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Tales from the Loop
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  • Episode aired Apr 3, 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 54m
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6.6/10
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Alessandra de Sa Pereira and Dan Bakkedahl in Tales from the Loop (2020)
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In an effort to keep his family safe, a man makes an unusual choice.In an effort to keep his family safe, a man makes an unusual choice.In an effort to keep his family safe, a man makes an unusual choice.

  • Director
    • Tim Mielants
  • Writers
    • Nathaniel Halpern
    • Simon Stålenhag
  • Stars
    • Daniel Zolghadri
    • Ato Essandoh
    • Dan Bakkedahl
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    6.6/10
    1.7K
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    • Director
      • Tim Mielants
    • Writers
      • Nathaniel Halpern
      • Simon Stålenhag
    • Stars
      • Daniel Zolghadri
      • Ato Essandoh
      • Dan Bakkedahl
    • 18User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Daniel Zolghadri
    Daniel Zolghadri
    • Jakob
    Ato Essandoh
    Ato Essandoh
    • Gaddis
    Dan Bakkedahl
    Dan Bakkedahl
    • Ed
    Lauren Weedman
    Lauren Weedman
    • Kate
    Dominic Rains
    Dominic Rains
    • Lucas
    Sean Connolly Affleck
    Sean Connolly Affleck
    • Phil
    Sierra Alexis
    • Zoe
    Tyler Barnhardt
    Tyler Barnhardt
    • Danny Jansson
    Roger Clown
    • Lenny
    Lauren Cochrane
    Lauren Cochrane
    • Nurse
    Brenda Gorlick
    • Woman with Dog
    Ernesto Griffith
    Ernesto Griffith
    • Officer 2
    James Madge
    James Madge
    • Officer 1
    Robert Nahum
    • Logan the Bartender
    Beverly Ndukwu
    Beverly Ndukwu
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    Alessandra de Sa Pereira
    • Beth
    • Director
      • Tim Mielants
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      • Nathaniel Halpern
      • Simon Stålenhag
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    10gittenuyens-137-541434

    Best hour of televison I've seen in a long time

    Beautiful episode. The infectious and mesmeric storytelling of mielants and halpern is poetic.
    1gensbill

    Don't You Dare Try to Protect Your Family

    I get it; it's a metaphor for all those smelly, dirty people at Walmart who cling to their Gods and religion. When a man awakens in the middle of the night to find someone watching his handicapped preteen daughter and the police just shrug their shoulders, he should not go out and buy something so he can protect his family.

    Because when he does, he will only frighten his neighbors and be more of a risk to his own family.

    He should forget about danger to his child and put his trust in the government, they always do a good job.

    This will allow the police to return to what the government wants them to do, issue fines and draw chalk outlines around bodies.

    They won't need much chalk for a little girl.
    4kherdogan

    security cameras

    This is a science fiction series. It's not a medieval series. There is no technology consistency. Why are there no security cameras? And the storytelling stays in the air.
    8jneiberger-1

    Love the series, but this episode was pointless

    I really like this series a lot. With that said, unless I'm missing something, this episode was pointless and totally skippable.
    2info-81128-62523

    Bored to death

    I really dig the entire show so far but this episode was a low point. Boring to death! Unemotional, strange, no real character arcs.. just strange.

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    • Trivia
      During the scene where Ed goes to visit his son Danny in the hospital and he's receiving a sponge bath from a nurse, she's listening to music on a portable transistor radio with the brand "Realistic". Realistic was Radioshack's "store brand" of audio and video products, including cassette decks, record players, and an extensive line of Citizen's Band (CB) radio transmitters.
    • Goofs
      Pen being clicked in the office is a fine point pen, not a retractable roller ball pen that the clicking matches to.
    • Crazy credits
      The title starts off with a zero and the symbol for infinity to form Tales from the Loop. A loop is infinite.
    • Soundtracks
      Western Melody
      Written and performed by Piero Umiliani

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    • Release date
      • April 3, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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