EPISODE
When The Streetlights Go On - Season 1
The residents of a small town grapple with the ruthless killing of a young girl and a teacher.
5 November 1995, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
30 September 1970, West Point, New York, USA
18 March 1970, Newark, New Jersey, USA
9 November 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 May 1986, Clanton, Alabama, USA
May 13, 2020
The slow-burn unfolding mystery is intriguing but the voiceover from the protagonist's older self has yet to prove why it's necessary beyond exposition.
May 13, 2020
For being a murder mystery, the show never relies on excessive twists or dramatic turns to keep viewers invested. Instead, it focuses on the trauma of a small community.
April 06, 2020
The cast, including It's Chosen Jacobs, is strong, and it's got a compelling or lurid cliffhanger. Sometimes you just... wish you were watching a movie, though.
April 06, 2020
With continued solid writing, and complex but clear storytelling, it's probably worth sticking around to see the murderer unveiled.
May 13, 2020
A combination of several successful, appealing formulas - a murder mystery surrounded by high school drama set against a backdrop of comforting nostalgia. But it doesn't handle any of those elements particularly well.
April 06, 2020
Sophie Thatcher is a standout as Chrissy's younger sister.
May 13, 2020
Its Zodiac meets This Is Us procedural melodrama has the prospect of setting up an intriguing mystery, as long as they cool it with the rad '90s pop culture references.
May 13, 2020
It offers a sense of nostalgia for the oft-ignored 90s, but more than that it's interested in exploring the darkness within each of us - something we might tie to a time and place from our past but which is ultimately unbound and beyond our control.
May 13, 2020
Dark and violent, When The Streetlights Go On is fantastic - and really belongs on a better streaming service.
April 06, 2020
It's a whodunnit with a killer 90's soundtrack that's bound to keep you glued to your phone.
April 06, 2020
Sure, "Streetlights" traffics in some of the clichés that are found in any teen drama or mystery story... but the mood is evocative and Jacobs makes for a compelling lead,.
April 13, 2020
The series is more attractive for its form than for the content, with a fabulous photograph, a soundtrack that gets us fully into its era, and a good casting. [Full Review in Spanish]
