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Boss' mix of deft footwork and bull-in-a-china shop clumsiness can be off-putting, but it's always anchored by Grammer's alternately scary and mournful lead performance, and you're never in doubt that there's a fully formed sensibility behind it.
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Kane's visions aren't done with originality, but Grammer's performance is still powerful. [27 Aug 2012, p.48]
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While Boss has delusions of Shakespeare, it's not even in the same league as the TNT revival of "Dallas."
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Frankly, the acting merits more accolades than the storylines so far.
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The season's first episode is pretty damned riveting.
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TV's best series that few are watching hasn't lightened up, and that's mostly a good thing.
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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.
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Season two pulls viewers back on board with intriguing plot twists, more light moments and strong performances.
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One of the triumphs of Boss is that we care as much as he [Tom Kane] does about what kind of Chicago he will leave behind.
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His [Kelsey Grammer's] center-ring performance pulls Boss along even when it gets bogged down. The supporting actors likewise are all capable, although Grammer's glower clearly is the series' tower of power.
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[Boss brings] back its intoxicating blend of soap-opera sudsiness, Shakespearean tragedy and scathing insight into big city politics, Chicago-style.
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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.
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Grammer is outstanding enough on his own to merit watching....Boss as a series, though, still doesn't seem like it's quite there.
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No relaxing allowed with Boss. Sorry about that, and sorry for this series, which remains smart, absorbing and particularly well done.
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Although the characters have only scant or fleeting redeeming personal values, we continue to buy into their machinations because of how they are created and because of superbly convincing performances at every level of the cast.
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Boss may be florid, but its peeks into backroom in-fighting, at favors promised and betrayed, remain strong elements in its favor.
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There are fitful moments that work, but the show also manages to shoot itself in the foot regularly.
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Boss is not flawless. But buoyed by strong performances and a haunting score, the show makes for deeply affecting television nevertheless.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 41
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Mixed: 4 out of 41
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Negative: 2 out of 41
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Sep 8, 2012
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Jan 13, 2013
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Nov 14, 2012