Kevin (Probably) Saves the World

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 3, 2017
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 45
  3. Negative: 9 out of 45
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  1. Ariadne
    Nov 6, 2017
    3
    After the first 3 minutes, I thought this was really well written. We got so much information about the family and characters and their back stories in just a couple of scenes. But throughout the show it went from serious drama with a side of comedy to comedy with a side of light drama to sappy happy ending. This show needs to decide what it's going to be and then stick with it. IfAfter the first 3 minutes, I thought this was really well written. We got so much information about the family and characters and their back stories in just a couple of scenes. But throughout the show it went from serious drama with a side of comedy to comedy with a side of light drama to sappy happy ending. This show needs to decide what it's going to be and then stick with it. If anyone can pull it off, it's Jason Ritter, but give him a good script to work with.

    Update: It's just not working for me. Right from the statement "find what the universe wants of you", as if the 'universe' is sentient. I get they didn't want to get religious, but the very nature of the show has religious connotations. So I'm done. I still gave it a 3, though, because, well, Jason Ritter.    … Expand
  2. Ededed
    Apr 19, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not as bad as I feared. The premise is weak. Only 36 righteous people in each generation save humanity from destruction. Pu-lease! How did we get down to just one and a weak one at that? What I like is the “warrior’s” attitude and direct approach and the idea that if one just lets go of their personal baggage things can get better. We do need to help each other.

    What doesn’t work in this show is the tired idea that a person who is selected by God to save the world or even their own little piece of it have to keep their mission a secret. The idea that you have to look and act like some kind of crazy loon in order to do the bidding of the universe (or is it God, since the word choices in the scripts sometimes border on being agnostic) might enable the comedic situations, but makes the overall story suffer. If something like this were to happen to me, the first thing I’m going to do is tell the good news to my family and friends.

    Addendum:
    So now we learn the mission was a long shot and the warrior didn’t actually know if Kevin was to actually find the new righteous. Weak. Just weak. Then the weakness continues: Shortly after he finds one. The identity of this first one was to be surprise, but it was obvious after learning the driver had a baby on the way. Too predictable, too anticlimactic! Lowering my score for this show. The miracle would be if this show survives to season two.    … Expand
  3. sandroleucci
    Oct 6, 2017
    0
    Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly. Silly.

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#62 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017
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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Oct 3, 2017
    40
    The specifics of Kevin's mission are fuzzy and the execution of how he goes about trying it are clunky and the last 10 minutes are such hokey schmaltz it would take a brilliant first 30 minutes to support them. The first 30 minutes aren't brilliant.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Oct 3, 2017
    40
    The problem is that there is so much stone-skipping across tones in the first episode that it’s hard to settle in and get a feel for what kind of show Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, co-created by former Agent Carter showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, is going to be. ... For now, based solely on the pilot, I’d say Kevin (Probably) Saves the World is (probably) not worth the space it’s going to take up on your DVR.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 3, 2017
    75
    Ritter brings solid appeal to the title role while Herbert Gregory has a strong grip on her “warrior for God.” Even so, Saves the World can be overly goofy at times and remains murky in terms of just what Kevin represents or is supposed to do as “the last of the righteous.” Whatever the potholes in the plot, Saves the World commendably aspires to be bracing and uplifting in times when a second coming of Touched By An Angel might just do a world of good.
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