Blindspot
NBC | Release Date: September 21, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
12
Negative:
2
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60
SalonSonia SaraiyaSep 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: It’s a lot of unwieldy plot points--borrowing indiscriminately from “Alias,” “National Treasure,” and “John Doe.” What keeps it together is Alexander’s performance. Read full review
60
The Huffington PostMaureen RyanSep 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Alexander and Stapleton, both appealing enough in their own right, to execute some basic action-adventure moves, though their characters have no discernible chemistry as yet. The Blindspot pilot is more or less efficient enough, even though few aspects of the premise make any real sense. Read full review
58
Newark Star-LedgerVicki HymanSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: The leads are fine, but the amount of disbelief that must be suspended for an anonymous woman with hinky body art to become an adjunct FBI agent beggars belief. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubAlex McCownSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: There are brief flashes of potential. ... But the show simply lacks the confidence to let its audience connect the dots. Read full review
58
Uncle BarkyEd BarkSep 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Blindspot has an initially intriguing premise and a compelling co-lead in Alexander. But there’s also some Silly Putty in play here, with Weller’s hard-charging man of action at times laughably intense amid all this oh-so deadly serious business. Read full review
50
Los Angeles Daily NewsRob LowmanSep 14, 2016
Season 2 Review: The first episode is very uneven, busily attempting to check all the boxes so it can get back to being a procedural. If that is the case, there aren’t enough tattoos on Jane’s body to make it compelling. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: While Ms. Alexander is an appealing lead actress, Blindspot feels like a too familiar, warmed-over series premise even though it’s the only “original” series concept among the three thrillers debuting in the next two days. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowrySep 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: While the premiere is very fast-paced and action-packed--created by Martin Gero, working in conjunction with prolific showrunner Greg Berlanti, taking a sort-of break from superheroes--one can see pretty quickly where all this is heading. Read full review
50
HitfixAlan SepinwallSep 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: The mythology feels like mystery for its own sake, and even the characters on the show start wondering why whoever inked up Jane didn't just call the FBI anonymously. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyMelissa MaerzSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Blindspot really only works if you don’t think about it too hard. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Margaret LyonsSep 21, 2015
Season 1 Review: Blindspot isn't the dumbest show of the fall season, not by a lot. But oh God, does it ever sell itself out by cramming in the most labored, faux-action-movie dialogue.... The show moves briskly enough, and the performances are all fine, but the show's, well, blind spot is its off-putting use of women as props. Read full review
40
Las Vegas WeeklyJosh BellSep 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Beneath its loud insistence on its own urgency, Blindspot is a complete blank. Read full review
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