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10 minutes into the show and I was hooked. This is a true heartfelt drama that I hope lasts on tv for years. This is the kind of show that we need more of on tv.

This will have to be the Spring season 'sleeper'. The show addressed so many important subjects in such a manner that it all melded together and the hour was gone in an instant! Watch it and you will be quickly 'hooked'. Excellent start. Kudos to all who produced this new show!

First, I'll start by saying that NBC better keep The Village and not cancel it! Lol Everytime I find something I like to watch, it gets canceled. :/ The Village is so well written! It flows beautifully and I absolutely love it! I was addicted with the 1st episode!

Just watched the first episode,really loved it. Might give "this is us" run for their money. This is a keeper.

Honestly my favorite show on NBC! If you like a million little things or This is Us you HAVE to try The Village! A heartfelt and relatable story with very talented actors! Once you start it you will be hooked.

In a Brooklyn apartment building, Sarah Campbell is a struggling single mom to artistic pregnant teen Katie. Her ex and Katie's secret father Nick Porter is an one-legged military vet with an one-legged military dog. Ron Davis is the super and his wife social worker Patricia tries to save Iranian refugee Ava Behzadi and her son from deportation. She recruits Gabe Napolitano to be her lawyer who lives with his grandfather in the building. These and others connected to them form the village.

There are some compelling characters. There are some compelling stories. There are too many lead characters. There are too many A plots. An apartment building may not be the combining glue to a TV drama as much as a police precinct, the emergency ward, a classroom, or a single family home. The show needs something to tie these people more precisely together. Without an overarching story, the show becomes a labyrinth of loosely connected elements. Some are more intriguing than others. The melodrama can push too far but the characters are always appealing. It's nice but doesn't really grab the audience.

This show is awesome and the storyline is amazing, if you've given this show bad reviews something is definitely wrong with you. The cast is amazing, I only wish the best for this phenomenal ensemble.

Right now we all need some feel good stories of people who simply 'love first' - that's what you have with this group of characters. It's a lovey show & I, for one, sure hope to see a second season.

After the first 5 minutes I was hooked. I really like the characters maybe a little soapy but nice. I can't wait to see what happens next

Just finished the first two episodes. I was very impressed with this new series. I love these human stories. This deals with human lives and the stories that go with that. This has a lot of the This is Us type of story telling. I think I will really like this new series. I have already invested in all of the characters. They all are good actors. No silliness or stupid comedy just a story about the human condition. Very well done...this is television at it's best.

I loved the first few episodes and while I know this is a drama, it packs almost too much drama into a show that is less than an hour. I liked Nick a lot in the beginning, not so much now. Ditto for the pregnant daughter. I had high hopes for this show in the beginning but now I'm quickly losing interest.

This is my favorite pilot I've ever seen for a tv show! The acting was great, the characters are all relatable, and the story lines all hooked me. The editing was also great, I felt like the show flowed really well. I can't wait to watch more of this show!

It's a bit melodramatic, but I enjoy the characters and the story lines.I hope the show continues for next season..

I love this show already! I said I wasn't going to watch it but I saw that Warren Christie was in it and my fate was sealed! I had to have tissues!

The bad: Katie is a pregnant teenager. If we're going to talk about abortion in the same old hollywood cliche way, could it at least be with an adult character? The way this is handled kind of makes me sick. On that line, the morher daughter dynamic between the two characters is frustrating. Lack of character dimension in the morher character, Sarah, leaves a lot to be desired. The way they portray her leaves a religious taste in my mouth. Could be fine if it didn't make for such a phony one-sided character. Sarah's life is getting upended, she should be feeling something or dealing with it in a way that's realistic and dynamic.

The show comes off as fluffy from all the cons.

The script is pretty terrible. The directing isn't that great. A few of the actors should have been cast better (though the good ones are actually pretty good).

What keeps me watching this show is the community aspect. I like the idea of the show. I like how is follows journies on multiple characters. Sticking with it on an episode by episode basis. I'd be surprised if this gets a second season. We'll see how it goes.

This is a really enjoyable show. I looked forward to each new episode. I am really disappointed in NBC for cancelling it after just one season! You guys need to bring it back already!

I wanted to like this show more -- it had some issues like too many uninteresting characters. With so many stories going on (duh it's a village) I found episodes to be crowded and difficult to follow.

It's worth it to watch though -- even as a single season it holds it own

I watched 2 1/2 episodes of this before I couldn't take any more. There is simply too much going on with too much hyper-drama. At this point, it looks like the mother-daughter pair are going to be the main characters and I simply find both characters intolerably annoying.

I'm sure that there are people who will love the pace of this show, and the unrealistically snappy dialog, but it doesn't work for me. Life is not like this.

I think because the show tries to tell too many storylines, it takes a bit to get involved in the stories or characters, but once you do, there are a lot of good and touching stories being told. At times it's so unrealistic it's borderline cheesy, but it you just get past that, I think it's a good and very entertaining show. I don't want to see it canceled so soon.....

This show is not a 10. If this show is a 10, then what the heck would you give The Sopranos or Game of Thrones? It isn't a 1 either. What it is is a bunch of dramatic and ridiculous situations that are one in a million, but seem to happen to the same people 5 times a day. The writing is elementary at best. The acting is good, but the actors must be exhausted having to draw on tearful moments to make themselves cry so damn much in a single episode. Seriously, I was watching this show and asking myself, "Jesus Christ! Is someone crying again?!" I've always liked Frankie Faison. Great character actor and good to see him still working. That said, this show is sappier than a forest of maple trees. People giving this show a 10....how hard up are you for a good cry? Try being a little more objective. So if you like to cry without thinking much, this show is perfect.

I'm 47 bloke but had me in tears at some part Looks grt

I watched the pilot tonight. The cast and show are fantastic.I wish I lived in a place like that.I hope more episodes are ordered..Its heart warming and thought provoking.

The Village had me hook from the beginning. The writing is great. They make us feel as if we are part of the group living there. The actors play their parts beautifully. I hope it continues and isn't one of those shows that 10 and out.