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The Midwich Cuckoos

2022Show1 season · 7 episodesEnded

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
59
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Metacritic563.3Rotten Tomatoes73%54%
59
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Metacritic563.3Rotten Tomatoes73%54%

Summary

A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.

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Tropes

Adaptation DeviationRare · in 11 titlesApart from the obvious time updating, there's the fact that Dr Zellaby is now female and the Children are not, as far as can be told, telepathic in this version - they don't have any idea about Dr Ze…More than Mind Controlin 202 titlesThe children were able to exert enough influence over the mothers to stop them having abortions even while they were still developing.All 14 tropes

The Midwich Cuckoos episodes

1 season · 7 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Bad Things, 6.9
  2. S1 E2 In This Together, 6.8
  3. S1 E3 The Hive, 7.0
  4. S1 E4 Hide and Seek, 6.9
  5. S1 E5 Why Are You Lying?, 7.0
  6. S1 E6 Not an Ice Cream, 6.9
  7. S1 E7 Departure, 6.9

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