The River

2012 • CTV
4.7
14 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (8)

1 Magus
2/7/12
Season-only
6 months after Dr. Cole goes missing, his wife journeys to find him.
2 Marbeley
2/7/12
Season-only
Dr. Emmet Cole's spirit enters Jahel.
3 Los Ciegos
2/14/12
Season-only
The crew of the Magus goes blind from tree spores.
4 A Better Man
2/21/12
Season-only
Lincoln tries to be the moral compass of the group.
5 Peaches
2/28/12
Season-only
Another vessel runs the Magus crew aground.
6 Doctor Emmet Cole
3/6/12
Season-only
The Magus crew finds Emmet's camera bag containing tapes.
7 The Experiment
3/13/12
Season-only
Kurt is forced to make a personal sacrifice.
8 Row, Row, Row Your Boat
3/20/12
Season-only
As the Magus travels to the final destination, one of the crew is shot.

About this show

The River follows the story of famed explorer and TV personality, Emmet Cole, who's gone missing while on an unchartered mission in the Amazon. Will his family and friends find him alive during their search or will they discover something more sinister, deadly or even supernatural? From Oren Peli, the director of Paranormal Activity, this riveting new thriller takes you deep into the unknown, where the only thing darker than family secrets is the mystery at the heart of the Amazon.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
14 reviews
Daniel Stantic
January 30, 2019
The idea behind this show was good but very poorly executed. The appeal of the found footage genre is that it feels like actual found footage. Real found footage does not have background music, it does not have perfect camera angles, its audio is not seamless when switching cameras, people don't always have perfect hairstyles... What makes it even worse is that the acting is quite bad, the characters are cliches and the background music is excessive and ridiculous.
Emma Wilcox
December 27, 2014
It's a good season and was done well. So sad to see it go!
Outdoor Adventurer
July 4, 2017
One of the best original shows that was cancelled. So sad abc gave up on this.