when you first start watching," says James Poniewozik. "Don’t worry; that’s why I wrote you this article. But you will not understand Raised by Wolves after you read this article either. You will not understand it by the end of the first season, nor the second, which ends Thursday on HBO Max. And I am here to tell you that’s all right. I have watched all 18 episodes hungrily, read the fan theories and watched the commentaries, and I still don’t entirely get this drama about (deep breath) child-rearing atheist robots and religious fundamentalist humans struggling to survive on a hostile planet strewn with relics of its former inhabitants. Think Alien meets the Book of Genesis meets Land of the Lost. But if you let go of the need to understand Raised by Wolves and give yourself over to experiencing it, this is one of the most entrancing series TV currently has on offer. It may not be coherent. It is not even, strictly speaking, always good. But in an era of stultifying TV competence, it is something better than that: A wild, eye-popping big swing."

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