First Impressions: The Whispers (ABC)
The Whispers is yet another paint-by-numbers mystery, in a television landscape already rotten with them.
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Randy is the founder of Processed Media and The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved TV critic. He's written about TV and culture across the internet since 2010, and also writes a monthly column for UpPortland Magazine.
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