FBI

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 19, 2013
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
4.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 34
  3. Negative: 16 out of 34
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  1. Iamcritical86
    Oct 31, 2018
    6
    I'm up to the 5th episode. I rather enjoyed the first one, but I'm quickly seeing a lot of repetitiveness in the script writing. By episode 4, it was very predictable and I'm not liking that so far. Structurally, every episode has (so far) been the exact same: there's a climax within the first 60 seconds out of the blue, then the team shows up to investigate, then they talk it over andI'm up to the 5th episode. I rather enjoyed the first one, but I'm quickly seeing a lot of repetitiveness in the script writing. By episode 4, it was very predictable and I'm not liking that so far. Structurally, every episode has (so far) been the exact same: there's a climax within the first 60 seconds out of the blue, then the team shows up to investigate, then they talk it over and share some ideas, then they get a clue, then they're feeling perplexed about something, then they take action, then the episode has a quiet slow ending, failing to leave us on the edge of our seat for the next episode. It does have it's entertaining moments, so for that I'm giving it a 6, but FBI lost a few points with me for it's predictable and somewhat lazy writing and plot lines. Not a show I would race to the T.V. to watch.… Expand
  2. rpmotz61
    Dec 5, 2018
    4
    Boring, could not even first shows... zzzzz's. lacked anything that made stand out.

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Kathryn VanArendonk
    Sep 26, 2018
    50
    FBI is like every other crime procedural you’ve already seen, and if that’s what you’re looking for in a TV show, then nothing here will come as a revelation. It probably won’t come as a disappointment, either.
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  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Sep 25, 2018
    52
    Black and white pedestrian characters and plots may satisfy traditional CBS viewers, but it won’t win over many new recruits.
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  3. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Marlow Stern
    Sep 25, 2018
    40
    Given that it hits all the familiar Law & Order beats, the success of FBI is contingent on the charisma of its two leads, and the first episode does little to convince that Maggie Bell is even playing the same sport as Olivia Benson.
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