Carol's Second Act

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 26, 2019
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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Critic Reviews

  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 29, 2019
    60
    Carol's Second Act could use more punchlines and less impassioned wisdom.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 23, 2019
    52
    The age jokes are in the CBS wheelhouse, and some of the gags are occasionally funny, but the whole endeavor seems predictably rote, from the cold, aloof chief resident to the uber-confident intern (Jean-Luc Bilodeau, “Kyle XY”).
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Sep 25, 2019
    50
    It’s a pretty decent act, and Heaton presents it with the same practiced, self-effacing charm. But the show around her isn’t nearly as funny. ... There’s also something retrograde, in the first two episodes, about the show’s portrayal of Carol. The age jokes are a given, but they’re accompanied by a tendency to celebrate her not for her medical ability but for the human touch that her age (and, implicitly, her gender) give her.
  5. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Sep 25, 2019
    42
    Literally nothing jells in this ham-handed first half-hour, and it may already be too late for full-blown emergency surgery. Still, Carol’s Second Act could well get a decent tune-in due to Heaton’s mere presence.

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 6 out of 19
  1. Proemed
    Oct 1, 2019
    1
    This show is such FORCED humor its annoying... Even the characters look like they want to escape...
    Of course Patricia Heaton is sickening    This show is such FORCED humor its annoying... Even the characters look like they want to escape...
    Of course Patricia Heaton is sickening sweet but that kinda makes it worse... The script just sucks. Too bad because I like Frankie Heck...    … Full Review »
  2. UncleWillard
    Dec 15, 2019
    1
    Might be a generic medical comedy in the vein of Scrubs, but Patricia Heaton is intolerable. I can't imagine why they ever cast her as RayMight be a generic medical comedy in the vein of Scrubs, but Patricia Heaton is intolerable. I can't imagine why they ever cast her as Ray Romano's wife. She's unlikable.… Full Review »
  3. Ededed
    Oct 31, 2019
    2
    Slightly amusing. The lead character has the only engaging personality. The rest of the characters are one dimensional and WEAK!

    This could    Slightly amusing. The lead character has the only engaging personality. The rest of the characters are one dimensional and WEAK!

    This could have been something if the writing, direction, and acting were better across the board.

    This feels like it should have been a failed pilot that needed a total rewrite, recasting, and a better creative team before it was picked up.    … Full Review »
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