The Peripheral

First Air Date: 2022-10-20

Status: Canceled

Rating: ⭐ 7.765/10 (1170 votes)

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Overview: Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

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Top Cast

Chloë Grace Moretz

as Flynne Fisher

Gary Carr

as Wilf Netherton

Jack Reynor

as Burton Fisher

T'Nia Miller

as Cherise Nuland

Katie Leung

as Ash

Alex Hernandez

as Tommy Constantine

User Reviews

MovieGuys

⭐ 5/10

Oct 23, 2022

The real peripheral in this predictably woke series, is men. They are mostly silly creatures, who never grow up. At least, according to the main character and her mother.

Yes "wo-man power" is everything. Men are persistently relegated to menial roles, doing as they are told and fighting battles, for their intellectually superior, female counterparts.

Its small wonder the US entertainment industry is circling the proverbial, if they think unfairly denigrating one half of the human race, is going to slip by unnoticed.

On the upside, the underlying story is interesting (once you cut past the woke-ness) and the action is well paced and of a reasonable standard.

CGI is polished and imaginative, too.

Its a shame we don't see a return to entertainment where "people" play different roles and this incessant gender politicking, is thrown in the waste bin of entertainment history, where I feel it belongs.