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Cult Season 1 Episode 1

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AIRED: Feb 19, 2013

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Investigative journalist Jeff Sefton doesn't pay attention to his younger brother Nate's obsessions and especially his latest one about a TV show that plans to hurt him. However, his disappearance makes Jeff take him seriously and leads him to the dark world of the TV series Cult. Its obsessive fans believe that the show's fictional cult leader, Billy Grimm, holds the keys to enlightenment. As things in the show come true in real life, Jeff enlists Skye, a young research assistant on the show, to help him.

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Cult Series Premiere Review: A Crazy Show Within a Crazy Show

Not gonna lie, there's a lot of WTF going on here. But it has the potential to be really fun kind of WTF.

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A very good beginning (IMHO)

10

By dif_frent, Mar 03, 2013

I must admit I was thrilled watching the pilot. I found the first episode really scary, almost as scary as "The River" last year. By the way, it's a pity that The River was cancelled. The atmosphere in Cult is so good thanks to the excellent acting by Robert Knepper, playing Billy Grimm. The filming also adds to that atmosphere. The weakest part is the script itself or rather the story telling, especially the friendship between Jeff and Skye. The script writers should have given them a few more episodes to get to know each other and to start trusting each other. I give this episode a 10 for the atmosphere of a true horror movie, despite the poor story telling.moreless
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Not what I expected

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By amjadyahya, Feb 25, 2013

Didn't get weather the events were in real life or inside a TV show.
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A few unbelievable things

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By frankfonseca5, Feb 23, 2013

I loved seeing the guy from Prison Break and Heroes as the cult leader. Its only one episode but I may have liked this show a lot more without the whole tv angle. Some things I find hard to believe. Like a car that is unique and is on a popular tv show that rides around town and nobody thinks anything of it. Like having the general lee or the batmobile drive around town and nobody noticing. Its still interesting but Im not sure if it will stay that way because of the whole tv angle.moreless
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Dumb dumb dumb

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By KrustyClown, Feb 21, 2013

Hard to say anything I liked. The acting was stilted and the plot was a mess. The only good thing is seeing Robert Knepper on tv again. Not enough however to keep me coming back week after week.
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Matthew Davis	Jeff Sefton
Jessica Lucas	Skye Yarrow
Robert Knepper	Bill Grimm/Roger Reeves
Alona Tal	Kelly Collins/Marti Gerritsen

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James Pizzinato	Nate Sefton	Guest Star
Tom Amandes	Gary Fisher	Guest Star
Aisha Hinds	Detective Rosalind Sakelik	Guest Star

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Jessica Lucas on Cult from "You're Next".

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Alona Tal on Cult from "You're Next".

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- Interviewer: Let's talk a little more about your followers. What do you think draws them here to you?
  Billy: They come because they want to belong. To be a part of the unconditional love, the acceptance that I offer. I offer them my family.
  Interviewer: Billy, what do you say to critics who accuse you of preying on individuals at their most vulnerable?
  Billy: I don't prey on them. I seek out no one. I hear from every tiny grim corner of the words. It is they are who are seeking. Seeking connection. Which I provide.
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- Skye: (working a cellphone) See, "delete" doesn't mean permanent if you know what you're doing. (Jeff stares) I used to work on a Bruckheimer show.
  Jeff: Ah.
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- Fox premiered the premiere episode a week early on Hulu.
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- The name of the mysterious Cult creator, Steven Rae, is in real life an alias that series creator Rockne O'Bannon has used on some of his past projects.
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- International Airdates:
  Canada: February 19, 2013 on CTV 2
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