Complications

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Season 1
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14
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Critic Reviews

  1. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jun 18, 2015
    40
    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.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Jun 18, 2015
    40
    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.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Jun 17, 2015
    83
    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.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Jun 17, 2015
    50
    The show is gloomily sincere and uneven.
  6. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jun 17, 2015
    37
    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.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Jun 17, 2015
    50
    Outside of its offbeat inciting incident, nearly every storyline is hackneyed.
  8. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Tirdad Derakhshani
    Jun 17, 2015
    80
    It makes for thrilling viewing.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Amy Amatangelo
    Jun 16, 2015
    30
    Everything is incredibly serious to the point where it becomes almost unintentionally laughable.
  10. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Brian Tallerico
    Jun 16, 2015
    70
    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.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Jun 16, 2015
    80
    Complications offers a fine ride.
  12. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Jun 16, 2015
    75
    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.
  13. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jun 16, 2015
    30
    A series that too often feels like an episodic version of “Death Wish,” only with scrubs instead of trench coat.
  14. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Dornbush
    Jun 15, 2015
    58
    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]
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  15. The Lincoln Journal Star
    Reviewed by: Jeff Korbelik
    Jun 15, 2015
    75
    O’Mara is intense as a man backed into a corner, but the series needs to do more with the supporting players.

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User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 7 out of 23
  1. BogKid
    Jun 18, 2015
    2
    Can you write a two-hour TV story based entirely on your characters making totally stupid decisions – one after the other after the other?Can you write a two-hour TV story based entirely on your characters making totally stupid decisions – one after the other after the other? “Complications” features an angry doctor and a street nurse, who both have the absolutely worst judgment possible. I won’t go into details in order to avoid a spoiler review. On the other hand I question whether or not anything can be written that would spoil this show any more than its writers and producers have accomplished. I have tried, but so far I cannot think of a worse show on television.

    Come on USA! You are doing some pretty good stuff lately. This one apparently sneaked through your quality control department.    … Full Review »
  2. The3AcademySins
    Oct 20, 2017
    2
    The first episode is "So-Bad-it's-good" but the show quickly goes downhill from there. Every episode after the first becomes a drawn out,The first episode is "So-Bad-it's-good" but the show quickly goes downhill from there. Every episode after the first becomes a drawn out, boring, lifeless ripoff of Breaking Bad. Complications is not worth your time unless you are a complete masochist.… Full Review »
  3. StuckOnReviews
    Jun 19, 2015
    8
    Great show it keeps you interested on what is gonna happen with the kid Ellison saved, and this is probably one of the best medical shows I'veGreat show it keeps you interested on what is gonna happen with the kid Ellison saved, and this is probably one of the best medical shows I've seen in a while besides the now cancelled RUSH which this takes the place of. Yes this show has a few plot holes but not enough complications with Complications that I could see hurting the show in the future. GOOD LEAD IN JASON O MARA… Full Review »
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