Category: First Impressions

Reviews of pilot episodes.

First Impressions: Secrets and Lies (ABC)

ABC’s soapy new drama has a few intriguing elements, but they’re obfuscated by the overabundance of tropes and cliches.

Backstrom is another failed pile of white male angst cliches.

Prime Video’s gun manufacturer melodrama is an unfortunate misfire.

Salem Rogers is one of the worst pilots Amazon’s produced to date.

The Flash is here – and unsurprisingly, it’s the best new drama of the fall.

Stalker

CBS’s latest drama is shlocky, misogynistic, and woefully formulaic, an early contender for worst new show of the fall.

black-ish

I don’t know how I feel about black-ish; here’s why.

Robert Rodriguez’s network-launching adaptation is kind of intriguing, but also kind of pointless.

Almost Human’s premise seems tailor-made for an intriguing new series; unfortunately, Fox’s latest dystopian sci-fi drama is a big misfire.

Trophy Wife’s pilot has some promise, thanks to a strong lead performance from Malin Ackerman.