• Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 13, 1992
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Negative: 2 out of 14

Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Marvin Kitman
    Jun 10, 2013
    100
    'Flying Blind' is the one gem that stands out in the Fox lineup. The first show takes off like a jet. And the second show is even better. If it's against your religion to watch Fox, this one is worth straying for. [10 Sep 1992]
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Jun 10, 2013
    100
    The script crackles with fast, literate humour and deft satire of both yuppie careerists and pretentious, bohemian avant-garde types. Very adult and much more clever than the plot synopsis suggests. [5 Sep 1992]
  3. Reviewed by: David Hiltbrand
    Jun 10, 2013
    83
    The show may never again attain the sustained comic brilliance of last week's pilot. But this is a rarity for Fox: a sophisticated and clever sitcom.
  4. Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Jun 10, 2013
    83
    Even if it soon crashes and burns, this pilot for Flying Blind is easily one of the best debut shows of the year.
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    Jun 10, 2013
    80
    The show seems weightless in the good sense, breezy and airborne, with a brisk and flippant style that's instantly attractive. [12 Sep 1992]
  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Jun 10, 2013
    80
    Cleverly written by executive producer Richard Rosenstock, 'Flying Blind' displays an extraordinary amount of on-screen energy - verbal, physical and sexual - and isn't afraid to throw in an occasional obscure intellectual reference as well. [6 Sep 1992]
  7. Reviewed by: Howard Rosenberg
    Jun 10, 2013
    80
    It's not only the episode's sharp writing but also its eroticism and its balance between the naivete and predictability of Neil and the spontaneity and instability of Alicia that give 'Flying Blind' its uniqueness. What a nice beginning.
  8. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jun 10, 2013
    75
    Too often, the writing stretches for cheap shock -- gags about phallic-shaped food and not wearing undies -- when the shock of Neil's culture clash already makes perfectly audacious comedy. [11 Sep 1992]
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ed Siegel
    Jun 10, 2013
    63
    This is the sleeper series of the year. It's a witty knockoff of 'Something Wild' with Tea Leoni a terrific variation of Melanie Griffith's psychotically sexy free spirit luring a straitlaced young man into a life without boundaries. Unfortunately, the young man is Corey Parker, who's about as funny as gefilte fish. [19 Sep 1992]