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It is gripping, well acted and beautifully written. Most of all, its multiple layers of mystery should keep viewers coming back for more, week after week.
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While we don’t know the identity of Jane Doe yet, the pilot drops some hefty clues, ones that only touch the surface of what looks to be a compelling conspiracy thriller.
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The parsing of detail is effective because by the end of Monday's pilot, I was surprised by an unexpected reaction: I actually wanted to know what happens next week.
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This visually arresting thriller suggests that Gero is not easily pigeonholed.
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Clever, well-plotted, if predictable, it borrows liberally from every spy movie and conspiracy thriller ever made.
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The whodunit and dunwhat? elements of Blindspot are terse, fast-pitched and intriguing.
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The thriller created by Martin Gero can seem overly intricate at times, but the conspiracy doesn’t get in the way of the show’s early momentum. Where it goes from here is definitely worth checking out.
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A promising mystery thriller with a pair of strong, intriguing characters at the center.
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The suspense is ripping, the combat violent, in its own peculiarly satisfying way.
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Blindspot (not the title you’d expect or hope for when your series is about a woman covered in tattoos) has more than enough going for it early on, despite some real bouts of silliness, that it’s one of those few and elusive pilots that can be endorsed for at least initial evaluation. The reward for spending an hour is mostly worth it.
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Why watch a show this silly? In part because Alexander is able to make us empathize with Jane's emotional upheaval while still creating a heroine who is believably feisty and capable.
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Based on its completely riveting pilot, Blindspot might have earned four stars if there were any way to judge what it was going to be.
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The first episode isn’t even that bad, given the absurdity of its premise: It achieves a little menace. But the warning signs of future stupidity are everywhere.
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It warrants a little suspension of disbelief, but Blindspot is a fun, entertaining, action-packed thriller perfect for a Monday night lineup.
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With a good cast and crisp delivery, Blindspot should at least compel you to stick around for a few more episodes to see where it’s going.
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The show moves quickly to establish not only Jane’s superior physicality, but also her hard-wired do-gooder tendencies and willingness to join the fray. At the same time, Blindspot creators seed their story with memory flashbacks intended to suspend the tension surrounding the character.
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What keeps the first episode from slipping into absurdity is the commitment to action displayed by star Alexander and creators Martin Gero and Greg Berlanti.... Blindspot could be a good show--nothing revolutionary, but a fun escapade in the weeks ahead.
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It's all completely absurd, of course, but smoothly so —"The Da Vinci Code" meets "Alias."
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[The pilot episode is] still an incredibly tight, well-crafted hour of television, fast-paced enough to sell the ludicrous hook but trusting enough of its actors, particularly Alexander, to let them flex some dramatic muscle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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There are brief flashes of potential. ... But the show simply lacks the confidence to let its audience connect the dots.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Blindspot really only works if you don’t think about it too hard.
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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.
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Beneath its loud insistence on its own urgency, Blindspot is a complete blank.
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Blindspot is a textbook TV exercise in the preposterous.
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From the beginning, dialogue is overdone and laughable. I don’t demand realism from a show about a tattooed naked woman dropped in Times Square, but there’s a line where it gets ridiculous instead of entertaining and Blindspot crosses it early and often.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 134 out of 206
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Mixed: 42 out of 206
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Negative: 30 out of 206
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Sep 25, 2015
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Sep 22, 2015
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Sep 22, 2015This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.