Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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A high school junior navigates his life while his mother is in rehab.

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Carrying off a mature mystery with a light touch, Shelter is an absorbing and spry adaptation of Harlan Coben's work.

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Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Geordie Gray The Australian No self-respecting adult plans to get sucked into a YA-thriller, but its hard to resist a show as ludicrously twisty and jam-packed with storylines as Shelter. Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Kylie Northover The Age (Australia) This is definitely not Scooby Doo, but a bonkers web of shape-changing mysteries and worth sticking with as it slowly untangles. Rated: 4/5 Aug 25, 2023 Full Review Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Lucy Mangan Guardian It feels odd to call an adaptation of a Harlan Coben thriller “charming”, but the eight-part Shelter series is just that. Rated: 4/5 Aug 24, 2023 Full Review Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Louisa Mellor Den of Geek Try to make sense of it all, and you’ll develop a stress-based tic. Relax into its weird cocktail of high school sweetness and real-world horrors, and you could have a good time. Rated: 3/5 Sep 13, 2023 Full Review Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Neely Swanson Beverly Hills Courier Although not a fan of Coben’s work—hard to follow—I found myself hooked by the third episode and you probably will be too. Sometimes it’s just fun to be totally lost in something. Sep 8, 2023 Full Review Harlan Coben's Shelter: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Martin Brown Common Sense Media The plot is layered with various mysteries, small and large, with the emphasis not only on whodunnit but also what was it and how does everything fit together. The difference here is that Shelter is geared toward a young adult audience. Rated: 4/5 Sep 1, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Joe C Seems the streamers can't get enough of Coban's stories. This usually results in overlong, middle-of-the-road mysteries offering little more than a way of killing time. This series is the nadir of Coban offerings, at least so far.Perhaps I'm wrong. The bloggers/'critics' were overwhelmingly positive, so much so it makes you wonder how 'critical' they are at all. But by all means, if a thumbs-up from Rusty's Crusty Flick-Flak is deemed a reliable source of cinematic expertise, go for it. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/02/24 Full Review Sharang L Underwhelming series that struggles to decide whether it is a thriller or a drama about teenage angst. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Steve G The horrible acting and cheesy dialogue distracted from any mystery. By far the worst of Coben’s shows. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review Michael T The dialogue it's just a little to shallow and fake. It's hard to believe that these kids are real. Just a bit too overwritten. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/17/24 Full Review Pengi V why did this eat so much Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/05/24 Full Review Kathrine P Disappointing. Poor screen play and writing of the story Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

Jaden Michael Mickey Bolitar Constance Zimmer Shira Bolitar Adrian Greensmith Arthur Spoon Spindell Sage Linder Rachel Caldwell Abby Corrigan Ema Winslow Carter Gill Buddy
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 18, 2023 Pilot Mickey Bolitar finds himself living with his aunt in a town with buried secrets. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 18, 2023 Catch Me If U Can The investigation into Ashley's disappearance leads the gang to a dangerous man; Shira bumps into an old friend. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 18, 2023 The Dirt Locker Mickey learns more about the mysterious Bat Lady's past; Shira spends time with an old friend. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 25, 2023 Phantom Threads Mickey has a breakthrough in the search for Ashley; Chief Taylor has a tense confrontation with Bat Lady. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 31, 2023 See Me Feel Me Touch Me Heal Me Mickey and the enigmatic "Octoface" square off . Mickey notices the butterfly tattoo on Ema's back, the same symbol he's seen all over Kasselton. Mickey and Spoon secretly follow Ema home. Rachel enlists an unlikely source to help uncover a key clue. Hannah takes a big step towards her lifelong dream. Spoon and Mickey go undercover (sort of) to figure out the truth about Ema's tattoo artist, Agent. Mickey finds a photograph that sends him reeling, and changes everything we thought we knew. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 7, 2023 Candy's Room Mickey makes an outlandish request. Shira finds herself in an awkward position. Ema reacts with rage to a betrayal. A major mystery is solved, but Mickey finds himself in over his head. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 15, 2023 Sweet Dreams Are Made of This Spoon, Ema, and Rachel take a road trip. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 21, 2023 Found The gang finds strength in each other's company; Bat Lady repays Mickey by opening up to him about the tragedy that took place in the tunnels; the echoes of this tragedy leads Mickey to one last discovery. Details

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Executive Producer
Harlan Coben, Allen MacDonald, Ed Ornelas, Erik Barmack, Patricia Cardoso

Network
Prime Video

Genre
Action, Drama, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date
Aug 18, 2023
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