Do No Harm
NBC | Release Date: January 31, 2013
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzJan 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: There's considerable charm in this medical-drama concoction, which comes with the usual generous supply of spectacular brain disorders nobody you know will ever get--and in Mr. Pasquale's Dr. Cole, a confident, dedicated surgeon. Read full review
75
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm, a modern spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," sounds lame. Yet it is so fast-paced and slickly produced, it could just be your new guilty pleasure. Read full review
60
The New York TimesMike HaleJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm is a resolutely lightweight entertainment whose silliness isn't necessarily a deal breaker--if you turn off the right parts of your brain, you might enjoy it. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Far more sentimental than thrilling--there are no real monsters under this hospital bed--it plays more like a mash-up of "A Gifted Man" and "The B- in Apartment 23." Read full review
50
Miami HeraldGlenn GarvinJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm isn't so bad. It isn't so good, either. Read full review
50
PopMattersMichael LandweberJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Cole is good and Price is evil. And neither one of them is remotely interesting. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm expects us to accept the dual-personality premise without grounding it in anything believable. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJan 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: Created by David Schulner, the series has done itself a disservice by hewing away from the fantastic and toward the mundane. Read full review
42
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJan 29, 2013
Season 1 Review: It's simply not coherent enough to sustain weekly interest. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Show creator David Schulner has failed to craft a workable TV concept, but he does keep the hours tumbling forward effectively, bringing in a number of subplots--Jason's wounded ex-girlfriend, a hostile co-worker trying to bring him down--to distract us from the nonsense. Read full review
40
SalonWilla PaskinJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Because Do No Harm wants to be more than just some shlocky Jekyll and Hyde--remake it has made Ian a very bad man, and yet he is not nearly bad enough. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJan 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: The gimmick undercuts what could have been a decent doctor show with benefits --that is, a solid romance between lead characters Dr. Jason Cole (Steven Pasquale) and Dr. Lena Solis (Alana De La Garza). Read full review
30
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm's biggest fault, besides lackluster dialogue, is its overall air of deep insecurity, a quality that's unfortunately too common on network dramas. Read full review
30
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJan 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm is a ridiculous show with plenty of lines of groaner dialogue. Read full review
25
The Detroit NewsTom LongFeb 1, 2013
Season 1 Review: This show is so far-fetched it makes "24" look like political reporting and "Lost" seem like a nature documentary. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: The only thing hokier than the show's preposterous premise is the writing. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: If only Harm had stuck with "strange" and not barreled right on past to "stupid." Read full review
25
Slant MagazineMike LechevallierJan 30, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do No Harm is very busy and very dumb, lobbing ridiculous obstacles at Jason at full speed, both in the workplace (the onslaught of unidentifiable hospital jargon rivals House at its most ludicrous) and at home (Ian ostensibly shattered Jason's marriage by beating his wife). Read full review
25
NewsdayVerne GayJan 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: Part Dr. Jekyll, part Mr. Hyde and all dumb. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 28, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show is laughable, but I suspect the writers are dead serious. Read full review
25
People WeeklyTom GliattoJan 25, 2013
Season 1 Review: The show might work if Steven Pasquale had a script that allowed for bolder contrasts. [2 Feb 2013, p.40]
20
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: A laughable medical thriller that does irreparable harm to one's belief in such storytelling staples as logic and credibility. Read full review
20
Washington PostHank StueverJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Pasquale gives the Jason/Ian role his best shot, but he is dragged down by the bad writing and ridiculous transition from good guy to bad guy. Read full review
20
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Andrea ReiherJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: The Cole/Price problem just continues to come across as ridiculous, rather than serious. It doesn't keep the viewer invested in the character at all. Read full review
0
The Hollywood ReporterTim GoodmanJan 31, 2013
Season 1 Review: Do not watch. Read full review
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