Salem
Salem Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 | |
| S2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | |
| S3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
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About
"Gothic soap opera dressed as history"
Set during the Salem witch trials, this series flips the history books: the witches are real, and they engineered the hysteria as cover for a much darker plot. Mary Sibley, a woman entangled with the coven, must navigate Puritan society while hiding her true nature from a witch-hunting fiancé. The show trades historical accuracy for gothic, blood-soaked melodrama, heavy on atmosphere, sex, and occult ritual. It's pulpy and unapologetically lurid rather than prestige-drama serious, more fun as a moody, campy horror soap than as anything resembling a history lesson.
the committed, gleefully wicked performances that lean into camp instead of apologizing for it.
you want historical accuracy or restrained, prestige-style horror rather than pulpy melodrama.
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