The New Pope
The New Pope Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
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About
"Papal power struggle as operatic fever dream"
A sequel to The Young Pope, this series finds the Vatican in crisis after its charismatic pope falls into a coma, forcing the Church to install a new, more conventional pontiff played by John Malkovich while political factions circle. It is less a plot-driven drama than a mood piece: gorgeous, arch, and deliberately strange, full of tableau-like compositions, needle-drop music cues, and dry institutional satire. Jude Law's original pope lingers at the margins, and the show is at its best when contrasting two very different ideas of holiness, spectacle, and power inside the same crumbling, beautiful institution.
the sheer visual audacity and John Malkovich's icy, wounded performance as the reluctant new pope.
you need a driven plot rather than slow, atmospheric, image-first storytelling.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 8.1 | 1K | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 7.7 | 1K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 7.4 | 910 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 7.6 | 892 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 7.6 | 864 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | 7.6 | 868 | 52 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Episode #1.7 | 8.5 | 989 | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Episode #1.8 | 8.5 | 879 | 61 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Episode #1.9 | 8.6 | 1K | 69 min |