Head Cases

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 14, 2005
Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 10 out of 22

Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    60
    "Head Cases" might have more of a chance if it gets a little bit sharper, edgier, funnier and surprising. But it's a likable, potentially promising premise, buoyed by the expert casting of its leads.
  2. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    60
    An uneven but so far entertaining buddy show.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    60
    It's too schematic by half, the banter rarely ascends to the level and wit, and it contains barely a believable moment... but it is not without a certain energy and cast-based charm.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    Mostly, it is a case load borrowed from "L.A. Law" and "Boston Legal." But the two troubled lawyers are amusing.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    Although the show works a little too hard at being quirky, "Head Cases" does deliver a pair of well-defined protagonists, but initially not the kind of obsessive-compulsive magnetism it will need to flourish in a pretty inhospitable timeslot.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    The marriage of opposites is a simplistic and overused premise for a TV series, and ''Head Cases" doesn't travel very far beyond it.
  8. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: John Leonard
    40
    All alone, Goldberg is beside himself, as if Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler struggled for possession of his soul.

Awards & Rankings

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#53 Best TV Season of 2005
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#54 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
50
#50 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. MillieH
    Nov 21, 2005
    8
    This is a good show. Needs to develope the characters but has possibilities.
  2. steveW
    Nov 10, 2005
    8
    I liked this show very much. I am so tired of watching other peoples awful children, swapping of parents and kiddy porn 90210. Bring back I liked this show very much. I am so tired of watching other peoples awful children, swapping of parents and kiddy porn 90210. Bring back television the way it was ment to be watched, with a plot and a story.… Full Review »
  3. CindyJ
    Nov 2, 2005
    8
    Put it back on...take this other crap off.
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