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The appeal of Instinct isn't so much in the predictable movements therein, but in Cumming himself. It's a winning combination, if you like these kinds of shows. ... It's helpful that Novakovic is also quite likable as the feisty dynamo detective.
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If only Instinct had a little more going for itself, it might be worth making room on your DVR.
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Cumming is believable as a college professor, but not so much as a spy.
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It's all pleasant enough fare, but here we have a lead performance that demands better than fair.
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If you’re looking for an update of “Murder, She Wrote,” then “Instinct” might be the show for you.
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The premise may not sound shopworn. But CBS’ Instinct otherwise is extraordinarily ordinary at best as a midseason replacement for the failed Wisdom of the Crowd.
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By-the-numbers procedural with a pair of appealing leads. Otherwise, by-the-book bland.
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Mr. Cumming is not quite sure who his character is. Nor is he given a heartbeat to settle into something. ... Ms. Novakovic, it should be said, is wonderful. Lizzie is a fully formed entity.
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In spite of its overall lack of imagination, Instinct has promise, but more important, it has Alan Cumming.
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The series, which is adapted from James Patterson’s book Murder Games, is an otherwise standard-issue CBS crime series, violent but not too gruesome, mildly eccentric but not too weird, about a charismatic, rule-breaking man solving crimes with his by-the-book female partner (Bojana Novakovic’s Detective Lizzie Needham).
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It’s unabashedly rote. ... Attempts to mask Instinct’s shortcomings with Cumming’s dapper, devilish manner don’t help all that much.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 31
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Mixed: 9 out of 31
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Negative: 12 out of 31
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Mar 22, 2018I would rather watch knitting than this absurd attempt at action drama. CBS you can do much better!
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Jul 7, 2019
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Jun 27, 2018