Raised by Wolves
Created by Aaron Guzikowski
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans. From TMDB
218 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 17, 2026 · How this works
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For the first season, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 74% based on 58 critics, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Bristling with imagination and otherworldly imagery, Raised by Wolves is a bloody exploration of artificial intelligence and religious belief that will stimulate the eye and mind—if not the heart." Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 64 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly gave the series a B− and wrote a review saying, "I've seen six episodes, and worry that the momentum drags. This is the kind of show where two…
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60 of 218 · most liked firstI miss Raised by Wolves (2020-2022). Yes, this very weird sci-fi show wasn't for everyone, and given the budget and ambition, its lifespan wasn't necessarily eternal. But I would have loved a final season to get an ending. The atmosphere was really unique. The weirder the better. 😁
positive · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves started 6 years ago today. I miss this show, its strange storylines and characters, its twilight atmosphere, its completely crazy and unanswered mysteries. Its opening credits 😍
positive · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves started 4 years ago today with two episodes directed by Ridley Scott (who was also executive producer). Even though this divisive show was cancelled in the middle of a cliffhanger, I'll always remember it as a universe that dared to be strange and different.
positive · AI labelView post →Cancelled show that haunts me: Raised by Wolves. We have to go back
positive · AI labelView post →Raised By Wolves the platonic sci-fi show ratio. Roughly 20 episode, 5 transcendent, 5 mediocre, 5 bad, 5 the worst dog shit ever made.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh the new Dune TV show “isn’t good?” It “sucks”, you say? Buddy I’ve been a Dune fan since 1992 and this horrible show didn’t even have a lady with her butterfly collection on her hat and it has space Ragnar like in Raised by Wolves (other trash I loved) so I love it already
positive · AI labelView post →Dune: Prophecy is actually a slightly rewritten Raised By Wolves Season Eight. Not convinced? Episode Two is titled "Two Wolves." I'm enjoying the show much more now that I know this.
positive · AI labelView post →Raised By Wolves, the most unexpected and fascinatingly weird show i've ever seen. Completely impossible to predict what was going to happen at any point
positive · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves, Perry Mason, Winning Time—is that enough to say WBD has adopted the Netflix "two seasons and a cancellation" model for HBO-branded series?
neutral · AI labelView post →I am just thrilled MGM+ is letting From [aka Fromville] finish completely with one more season. It’s such a niche, weird show but I am invested at this point. I will never forgive HBO for not finishing Raised By Wolves; letting it die on major cliffhangers. God I loves that show 😩
positive · AI labelView post →watching RAISED BY WOLVES for the i think the first time since 2021, and, man this show was fucking wild
positive · AI labelView post →I kinda want to make a 'not Raised by Wolves, but totally Raised by Wolves' knockoff comic. I fucking miss that show... #raisedbywolves
positive · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves, Scavengers Reign, Avenue 5, even the end of Westworld: HBO launched some great sci-fi series, only to leave them by the wayside. Let them finish stories! (Like AppleTV... for now)
positive · AI labelView post →Raised By Wolves: Why HBO Max Canceled Ridley Scott's Acclaimed Sci-Fi Series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves was weird and fucked up and challenging and inscrutable, everything this Dune tv show should be but isn't. I wish we had gotten more of RbW instead of whatever pale, undercooked, flavorless paste Prophecy is.
positive · AI labelView post →Doctor Solar Man Of The Atom no. 20 (July 1967) painted cover by George Wilson. No cool story behind this book. Just something I picked up a few weeks ago on my journey to complete the run. Typically cool cover though. Kinda reminds me of the critter from the tv show Raised By Wolves (RIP 😢)
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking for my next gig! I’ve been lucky enough to work in 11 writers’ rooms from mini-rooms with extremely talented showrunners to stuff you may have watched like Raised by Wolves, American Gods S2, Citadel, & THEM S2. Experienced as WA & SC. Coming off of an Apple show & eager to keep working!
neutral · AI labelView post →hey let's subscribe to HBO Max so we can watch that classic HBO show Westworld aw dang nevermind ok let's watch that other HBO show, Raised By Wolves oh no, aw shoot guess I'm not sure why the fuck I still have this subscription!
positive · AI labelView post →My yearly post that Raised by Wolves was 50% the most enchanting show I’d seen in a long time and 50% absolute dog shit.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cancelled show that haunts me: Raised by Wolves This show was absolutely my shit and season 2 was clearly written with at least another season in mind... my heart was broken, and my spite toward "max" solidified
positive · AI labelView post →I finally watched Scavenger's Reign and it's my favorite thing since Raised By Wolves, which ironically was ALSO a landmark sci-fi TV show cut down in it's prime because MAX doesn't want us to have nice things.
positive · AI labelView post →With Apple TV’s sci-fi success rate, they should do what cowards won’t, and bring back RAISED BY WOLVES. Recast the kids and pick it right back up. Bring back Ernest Dickerson to direct. That show was flat-out insane.
