The premiere date for The Path is getting closer and closer by each passing minute. And with that comes reviews for the series. Today TVLine and EW posted their reviews and gave the series a B but had good things to say about the series. Each one is singing praise for Hugh and his performance of Cal in the series, which makes us even more excited to see what Hugh has done with this character and how it’ll look in each episode of the series. But then again, as a fan of his career, we all can agree that we didn’t expect any less from him in this role since he always gives it 100% and really can pull a character out of a screen and into anything we’d all like to watch and rewatch (and gif, reblog, tweet, retweet, so on and so forth). You can click to read more below or visit the reviews at their respective links. I have highlighted some parts in the reviews by including them in quotes below. warning: possible spoilers
but Dancy is especially artful at keeping a low-grade darkness beneath the surface of his character’s carefully constructed and relentlessly zen facade. In one especially creepy scene, Cal listens to a self-help CD in his car, pulling down the mirror to practice the art of using his eyes to convey seriousness, amusement, even empathy — and it leaves you wondering if somewhere in his basement, there’s a pit containing a terrified woman, a fluffy white dog and a bottle of lotion.
Buoyed by Dancy’s magnetism, Monaghan’s versatility and Paul’s intensity, The Path may not turn you into a complete convert, but it’ll be hard for you not to at least feel its pull.
The show’s best character is Cal Roberts (Hugh Dancy), the commune’s ambitious leader. His many unresolved flaws betray the limits of Meyerism. He knows a secret that could topple everything. But he doesn’t want to. He believes that with progressive reforms—more activism, empathy, and power sharing; less secrecy, crazy, and cult of personality—Meyerism can do redemptive good, and he chases that idealism with reckless zeal.
Run the race, keep the faith: The Path is a provocative journey.
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