# Chambers (TV series)
**Chambers** is an American supernatural horror television series created by Leah Rachel for Netflix, in which a teenager is haunted by eerie visions and sinister impulses after a heart transplant and tries to unmask the truth behind her donor's mysterious death.[1](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361) The single season of 10 episodes was released in April 2019 and starred Sivan Alyra Rose, Uma Thurman, and [Tony Goldwyn](https://www.edgepedia.org/tony-goldwyn).[1](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361) • [2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Horror drama, 10 episodes, one season, rated TV-MA (16+ on Netflix)[1](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361) • [3](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/chambers) |
| Creator | Leah Rachel, who also served as showrunner[1](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361) • [2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/) |
| Lead cast | Sivan Alyra Rose as Sasha, Uma Thurman as Nancy, Tony Goldwyn as Ben; supporting cast included Marcus LaVoi, Nicholas Galitzine, and Lili Taylor[1](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361) • [2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/) |
| Release | Season 1 debuted in April 2019 on Netflix[2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/) |
| Filming | Set in Arizona, shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, over six months[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2108496/news/) |
| Reception | 42% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (38 reviews); Metascore 48 on Metacritic[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chambers/s01) • [6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chambers/critic-reviews/) |
| Fate | Canceled by Netflix after one season, announced June 18, 2019[2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and characters
The story follows Sasha Yazzie (Sivan Alyra Rose), a teenager living in a small Arizona town who suffers a freak heart attack and receives an emergency transplant.[7](https://www.avforums.com/reviews/netflix-s-chambers-season-1-tv-show-review.16093/) The donated heart belonged to Becky Lefevre (Lilliya Scarlett Reid), a wealthy girl who died in unexplained circumstances, and Sasha gradually begins to absorb her memories, traumas, and impulses until the line separating the two teens blurs.[8](https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/review-chambers-liberally-borrows-from-horror-tropes-to-uneven-results/)
Becky's grieving parents, Nancy and Ben Lefevre, played by [Uma Thurman](https://www.edgepedia.org/uma-thurman) and Tony Goldwyn, offer Sasha a memorial scholarship in their daughter's name, drawing her into their privileged world while she investigates what happened to Becky.[9](https://www.thewrap.com/chambers-uma-thurman-tony-goldwyn-netflix-series-leah-rachel/) The supporting cast includes Marcus LaVoi as Sasha's uncle Frank, Nicholas Galitzine as Becky's brother Elliot, and [Lili Taylor](https://www.edgepedia.org/lili-taylor).[2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/) The ten episodes run from "Into the Void," in which Sasha's near-death experience leads to the offer from the wealthy couple, to the finale "The Crystal Organ," in which Sasha struggles to hold on to her identity.[1](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361)
**Casting.** Creator Leah Rachel said the casting director's list for Nancy included Uma Thurman's name, which Rachel initially did not take seriously, until Thurman responded to the script.[9](https://www.thewrap.com/chambers-uma-thurman-tony-goldwyn-netflix-series-leah-rachel/) Rose, a Native American actor, was described as the first Native woman to lead a Netflix series.[10](https://hollywoodandwine.co/chambers-netflix-review/)
## Production
Although the series is set in Arizona and uses the desert landscape for its eerie mood, filming took place in [Albuquerque, New Mexico](https://www.edgepedia.org/albuquerque-new-mexico), for six months.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2108496/news/) Alfonso Gomez-Rejon directed the early episodes before handing off directing duties in hour three.[11](https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2019/04/24/chambers-stretches-its-creepy-premise-too-thin/pz515Bb8i8dL7lxXTzIIZO/story.html) The executive producers named in Netflix's cancellation statement were Rachel, Gomez-Rejon, Steve Gaghan, Winnie Kemp, Wolfgang Hammer, and Jennifer Yale.[2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/)
## Reception
Critical response was mixed to negative. The season scored 42% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 38 reviews, with a critics consensus that promising performances and an intriguing premise could not keep the meandering melodrama from getting lost in its own haunted hallways; the audience Popcornmeter stood at 70%.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chambers/s01) On Metacritic it received a Metascore of 48, classified as mixed or average, with 4 positive, 8 mixed, and 4 negative reviews among 16 counted.[6](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chambers/critic-reviews/)