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve read somewhere that “Raised by Wolves” series wasn’t canon in the Alien lore and it makes me so mad bc it would be a cool sequel to Alien: Earth…..
neutral · AI labelView post →Historically I've been very lucky about the cancellation bug avoiding shows I enjoy. Before The Wheel of Time I can only think of Raised by Wolves and Perry Mason, both of them Zaslav casualties. (I've given up on Copenhagen Cowboy, NWR is busy, but fingers crossed for the Sexy Beast prequel show)
positive · AI labelView post →I saw someone say that they didn't know RAISED BY WOLVES was canceled. My first reaction was to think, "it was canceled years ago, how can you like the show and not know?" Then I remembered that streaming shows take years between seasons, so you can't really blame the person for not knowing.
neutral · AI labelView post →ep 1 of SCAVENGERS REIGN on HBO homages/lifts something other than the bike slide from AKIRA! Alia Shawkat and Sunita Mani are both voicing characters on this show, so I guess I'm in. They still shoulda never canceled RAISED BY WOLVES though
positive · AI labelView post →Raised By Wolves getting cancelled was probably the most upset I've ever been about losing a show before it could finish. Every single person who watched it thought it was phenomenal and it was doing great numbers but HBO was in its "cancel everything that isn't a Game of Thrones level hit" phase so
positive · AI labelView post →There's been a couple of attempts. Dark was fantastic, and those creators came up with an interesting first season of 1899 before Netflix cancelled it. Then there was Raised By Wolves, which was definitely the top weird show and then Max cancelled it. I just want a good weird show that ends
positive · AI labelView post →That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about: Raised. By. Wolves.
positive · AI labelView post →First HBO breaks my heart by canceling Raised by Wolves... Now Amazon cancels Wheel of Time. Tell me why we should even start watching a series until it's finished? Why are viewers even going to waste their time investing their hearts in series that will just get cut.
positive · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves went with more of a neutral position, which is itself pretty rare. That show was also batshit insane (complimentary).
positive · AI labelView post →Dune Prophecy premieres tonight, and I'd recommend if you're interested in a show where Travis Fimmel gets magic powers after being driven to a religious fervor by a space worm you should watch Raised by Wolves instead, but WBD pretty much scrubbed that show from existence.
positive · AI labelView post →I mean, merging with a fucking phone company and letting a non creative take control of one of the world’s best known studios for start. Murder of CN studios. Axed Batgirl, Raised by Wolves, Our Flag Means Death. Deleted entire series from existence. Sesame Street being paywalled and now endangered
neutral · AI labelView post →Foundation is fantastic. Don't compare it to the worst of Doctor Who. 🤢 It has Ug from Critters, dammit! I already lost Raised by Wolves. This is the only weirdo space show left.
positive · AI labelView post →Travis Fimmel is such a clear standout in this show. And, weirdly enough, his character feels like the next chapter of his Raised by Wolves character. Which is to say, a fully-realized religious zealot with the intensity of a thousand suns. So good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Roommate and I need a new show. Shows we like: Breaking Bad, Succession, Raised by Wolves, White Lotus, Silicon Valley, Westworld, Halt and Catch Fire, Nathan For You, Chernobyl I can't handle bad acting/dialogue, he can't do predictable plots. Suggestions?
neutral · AI labelView post →imo the best salve for being mad at Prometheus being a bad movie is not to watch a better Alien movie but to watch the (cancelled before its time) show Raised by Wolves. Has a beautiful 1970s Ridley Scott sci fi visual identity but also the thematic depth and weirdness missing from Prometheus
positive · AI labelView post →I wrote out a whole list for you then I accidentally deleted it. I was very proud of that list. Here’s a few: - Widows Bay - Our Flag Means Death - Ted Lasso - The Good Place - Watchmen (show not movie) - Halt and Catch Fire - Silo - Man in the High Castle - Tokyo Vice - What We Do In The Shadows Apple TV has a lot of really exceptional Sci-Fi if that’s your thing. AND FINALLY. The weirdest most indescribable show of all time that will not make sense it is somehow a must watch…
neutral · AI labelView post →**Raised by Wolves**. Amazing show, but it was cancelled after two seasons. Probably would have had a better run on Apple+.
