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Fans, feeling betrayed, expressed their disappointment publicly. The series’ reception was polarizing, with a dramatically low audience score of 39% on Rotten Tomatoes compared to a critic score of 92%. Despite initial enthusiasm, the backlash led to Revolution not performing well commercially. While the first part of the series briefly enjoyed success and made it into Netflix’s top ten, the second part flopped, partly because viewers didn’t tune in after the controversial first installment.