- Network: CBS All Access , Paramount+
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 7, 2021
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"Coyote" doesn't talk about the border but goes beyond it, to see people — their lives, dreams, and tragedies — up close. Politics (ours) thus become inverted and it's left to Ben to make sense of this inversion. By proxy, it's up to us as well. Binge-bait, and compelling binge-bait at that.
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The only surprise in Coyote is the quality: It's very good.
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Coyote benefits by stronger plotting and a more rounded portrayal of the crime family that traps Ben in their internal power struggle. [18-31 Jan 2021, p.11]
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There’s something about Coyote, created by David Graziano, Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert that feels a little bit off. It’s not the performance by Chiklis, which is his usual combination of tough but with seeds of doubt.
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The series improves somewhat as it delves into the backstories of its Mexican characters. “Coyote” proves watchable but too derivative.
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The craftsmanship, plotting, and performances are top notch. But the broad stereotypes early in the season, the lack of female characters who feel three-dimensional, and the inconsistent dialogue constantly pull it away from its potential.
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While there’s usually more going on than what immediately meets the eye, the six-episode first season doesn’t always follow through on its more thoughtful intuitions and is often hard to watch.
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Stock characterizations and messy, contrivance-dependent plotting enervate the rest of the season. An unwanted bouquet of loose ends gradually reveals itself — quite possibly the result of the season order being truncated from 10 to six episodes after a COVID work stoppage, but unfortunate and distracting nonetheless.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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Jan 24, 2021This is the area Ozark plowed, and done well too. It deals with family really and families complications.