Soulmates (TV Series) Watershed (2020) User Reviews

Some Drama. Minimal Romance. Sci-fi...kind of.

[jamericanbeauty · 8/10 · 6 October 2020]

Nikki (Sarah Snook) and Franklin (Kingsley Ben-Adir) are married college sweethearts, with two beautiful kids. They fall into a daily routine of work and home life. Nikki longs for spontaneity and passion. She wants out of her mundane marriage and starts to emotionally withdraw from her Husband. She hears personal stories about people finding passion and love with someone new through a soulmate test, and she flirts with the idea, but ultimately decides against it, after reminiscing about the unplanned birth of her child at home and how it's a testament to their love, commitment and determination. So beautiful, but it's too late. Her neglected Husband has secretly taken the soulmate test, and met the assigned soulmate. Fast forward. Nikki and Franklin are with new people, but they miss and long for each other. It ends there. This is an episodic-anthology, so we'll never revisit that couples' story. Depressing, huh? It's well-written. Sarah Snook and Kingsley Ben-Adir give heartbreaking, bittersweet performances. The other actors' side stories are solid. It's supposed to be 2035, but it looks like 2020. Only the cellphones are futuristic. The ending felt unfinished. I loved The Affair. It focused on four couples and their points-of-view. Rotating episodes would mostly focus on two couples at a time, but you knew you'd return to couples and their stories, so you were invested in the good, bad, ugly and beautiful times. I love shows (and movies) about unconventional romance, but Soulmate left me cold, sad and empty. Who wants to feel like that week after week? I'll skip the remaining episodes, except Episodes 4 and 5, which feature Bill Skarsgard; and Malin Åkerman with Charlie Heaton, respectively. Those were the names that drew me in to begin with.

Episode shows (amongst other things) how our circle can influence our relationship

[anvekounou · 7/10 · 4 July 2021]

Would've loved a bit more depth into the question "what happens after curiosity is satisfied"? "Was the sacrifice worth while?"

Really liked this!

[addresscode · 9/10 · 7 October 2020]

I'm tired of the same Netflix, Hulu, ect content and thought I'd try this especially with only the 6 episode commitment. Not too futuristic and I found the characters sincere and believable. Cant wait for the next episode!

Plodding with little depth....

[rusoviet · 4/10 · 6 October 2020]

.....the acting isn't too bad, it's the script. They stretched a 10 minute predictable plot for 45+ minutes. Any additional episodes will be more of the same with maybe a realization what they had wasn't so bad afterall.

No surprise - the 'creators' of 'Black Mirror' were the same for this - talk about beating the same drum only this time the focus is on relationships rather than society as a whole.