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Generally favorable reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Ratings

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Boss

Series Details & Credits

Starz | Release Date: October 21, 2011

Starring: Jonathan Groff, Kelsey Grammer, Kathleen Robertson, Sanaa Lathan, Jeffrey Hephner, Connie Nielsen, Hannah Ware, Troy Garity, Rotimi Akinosho, Tip T.I. Harris

Summary: Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer) is a powerful Chicago mayor who keeps his brain disorder secret from everyone.

Creator: Farhad Safinia

Genre(s): Drama

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S2:E10. True Enough
Air Date: October 19, 2012
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S2:E9. Clinch
Air Date: October 12, 2012
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S2:E8. Consequence
Air Date: October 5, 2012

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Metascore

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Critic Reviews

100

San Francisco Chronicle

David Wiegand

Oct 19, 2011

Season 1 Review: When you have a story as thoroughly involving as this one, evoking both "King Lear" and "Citizen Kane," and when the performances are this good, Boss almost directs itself. Read full review

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Boston Globe

Matthew Gilbert

Sep 21, 2011

Season 1 Review: The script is tight and ambitious, as it attempts to anatomize corruption in the big city. Read full review

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RedEye

Curt Wagner

Aug 17, 2012

Season 2 Review: TV's best series that few are watching hasn't lightened up, and that's mostly a good thing. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara

Oct 20, 2011

Season 1 Review: It's a solid enough formula, and if the writers have overly epic ambitions, they also have a collective eye for detail. Read full review

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Slant Magazine

Daniel Goldberg

Aug 15, 2012

Season 2 Review: Though the series has its share of larger-than-life moments that ring hollow, its knack for extracting quiet beauty from all the mayhem lends Boss's best scenes the precision and artistry of a monstrous ballet. Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Aug 17, 2012

Season 2 Review: It has sharpened this season (judging from the first five episodes) into a bolder, though still hardly subtle, urban melodrama of moral, political and sexual chicanery. Read full review

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The Huffington Post

Maureen Ryan

Aug 10, 2012

Season 2 Review: There are fitful moments that work, but the show also manages to shoot itself in the foot regularly. Read full review

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Broyax

May 29, 2023

Une série politicarde sur la vie chiante comme la pluie d’un maire atteint d’une maladie incurable (c’est pour titiller la corde sensible, une ficelle grosse comme une maison, me dit-on) ; un maire qui se débat dans sa vie de politicard avec un tas d’autres tocards du même acabit dont on aUne série politicarde sur la vie chiante comme la pluie d’un maire atteint d’une maladie incurable (c’est pour titiller la corde sensible, une ficelle grosse comme une maison, me dit-on) ; un maire qui se débat dans sa vie de politicard avec un tas d’autres tocards du même acabit dont on a rien à secouer et rien à branler.

C’est donc bourré de bavardages stupides et insipides, le tout sur une mise en scène à deux de tension. Le journal télé de TF1 en comparaison (une comparaison très con mais appropriée) et ses chats écrasés s’avère infiniment plus intéressant à suivre que cette série à la godille qui donne envie de balancer sa godasse (et ses pantoufles) à la gueule de l’écran.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 2

75
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 17, 2012
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  S2:E10. True Enough
  Air Date: October 19, 2012
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  S2:E9. Clinch
  Air Date: October 12, 2012
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  S2:E8. Consequence
  Air Date: October 5, 2012
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  S2:E7. The Conversation
  Air Date: September 28, 2012
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  Air Date: September 21, 2012
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  Air Date: September 14, 2012
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  Air Date: September 7, 2012
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  Air Date: August 31, 2012
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  Air Date: August 24, 2012
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  S2:E1. Louder Than Words
  Air Date: August 17, 2012
Season 1

78
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 21, 2011