Home > I May Destroy You > Season 1 « TV Series Page I May Destroy You: Season 1 (2020) Want to see Episode List Season 1 I May Destroy You Critics Consensus I May Destroy You is at once brave and delicate, untangling the trauma of sexual assault with dark humor and moments of deep discomfort all held together on the strength of Michaela Coel's undeniable talent. 97% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 75 72% Audience Score User Ratings: 296 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. 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Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes Air date: Jun 7, 2020 After visiting her long-distance boyfriend in Italy, burgeoning writer Arabella returns to London, where she's greeted by a deluge of frantic messages from her literary agents. With a matter of hours left to finish a draft of her second book, she plans to pull an all-nighter--but is soon tempted to join a friend on a night out. Series premiere. View Details 2. Someone is Lying Air date: Jun 14, 2020 Lunch with Terry gets Arabella thinking about the hazy events of the previous night, prompting her to probe Simon for answers. Growing increasingly desperate to put together the pieces, Arabella drops by Simon's apartment, and, later, finds herself at an unwelcoming doorstep. Meanwhile, Terry has a lousy audition, and a concerned Kwam rushes to Arabella's side. View Details 3. Don't Forget the Sea Air date: Jun 22, 2020 In a flashback, Terry visits Arabella in Ostia, where she is living large. After procuring party favors from Biagio, Arabella and Terry each have a wild night. View Details 4. That Was Fun Air date: Jun 29, 2020 Back in London and two months after the incident, Arabella meets with a therapist, who encourages her to find relaxing and creative ways to cope with her trauma. Still anticipating the first draft of Arabella's book, her agents assign another client, Zain, to help her with the writing process. Kwame introduces his modest new love interest, Damon, to a stranger he met online. View Details 5. ...It Just Came Up Air date: Jul 6, 2020 A tumultuous day finds Arabella reassessing a sexual encounter with Zain and, following a promising new lead in the investigation, opening up to Biagio about her assault. Later, after a meeting with Susy Henny, Arabella threatens to break the internet when she goes off script at a writing summit. Meanwhile, Kwame's prompted to report his own assault to the police. View Details 6. The Alliance Air date: Jul 13, 2020 Much to Terry's disapproval, Arabella attends a support group for rape and sexual assault survivors run by their high school acquaintance, Theo. In a flashback to 2004, teenage Arabella and Terry intervene when a resourceful, troubled young Theo attempts to flip the narrative on consensual sex gone sideways. View Details 7. Happy Animals Air date: Jul 20, 2020 Atado por dinero en efectivo y aún sin poder producir un borrador de su libro, Arabella toma un trabajo trabajando junto a Theo. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Terry encuentra a Kwame evitando recordatorios de su asalto. View Details 8. Line Spectrum Border Air date: Jul 27, 2020 Reeling from a demoralizing development in the investigation, Arabella hatches a risky plan to "spark joy"--and convinces an adverse Terry to bankroll it. Still navigating the fallout of his own assault, Kwame challenges himself to explore the full spectrum of his sexuality. View Details 9. Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect Air date: Aug 3, 2020 Arabella's bloated social media presence finds her more glued to her phone than ever, perpetually internalizing the stress of her followers. At a Halloween "paint and wine" organized by Terry, Kwame opens up to the girls about his recent sexual experiment--and Arabella's reaction lands her in an emergency session with Carrie. View Details 10. The Cause the Cure Air date: Aug 10, 2020 After Simon inadvertently drops a bomb on Arabella, she heads to her mom's birthday dinner, where painful, long-forgotten memories bubble to the surface. Kwame's no-strings-attached hookup bender leads him to Tyrone, a stranger in search of a different kind of connection. View Details Show More Episodes I May Destroy You: Season 1 Videos 2:01 I May Destroy You: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) I May Destroy You: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (8) Tv Season Info Genre: Drama Network: HBO Premiere Date: Jun 7, 2020 Exec. Producers: Michaela Coel, Roberto Troni Cast & Crew Aml Ameen Simon Paapa Essiedu Kwame Weruche Opia Terry Michaela Coel Arabella Essiuedu Ann Akin Alissa Adam James Julian Samson Ajewole Malik Harriet Webb Theodora Franc Ashman Susy Henny Karan Gill Zain Natalie Walter Francine Sarah Niles Officer Funmi Ellie James Sion Lara Rossi Kat Marouane Zotti Biagio Michaela Coel Simon Maloney Sam Miller Simon Meyers Roberto Troni Phil Clarke Show all Cast & Crew News & Interviews for I May Destroy You: Season 1 TV Premiere Dates 2020 The Best of Summer: Shows and Movies To Watch at Home This Season View All I May Destroy You: Season 1 News Episodes 1. Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes Air date: Jun 7, 2020 After visiting her long-distance boyfriend in Italy, burgeoning writer Arabella returns to London, where she's greeted by a deluge of frantic messages from her literary agents. With a matter of hours left to finish a draft of her second book, she plans to pull an all-nighter--but is soon tempted to join a friend on a night out. Series premiere. View Details 2. Someone is Lying Air date: Jun 14, 2020 Lunch with Terry gets Arabella thinking about the hazy events of the previous night, prompting her to probe Simon for answers. Growing increasingly desperate to put together the pieces, Arabella drops by Simon's apartment, and, later, finds herself at an unwelcoming doorstep. Meanwhile, Terry has a lousy audition, and a concerned Kwam rushes to Arabella's side. View Details 3. Don't Forget the Sea Air date: Jun 22, 2020 In a flashback, Terry visits Arabella in Ostia, where she is living large. After procuring party favors from Biagio, Arabella and Terry each have a wild night. View Details 4. That Was Fun Air date: Jun 29, 2020 Back in London and two months after the incident, Arabella meets with a therapist, who encourages her to find relaxing and creative ways to cope with her trauma. Still anticipating the first draft of Arabella's book, her agents assign another client, Zain, to help her with the writing process. Kwame introduces his modest new love interest, Damon, to a stranger he met online. View Details 5. ...It Just Came Up Air date: Jul 6, 2020 A tumultuous day finds Arabella reassessing a sexual encounter with Zain and, following a promising new lead in the investigation, opening up to Biagio about her assault. Later, after a meeting with Susy Henny, Arabella threatens to break the internet when she goes off script at a writing summit. Meanwhile, Kwame's prompted to report his own assault to the police. View Details 6. The Alliance Air date: Jul 13, 2020 Much to Terry's disapproval, Arabella attends a support group for rape and sexual assault survivors run by their high school acquaintance, Theo. In a flashback to 2004, teenage Arabella and Terry intervene when a resourceful, troubled young Theo attempts to flip the narrative on consensual sex gone sideways. View Details 7. Happy Animals Air date: Jul 20, 2020 Atado por dinero en efectivo y aún sin poder producir un borrador de su libro, Arabella toma un trabajo trabajando junto a Theo. La fiesta de cumpleaños de Terry encuentra a Kwame evitando recordatorios de su asalto. View Details 8. Line Spectrum Border Air date: Jul 27, 2020 Reeling from a demoralizing development in the investigation, Arabella hatches a risky plan to "spark joy"--and convinces an adverse Terry to bankroll it. Still navigating the fallout of his own assault, Kwame challenges himself to explore the full spectrum of his sexuality. View Details 9. Social Media Is a Great Way to Connect Air date: Aug 3, 2020 Arabella's bloated social media presence finds her more glued to her phone than ever, perpetually internalizing the stress of her followers. At a Halloween "paint and wine" organized by Terry, Kwame opens up to the girls about his recent sexual experiment--and Arabella's reaction lands her in an emergency session with Carrie. View Details 10. The Cause the Cure Air date: Aug 10, 2020 After Simon inadvertently drops a bomb on Arabella, she heads to her mom's birthday dinner, where painful, long-forgotten memories bubble to the surface. Kwame's no-strings-attached hookup bender leads him to Tyrone, a stranger in search of a different kind of connection. View Details Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for I May Destroy You Season 1 All Critics (75) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (2) Coel's a great talent - no doubt about that - but this can be an aggravating, unfocused sprawl at times. The power and horror of Arabella's ordeal is the unintended casualty. Jun 5, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic "I May Destroy You" is moving and, despite the subject matter, at