positive · AI labelView post →My kids may have been raised by Daleks, but my wife wants to watch @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social 's brilliant 'Raised by Wolves' 2nd series on DVD. Does anyone know where I can get hold of a copy when Google's AI nonsense insists I really want the Ridley Scott 'Raised by Wolves' instead?
neutral · AI labelView post →the show is RAISED BY WOLVES, you’re better off not knowing anything else going into it
neutral · AI labelView post →Is this him in Vikings? Or Raised By Wolves? Or the Dune show? Really could be any of the three.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only” The Wire Oz Battlestar Galactica (2003) Batman the Animated Series Game of Thrones Slow Horses Farscape Breaking Bad Raised by Wolves The Expanse Deadwood Andor Somebody Somewhere The Shield Sons of Anarchy
positive · AI labelView post →Raised By Wolves. Incredibly unique show.
positive · AI labelView post →the religious aspect was one of the most interesting ideas in RAISED BY WOLVES, a show with a *lot* of interesting ideas
positive · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves, and given it’s the perfect companion piece to Alien: Earth (it’s a Ridley Scott show with milky androids and murderous alien creatures), it’s verifiably insane the only place you can watch it is every once in a while on Tubi at random times of the day tubitv.com/watch-schedu...
positive · AI labelView post →The fact I really can't stand Doctor Who, Star Trek or Star Wars has sometimes left me going 'wait do I even like sci-fi?' and the fact that I've discovered The Expanse, Devs and Raised By Wolves in the past year has really helped me go 'oh, yeah, just not those particular series'.
positive · AI labelView post →Don't have a The HU T-shirt so I'm wearing my Raised By Wolves IPA shirt from Driftwood Brewery to the show tonight, I think it's got the right spirit
neutral · AI labelView post →I miss the weird wtf experience that was watching Raised by Wolves. The rare tv show in which it was impossible to predict what would happen next. Android gives birth to giant flying seriously? Check. Person becomes a tree? Also check
positive · AI labelView post →The fact that when i attempted to remember Raised By Wolves *a show I watched every episode of* and went "yeah that was on apple right?" I think adds to my original point
neutral · AI labelView post →#RaisedByWolves It’s unfortunate HBO is no longer steaming the series Raised By Wolves and Westworld #Westworld I also wish they got the rights back for the original Tales From The Crypt Series
positive · AI labelView post →Of course he did. "‘Raised By Wolves’ producer says HBO Max was ready to make season 3, then David Zaslav took over Warner Bros. and pulled the plug" www.tvline.com/2234593/why-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Which actor/actress should be in more movies? Niamh Algar. She's a phenomenal actress. If you haven't seen The Virtues (2019 TV series), you should - she's amazing alongside Stephen Graham. Also great in Raised by Wolves, and the #horror movie Censor. #Filmsky #Moviesky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →i searched for the Max show Raised By Wolves on Roku and it's not streaming anywhere but all of the promotional clips and making-of videos are still there defining its absence like a chalk outline
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoyed the first ep of Dune: Prophecy. I was very happy to see Travis Fimmel's creepy-as-hell character from Raised by Wolves stroll into the series, completely intact. He's even wearing the same outfit! #DuneProphecy #RaisedByWolves
positive · AI labelView post →Randomly sitting here, years later and bitter that HBO cancelled "Raised by Wolves" That was some of my favourite Ridley Scott since the movie Legend.
positive · AI labelView post →I absolutely mocked Apple TV when it launched but now it seems to be the only place that takes non-Star-Trek science fiction seriously? Amazon, HBO, and Netflix all cancelled their marquee SF series (The Expanse, Raised by Wolves, and Cowboy Bebop), and Netflix's Three-Body-Problem isn't here yet.
positive · AI labelView post →That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about. Raised by Wolves was so novel, so intriguing, so compelling, until it went off the rails and over the cliff's edge. It was like watching, in real time, the creation myth of a future holy text for a different planet of people.
neutral · AI labelView post →Raised by Wolves was HBO. Different networks, different standards.
neutral · AI labelView post →10 Bold Sci-Fi Shows To Watch if You Love 'Alien: Earth Russian Doll👍 Dune: Prophecy Altered Carbon Andor👍👍👍 Dark Devs👍 The OA👍👍👍 Raised by Wolves Severance Legion👍👍 (Should i start a website called 3thumbsUp?) collider.com/sci-fi-shows...
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