Complications
USA | USA Network | Release Date: June 18, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayDiane WertsJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Nix knows how to dig deeper holes for his folks, while he broadens their motivations, sometimes recognized only along the way. Nix isn't bad at keeping the plot pot percolating, either. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: It makes for thrilling viewing. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: Complications offers a fine ride. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: The complex story, which includes a flashback to 10 months earlier, plus scenes with O’Mara’s therapist and memories of his child’s illness, finds the hero getting in deeper and deeper after impulsively trying to save a life. Read full review
75
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikJun 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: O’Mara is intense as a man backed into a corner, but the series needs to do more with the supporting players. Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: Complications gets more interesting episode by episode, strengthened by good supporting performances and intriguing moral questions, even if creator Matt Nix sometimes struggles to shape his individual pieces into a cohesive whole. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyJonathan DornbushJun 15, 2015
Season 1 Review: O'Mara does his best to inject life, but the show's oddly dour tone simply makes Complications a sad case. [19 Jun 2015, p.57]
50
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: The show is gloomily sincere and uneven. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Outside of its offbeat inciting incident, nearly every storyline is hackneyed. Read full review
40
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: When a wannabe TV thriller doesn’t work, the show devolves into a morass of characters making repeated bad decisions, like “Groundhog Day” but without the intentional comedy. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJun 18, 2015
Season 1 Review: Complications chooses antic over subtlety, banging around from one crazy plot development to another. O'Mara is a very likable actor and Szohr does her very best, but for reasons known only to himself, Nix eschews the black humor that made "Burn Notice" so brilliant, which is too bad. Read full review
37
USA TodayRobert BiancoJun 17, 2015
Season 1 Review: Despite the strenuous efforts of creator Matt Nix, Ellison (Jason O'Mara) also appears to be trapped in a story that wants to be a movie, and seems ill-equipped to support an eight-episode series. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterAmy AmatangeloJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: Everything is incredibly serious to the point where it becomes almost unintentionally laughable. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryJun 16, 2015
Season 1 Review: A series that too often feels like an episodic version of “Death Wish,” only with scrubs instead of trench coat. Read full review
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