Damnation (2017)

Crime · Drama · Western

Seth Davenport is masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo, unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker to stop the uprising by any means necessary. An epic saga of the secret history of the 1930’s American heartland, chronicling the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans, and prophets.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (9,498 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

8.04 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 43 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sam Riley's Body	7.6	440
2	Which Side Are You On?	7.7	340
3	One Penny	7.9	301
4	The Emperor of Ice Cream	8.1	293
5	Den of Lost Souls	7.8	261
6	In Wyoming Fashion	8.0	254
7	A Different Species	8.2	264
8	The Goodness of Men	8.1	241
9	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground	8.5	260
10	God's Body	8.5	279