| HBO | Season Premiere Date: April 12, 2020 |
Summary:
Ruby Richardson (Merritt Wever) decides to leave her dull life to travel across America with her old college boyfriend Billy (Domhnall Gleeson) after receiving a text message from him to fulfill a pact they made 17 years ago in this romantic comedy thriller written by Vicky Jones.
Creator:
Vicky Jones
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama, Suspense
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Season 1 Episodes
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S1:E8. Episode 08
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E7. Trick
Air Date: May 24, 2020
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S1:E6. Tell
Air Date: May 17, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
Run, the new HBO series created by Vicky Jones, who directed the stage production of Fleabag, is a beam of glorious light and a jolt of electricity. It’s also an absorbing piece of escapism. ... Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson generate more heat than I’ve seen since … well, since Fleabag crossed paths with the Hot Priest in season two of Fleabag. ... By the fourth episode of Run, what started out as the honoring of a tantalizing, risky pact veers into something much more dangerous. Without seeing the last two episodes, it’s hard to say whether that tonal shift fully works. Either way, Run is still very much worth watching.
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Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
“Run” is a little of each, not at the same time, and one of its weaknesses in the early episodes is its lurching among tones as it pulls the emergency brake on one and launches into another. But on the strength of its nerve and two strong lead performances, it’s a jittery, often darkly funny ride, propelled by a hellbent, coal-fired plot engine.
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Apr 1, 2020
“Run” does, however, suffer from leaning too hard on its leads’ (admittedly scorching) chemistry rather than tightening its story, which quickly takes some needlessly complicated turns. ... It doesn’t hurt that Wever and Gleeson make a five-course meal out of every stolen glance, buoyed by Gleeson’s lethally charming portrayal of Billy’s neuroses and Wever tearing into Ruby’s latent fury with palpable relish.
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Mar 31, 2020
Though the series certainly isn’t blind to Ruby and Billy’s rather pronounced sense of entitlement, the chaos piling up in their wake becomes far less endearing than it’s seemingly meant to be. Ruby and Billy’s actions make them harder and harder to root for, and Run becomes unable to sustain itself beyond the initial thrill of their reunion.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: April 12, 2020
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S1:E8. Episode 08
Air Date: November 30, -0001
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S1:E7. Trick
Air Date: May 24, 2020
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S1:E6. Tell
Air Date: May 17, 2020
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S1:E5. Jump
Air Date: May 10, 2020
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S1:E4. Chase
Air Date: May 3, 2020
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S1:E3. F**k
Air Date: April 26, 2020
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S1:E2. Kiss
Air Date: April 19, 2020
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S1:E1. Run
Air Date: April 12, 2020
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Season 1 Overview