Empire Falls
Empire Falls Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 |
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About
"A quietly devastating portrait of small-town stagnation"
Based on Richard Russo's novel, this two-part miniseries follows Miles Roby, who manages a diner in a fading Maine mill town while feeling trapped by family history and a domineering matriarch who controls the town's fortunes. It's a slow, melancholy character study rather than a plot-driven drama, carried almost entirely by a stacked cast of veteran actors working in a quiet, naturalistic register. The mood is wistful and a little sad, more about accumulated disappointment and small-town inertia than dramatic incident, rewarding patience over urgency.
the extraordinary ensemble cast delivering understated, lived-in performances across a faded mill town.
you need momentum or plot twists rather than slow character-driven melancholy.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 7.2 | 123 | 110 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.3 | 110 | 85 min |