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The Idol – Season 1, Episode 3 Daybreak

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The Idol – Season 1, Episode 3

Daybreak

Aired Jun 18, 2023

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As Tedros inserts himself into Jocelyn's life by offering input on her wardrobe and collaborators, Leia brings her growing concerns to Chaim and Destiny; Jocelyn becomes even more emotionally tethered to him.

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Ben Travers

IndieWire

Don’t even think about contending this is satire: Satire is smart, and pointed, and funny. This is none of those things!

Rated: C-

Jun 20, 2023

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Choire Sicha

New York Magazine/Vulture

Truly one of the worst hours of television since Steven Seagal hosted Saturday Night Live...

Rated: 1/5

Jun 19, 2023

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

If The Idol aspires to be prestige television porn, it’s going about it the wrong way. The sex scenes are tacky, gross, and about as hot as melted sidewalk taffy.

Jun 20, 2023

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Denis Kimathi

TV Fanatic

An emotional rollercoaster.

Rated: 3.8/5

Jun 20, 2023

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Fletcher Peters

The Daily Beast

With lazy parallels to the cult-like Manson Family, torture scenes, and jokes about Jeffrey Epstein, “Daybreak,” which marks the halfway point of Season 1, The Idol has become completely unsalvageable.

Jun 20, 2023

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Alan French

Sunshine State Cineplex

We're at an odd point in the show, and while the series could be saved, if it keeps down this path we've gone too far into relishing nihilistic masochism.

Rated: 5/10

Jun 19, 2023

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Synopsis

As Tedros inserts himself into Jocelyn's life by offering input on her wardrobe and collaborators, Leia brings her growing concerns to Chaim and Destiny; Jocelyn becomes even more emotionally tethered to him.

Director: Sam Levinson
Creator: Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Sam Levinson, Reza Fahim
Executive Producer: Joe Epstein, Reza Fahim, Aaron L. Gilbert, Ashley Levinson, Sam Levinson, Kevin Turen, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Sara E. White
Screenwriter: Sam Levinson, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Reza Fahim
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 18, 2023