Eli Stone

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 31, 2008
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    30
    Eli Stone is fated to flounder.
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    30
    It's not the worst thing you've ever seen, innocuous entertainment (despite the inoculation controversy) that, like Boston Legal, includes the occasional entertaining musical number.
  3. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    Eli/Ally not only isn't the most original character of the season, he's not the most sharply defined, either.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    20
    The main deadly force in Eli Stone is its scripts, which are ever so spritely in tone, ever so dumb in essence.

Awards & Rankings

63
#63 Best TV Season of 2008
18
#18 Most Discussed TV Season of 2008
65
#65 Most Shared TV Season of 2008

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 80
  3. Negative: 8 out of 80
  1. TomO.
    Feb 1, 2008
    4
    Evil corporations -- pharma no less! -- are just a progressive cliches in scripts no more insightful than these. It's boring and predictable.
  2. bob516
    Oct 10, 2018
    10
    I am fan of the absurd. That a prophet could be getting messages through musical numbers I thought was very creative. I am not a fan ofI am fan of the absurd. That a prophet could be getting messages through musical numbers I thought was very creative. I am not a fan of musicals, but the singing, dancing, and choreography taking place in a lawyers office was wonderfully absurd. Too bad that idea did not last through the first season. I am giving this show a 10, not for the full season, but because I was taken with the creativity of the concept.… Full Review »
  3. shineonsunfish
    Dec 17, 2012
    5
    Not terrible, but pretty uninspired. I am always annoyed by things that are blandly "spiritual," poorly acted, and full of stereotypicalNot terrible, but pretty uninspired. I am always annoyed by things that are blandly "spiritual," poorly acted, and full of stereotypical characters and situations. Eli Stone has all three. I often find myself thinking that the cases that Stone champions are, based on the evidence that he has, wrongly decided. A couple of good actors and fresh faces with largely innocuous plots aren't really a problem, other than the kind of obvious left-wing agenda of most of the plots. Expect evil corporations, sinister churches, greedy businessmen and the shiftless lawyers who defend them. Meh.… Full Review »
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