**Common criticisms.** Reviewers repeatedly found that the premise was stretched too thin across ten episodes. [The Boston Globe](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-boston-globe)'s review described a fitfully frightening start followed by narrative catatonia, with pointless subplots piling up as loan sharks, cult leaders, and other red herrings crowded the frame.[11](https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2019/04/24/chambers-stretches-its-creepy-premise-too-thin/pz515Bb8i8dL7lxXTzIIZO/story.html) [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide) similarly noted that the series stacked extraneous subplots atop one another and seemed not to have enough story to fill a full season.[12](https://www.tvguide.com/news/chambers-review-netflix-uma-thurman-tony-goldwyn/) Several critics observed that the possessed-organ-transplant idea was well-trod ground in horror, citing the 1980s film *Body Parts* and the Chinese horror film *The Eye* as earlier treatments.[7](https://www.avforums.com/reviews/netflix-s-chambers-season-1-tv-show-review.16093/) • [13](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/chambers)
**Points of praise.** Thurman and Goldwyn's performances as the grieving parents drew favorable notice, with the Boston Globe calling Thurman's work a heartbreaking performance radiating pain.[11](https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2019/04/24/chambers-stretches-its-creepy-premise-too-thin/pz515Bb8i8dL7lxXTzIIZO/story.html) The Spool highlighted the series' visual style, particularly when Gomez-Rejon directed, and its early episodes' class-based perspective, in which Sasha, a person of color, navigates a rich, white social system that marks her as an outsider.[14](https://thespool.net/reviews/tv/chambers-tv-netflix-review/) A review in *Indian Country Today* reprinted on Rotten Tomatoes scored the series 9.8 out of 10 and called it a stellar, heart-wrenching thriller.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chambers/s01)
## Cancellation
Netflix canceled the series after one season, with the announcement on June 18, 2019. A Netflix spokesperson said the show would not return for a second season and thanked Rachel, the executive producers, the crew, and the cast. TVLine reported that the 10-episode season had not garnered enough buzz to earn a renewal, joining *[The Good Cop](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-good-cop)* and *[Everything Sucks!](https://www.edgepedia.org/everything-sucks)* among the service's one-and-done series.[2](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/) Rachel had described a possible second season as the story of what a person does with power after having only ever been powerless.[15](https://www.thewrap.com/chambers-ending-explained-season-1-netflix-season-2/)
## References
1. [Chambers, Netflix official site](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/80210361)
2. [Chambers Cancelled At Netflix, TVLine](https://www.tvline.com/news/chambers-cancelled-netflix-season-2-uma-thurman-1072003/)
3. [Chambers - watch tv show streaming online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/chambers)
4. [Leah Rachel - News, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2108496/news/)
5. [Chambers: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chambers/s01)
6. [Chambers critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chambers/critic-reviews/)
7. [Netflix's Chambers Season 1 TV Show Review, AVForums](https://www.avforums.com/reviews/netflix-s-chambers-season-1-tv-show-review.16093/)
8. [Review: Chambers Liberally Borrows from Horror Tropes to Uneven Results, Slant Magazine](https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/review-chambers-liberally-borrows-from-horror-tropes-to-uneven-results/)
9. [How 'Chambers' Creator Landed Uma Thurman, Tony Goldwyn, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/chambers-uma-thurman-tony-goldwyn-netflix-series-leah-rachel/)
10. [Why you should watch Chambers on Netflix, Hollywood & Wine](https://hollywoodandwine.co/chambers-netflix-review/)
11. ['Chambers' stretches its creepy premise too thin, The Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2019/04/24/chambers-stretches-its-creepy-premise-too-thin/pz515Bb8i8dL7lxXTzIIZO/story.html)
12. [Chambers Review: Netflix's Haunted Heart Transplant Horror Takes Too Long to Get Going, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/news/chambers-review-netflix-uma-thurman-tony-goldwyn/)
13. [Chambers - Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/chambers)
14. [Chambers Review: Netflix Offers Blood-Pumping Scares, But Lacks Heart, The Spool](https://thespool.net/reviews/tv/chambers-tv-netflix-review/)
15. ['Chambers' Creator Breaks Down Season 1's Ending, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/chambers-ending-explained-season-1-netflix-season-2/)
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