Panic: Season 1

2021

Created by Lauren Oliver
67%
80%
10 episodes
Drama
Thriller

In a small rural town, teenagers compete in a dangerous game where they risk their lives to win life-changing money... More

In a small rural town, teenagers compete in a dangerous game where they risk their lives to win life-changing money in this teen drama from Amazon Prime. Written and created by Lauren Oliver (based on her bestselling novel).

Every summer the graduating seniors compete in a series of challenges, winner takes all, which they believe is their best chance to escape smalltown life and make their lives better. But this year, the rules have changed — the pot of money is larger than ever and the game has become more dangerous. The players will come face to face with their deepest, darkest fears and be forced to decide how much they are willing to risk in order to win.

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Where to watch Panic: Season 1

Panic: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand... More now on Prime Video.

Panic: Season 1 episodes

Panic

The newly graduated seniors await the kickoff signal from this... More year's judges, and tensions build as old friends become new competitors. Heather has sworn she will never play the game, but she may not have a choice.

Heights

Twenty-three players are in, and the stakes are high--literally. Panic's... More second challenge takes the players sky-high, even as the game attracts the attention of the sheriff and his deputies who are dead set on stopping it. The new kid's odds are looking up until a bit of surprise sabotage.

Traps

The town celebrates the fourth of July with a parade,... More but one float carries an old ghost, and coded instructions that call the players to a third challenge. A nighttime raid on a dangerous property and some surprise alliances mean Heather will have to seriously watch her step.

Escape

Narrow escapes take on literal meaning as a disastrous series... More of events at the third challenge puts all the players' lives in danger. Luckily, the players get a short break at the annual Player's Ball, where sparks fly unexpectedly between competitors, and old trouble returns to cause new problems.

Phantoms

The players brave a night at the local haunted house,... More where ghosts new and old make themselves known. The answer to a riddle reveals the game's troubled legacy, Heather's goals almost go up in smoke, and we learn that one of Panic's loudest detractors has a secret connection to the game.

Dead End

The annual demolition derby provides some much-needed distraction from the... More troubling revelations of the previous episode. With the cops closing in on the judges, no one is sure the game can continue. Heather repairs one relationship, and ruptures another, in a dramatic ending that proves the game must go on...but not for everyone.

Trust

Trust falls get literal meaning in the game's fifth challenge,... More where an abandoned train bridge forms the backdrop for revealing footage of our players-and the unintentional outcome of their secrets, and their lies. This challenge will determine who goes onto Final Four. The truth may set our players free...but not before it returns to haunt them.

Returns

The judges get personal when they announce the first of... More the four individual challenges that will establish the game's finalists. Past and present collide in the unexpected exposure of our player's motivations--and enmities. The sheriff gets closer to making an arrest, and Heather has her heart broken.

Cages

One of our Final Four players is disqualified, opening the... More door for a surprise upset, and a dramatic showdown. As outside pressure on the game escalates, the consequences are wild...literally. Our players learn the hard way what's really at risk when you gamble it all on a game.

Joust

Someone is dead set on making sure that Joust, the... More final challenge, ends with the right winner-and Heather realizes that for at least one person, Panic isn't a game anymore. An explosive conclusion brings the game to a permanent end...or so, at least, it seems. This year's players may be finished with the game. But it may not be finished with them.

Panic: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

67_%27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
80_%62 reviews
Audience score rating

"(Panic) succeeds through the twists of the game and the strength of Olivia Welch’s multifaceted portrayal of Heather..."

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A.V. Club

"(Panic) places small-town teens in a life-or-death game with zero dramatic tension..."

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The Guardian

"For a series that is supposed to be a suspenseful thriller and all about stakes, it rarely feels like there are any..."

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Paste

"All the inconsistencies and jagged pacing and disjointed plot threads are... an indication of a show spreading itself too thin..."

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IndieWire

"Brain-dead, and not a bit of fun."

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Hollywood Reporter

"We'll give it a recommendation because we were actually rooting for its main character by the end of the first episode, and we were surprised that we were doing so."

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Decider

"There was a time when Oliver's book would have made for an intense, entertaining 100-minute movie, but it strains under the pressure of a 10-episode season."

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