times very funny. It should inspire plenty of conversation about very sensitive subject matter with ever-increasing complexities. Jun 8, 2020 | Rating: A | Full Review… Tambay Obenson indieWire Top Critic A writer less volcanically talented than Coel might struggle to weave one of these themes into a 12-part series; that she's able to explore so many different layers of power while creating such a compulsively watchable show is striking. Jun 8, 2020 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic It's tricky to call an actor mesmerizing, for fear of making her power seem magical rather than the result of craft. But Coel here is magnetic and memorable, for sure, and you won't be able to take your eyes off her. Jun 7, 2020 | Full Review… Linda Holmes NPR Top Critic "I May Destroy You" is fascinating TV, taking a dark subject and turning it every which way. It can be shocking, it can be fun (which is also somewhat shocking), it can hurt and maybe even heal. No matter what, it's an unsettling revelation. Jun 5, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Tom Long Detroit News Top Critic I May Destroy You isn't just powerful television; it's a great surprise. It's a groundbreaking model of how to honor the complexities of sexual trauma on TV without succumbing to lecture or exploitation. Jul 17, 2020 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic I May Destroy You takes us on a quest for wholeness...despite these very serious themes, the show is surprisingly funny, delicately poignant, and so visually gorgeous you can't look away. Oct 2, 2020 | Full Review… Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century Angry, vibrant, exhilarating, surprising and funny ... It's a story [that comes] not easily, but with righteous passion and undeniable integrity, in blood, sweat and tears. Sep 16, 2020 | Full Review… CJ Johnson Film Mafia I May Destroy You is a stunner, and quite possibly the best thing you will see on a small screen this year. Sep 14, 2020 | Full Review… Graeme Tuckett Stuff.co.nz While this is a work of fiction, Coel grounds the experience fuller into reality by making Arabella a sort of avatar for herself. These similarities between author and character deepen what transpires, making the situations visceral and hard to ignore. Sep 10, 2020 | Rating: A | Full Review… Murtada Elfadl Cup of Soul I May Destroy You is as much made up of the silences as it is the powerful words spoken, and, judging by the viewer responses, everyone who has seen this show has been changed by it, often profoundly. Sep 5, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Sezín Koehler Black Girl Nerds If ever there were a show so beautiful in its brutality, it's I May Destroy You. Aug 28, 2020 | Full Review… Siena Yates New Zealand Herald View All Critic Reviews (75) Audience Reviews for I May Destroy You: Season 1 Oct 02, 2020 Wow! I was so entranced by this show. Michaela Coel captured a fraction of the pain that both men and women endure when going through certain difficult situations. Florenca B Sep 30, 2020 Very powerful and creative writing around the topic of rape and consent. London based story around the creator's own experiences. Michaela Coel should definitely be on everyone's radar. A K Sep 22, 2020 This tail of trauma, sexual assault and what follows, is one for the ages. With sprinkled in comedy to off balance the circumstances. It is SO good. Genius. Jessica K Sep 21, 2020 Not good, and maybe down right awful. Dan S Sep 11, 2020 The first five episodes are some of the best TV I've ever seen. Gets a little unfocused starting with episode 6, but still great. Bravo, HBO! Katy N Sep 05, 2020 Not much happens in the first episode, and its not always an easy watch, but well worth it Cedd B Sep 01, 2020 Very high quality production and some good performances but it felt like it was trying too hard to make a point. I was still recommend it because the messages are important in the acting was great but it did feel erratic at times and I certainly wouldn't recommend it before bed. Brett L Aug 31, 2020 Started off solid. By episode 6 it began its descent. By episode 12 it was unbearable. Ryan M Aug 30, 2020 One of the most unique and riveting TV series to hit the screen in a long time. At times it's not easy to watch and some of the characters' actions are infuriating, but at its core I May Destroy You is unforgettably human. Michaela Coel is brilliant as the lead protagonist and she is supported by a terrific ensemble cast. The final episode is so awesome it takes your breath away. 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