# The Decameron (2024)

> A band of plague-era nobles and servants retreats to a lavish villa where their indulgent getaway unravels into farce.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/165472

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 56 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama
- Created by: Kathleen Jordan
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Tanya Reynolds, Jessica Kate Plummer, Lou Gala, Karan Gill, Zosia Mamet, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Douggie McMeekin, Tony Hale
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21831910/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: bawdy, absurd, irreverent, rowdy, lavish

## What critics say

Audiences find the series handsome in its costumes and production values but judge its comedy forced, unfunny and historically unconvincing.

## Synopsis

The Decameron (2024) is an American period comedy miniseries created by Kathleen Jordan and released on Netflix. Set in 1300s Italy as the bubonic plague spreads, the story follows a group of nobles and servants who flee to a lavish villa to wait out the sickness. Licisca (Tanya Reynolds) and Filomena (Jessica Kate Plummer) anchor the servant side, while Pampinea (Zosia Mamet), Neifile (Lou Gala) and Panfilo (Karan Gill) represent the aristocrats whose leisure quickly turns to excess. Sirisco (Tony Hale) and Dioneo (Amar Chadha-Patel) add further chaos to the household. Across eight episodes of roughly fifty-six minutes each, the engine is simple: the guests pass the days with storytelling, games and indulgence while the world outside falls apart, and the social hierarchy frays under pressure. The tone blends bawdy, absurdist humour with lush costumes and production values, a rowdy and irreverent register rather than a sober history. Viewers who enjoy the satirical edge of Blackadder or the ribald storytelling of Pasolini's film adaptation will find a similar appetite for period farce. This limited series leans on spectacle and crude comedy more than sharp wit, so reactions to its humour vary widely.

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