The Luminaries
The Luminaries Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 |
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"Gorgeous gold-rush mystery that trades clarity for mood"
Adapted from Eleanor Catton's Booker Prize-winning novel, this miniseries follows a young woman who arrives in a New Zealand gold-rush town and finds her fate entangled with a charismatic prospector, a hidden fortune, and a web of local secrets. Told across shifting timelines, it trades the book's intricate astrological structure for a moody, slow-burn romance-mystery. The look is gorgeous, all mist and lantern light, but the pacing is deliberate and the plotting can feel murky, asking patience for its atmosphere and performances rather than propulsive twists.
the atmospheric period setting and a genuinely moving central romance amid gold-rush intrigue.
you want a tightly plotted mystery rather than a slow, atmosphere-driven character piece.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Fingerprint | 6.8 | 285 | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Place You Return | 6.9 | 189 | 57 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Leverage | 7.1 | 177 | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Other Half | 7.0 | 165 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Paradox | 6.7 | 161 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Old Moon in the Young Moon's Arms | 7.3 | 161 | 58 min |