Allegiance (2015)
NBC | Release Date: February 5, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
17
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanFeb 4, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance is a broadcast network series that doesn't have the writing or the acting chops to compete with its FX counterpart. The series is, however, entertaining on its own merits. Read full review
60
Washington PostHank StueverJan 27, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance’s real mission, like “The Americans,” is to draw us into a believable family crisis and, in that regard, the show’s results are mixed. Some performances are strong (particularly from Davis and Stenhouse) and the first three episodes demonstrate a knack for getting everyone — viewers included--to hang together off the same cliff right at the 57-minute mark. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: The first three episodes are essentially capers involving spy chasing spy as angst-ridden Russians try to defect, the CIA tries to get to them and the SVR sics the O’Connors on everyone. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayFeb 4, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance is a curious duck, indeed. Smart and sophisticated certainly, but -- occasionally--a bit dim-bulbed and hokey, too. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJoshua AlstonFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: Even when it’s fun, Allegiance doesn’t do anything The Americans isn’t doing far better. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: Early episodes are, regrettably, filled with television tropes. Still, Allegiance could evolve into the show it clearly hopes to be. But only if it plays to its strength, which is to say Hope Davis. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: The problem is that Allegiance seems to have painted itself into a corner with its overwrought premise. It dictates that at least once an episode. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: The pace is generally fast enough to distract from the convoluted plot. Read full review
50
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellFeb 4, 2015
Season 1 Review: Without the nuanced characters and slow-building suspense of The Americans, Allegiance is just a preposterous thriller. That puts it right at home on NBC, but still far behind its obvious inspiration. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandFeb 2, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance is a competent thriller. But bushwablocking is easier said than done as the labyrinthine family dynamic dominates each of the three episodes sent to critics for review. Read full review
50
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakJan 30, 2015
Season 1 Review: the pilot episode is briskly paced and told with a certain amount of flair. Technically, it's not without merit..... [But] It needs to get smart or risk being exposed as a pale impostor lurking among the elite TV operatives. Read full review
42
HitfixAlan SepinwallFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: It's not terrible, but rather aggressively mediocre. Read full review
40
Yahoo TVKen TuckerFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance, set in the present-day, is at attempt to be a thoughtful drama about the differences between loyalty to family and loyalty to country, but its atmosphere is as drab as an early John LeCarre novel, without the prickly dialogue or tricky plotting.... And: We lost Parenthood to this? Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance is not terrible, although its characters are paper-thin, and, beyond feeling derivative, the show isn’t all that credible. Read full review
40
SalonSonia SaraiyaFeb 5, 2015
Season 1 Review: Allegiance does not demonstrate any of that careful planning; indeed, it is almost exactly the same thing as “The Americans,” except executed less well, with the complexities sanded off. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyFeb 4, 2015
Season 1 Review: The story lines feel a bit contrived, though, and the action sometimes a trifle forced. We like the spies better than their thriller. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushFeb 3, 2015
Season 1 Review: The potentially suspenseful premise is undercut by plodding storytelling and a cast lacking chemistry. [1-15 Feb 2015, p.16]
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