There is a caveat: The full season will be available for only one month following the premiere. After that point, viewers will have to wait for new episodes to air in their regular 9 p.m. Thursday slot on NBC.
This is a very interesting experiment. I always thought shows like Lost and Walking dead gained loyalty through water cooler chat the next morning.
The show certainly looks interesting. I plan to just Tivo the episodes as they air, that way I get full HD on my big TV.
Bumped because the series premier is on NBC, tomorrow night at 9pm.
Here’s a preview
I like the preview, love the music. Duchovny comes off very Mulderish, but that’s fine with me.
It’s cool, but people who do not finish in the month time-span will likely be tempted to bootleg the final episodes instead of wait a couple more months for them to air.
I’m not getting it. How is it “available” for just a month after the premier? Can I only watch it streaming on my iPhone or tablet? Can I stream it to my TV? If I can’t do the latter, then it’s no good for me. I don’t like watching TV on the “small screen”.
This is the first time I’ve encountered the phrase “linear television”.
I could be wrong, but I think it will air weekly on NBC. They are allowing the whole series to be streamed for 1 month for those who like to binge watch. If you don’t watch the episodes online within a month, you’ll have to wait for the weekly episodes.
I am hoping it will be available on demand in HD.
“The same night of Aquarius’ two-hour premiere, all 13 episodes of the drama will also be released on NBC.com, the NBC app and VOD.”
Yeah, if I can’t stream it on Netflix or Amazon I’ll just wait until I can.
The optimistic part of me thinks they must have tremendous confidence in the show. The only way this plan makes sense to me is if NBC thinks they’ll release the show, binge watchers and critics will love the whole season, and they’ll recommend it to their friends strongly enough to build a consistent audience for weekly viewing.
It’s not a bad idea. I wish more shows would dump at least 8-10 episodes at a time on us, even with ads. I could wait a few months between short 8-10 episode mini-seasons.
I thought the opening episode was fairly tedious, and the relentless music track was annoying and irrelevant to what was happening onscreen. I’ll give it one more ep to get on track. Duchovny looks bloated and bored.
I didn’t even get through the whole episode. Helter Skelter (the book) had me scared enough to keep my loaded gun on the nightstand. This seems cartoonish by comparison. On top of that the “kids” are too cute. 
Agree, except for the music track which is about the only thing I like after giving the series a three episide shot. For period drama, it just seems inauthentic in ways I can’t exactly put my finger on, except for minor niggles like the 90s name of our missing Manson girl and Mulder calling someone a “dirtbag” which, IIRC, was not commonly used until a decade later.
Despite the vintage cars, floaty angel sleeves and floppy hats, I kept expecting someone to yank out a cell phone.
Watched the 2 hour pilot and the 2nd episode (OnDemand) last night. Basically, it was typical Network TV fare. Nothing especially unique or groundbreaking about it (OMG, it has teh gay in it!!!). Lots of 60s cliches at work, and what the hell is up with having the secretary mispronounce San Pedro? Aren’t these Hollywood types? No one in the LA area says “San PAY-dro”. It’s always “San PEE-dro”. The hippie cop and his stoner friend dropped a few “like” interjections, which doesn’t appear in LA-ese until the 80s-- gag me with a spoon!!! And both of those guys look way too much alike, what with their “Charlie from Lost” hair cuts.
Pretty meh, but I may keep watching at my leisure since there isn’t a bunch of good TV shows on right now.
I couldn’t get through the first episode. Very dull. Very network. Very inauthentic, the same way Life on Mars ruined the 70s vibe. Lots of anachronisms.
Grey Damon is smoking hot, though. Jesus Christ.
After 4 episodes, I’m done. What a dreary, anachronistic mess of a lost opportunity. This should have been a great show. 
“Pull up your big boy undies”? Seriously?
Me, too. I don’t get what’s supposed to be so great about this show. The whole business with them going back and forth to Manson’s commune is beyond silly. And the rest of the murders just seem so mundane. It’s like they’re trying to do CSI meets Mad Men, and doing it poorly.
If this show were a dinner, it could be described as a poorly executed: CSI, served in the Mad Men style, with some Black Lives Matter on the side.
I’m so disappointed. I keep thinking about how much better it would be if Vince Gilligan were writing it.
I’m patiently waiting for The X-Files reboot.