Killer Instinct

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2005
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 60
  3. Negative: 7 out of 60
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  1. ChristianH
    Oct 11, 2005
    1
    Bad Bad Bad!! Johnny Messner is the worst leading man I've ever seen
  2. [Anonymous]
    Oct 7, 2005
    3
    So unoriginal it's painful.
  3. CB
    Oct 11, 2005
    3
    I think the critics are very justified in giving this 30% or less. It is unoriginal, and the script is dire. The acting ranges all the way from excellent to wooden.
  4. Dan
    Oct 28, 2005
    1
    Good acting? Believable situations? Intelligent dialogue? This is by far the worst "crime drama" in recent TV history. I just hope that Fox cancels this show so they can replace it with a less horrible concept. Crime Dramas should be left to the purely technical, like CSI, cause its a precise representation of what the job entails.
  5. KP
    Oct 18, 2005
    0
    I tried to give this show a chance. I tried to watch it. I even sat through the second episode in hopes that the horrid acting and writing in the pilot got better for the second episode. The only change? They took away the too-smart brunette partner and replaced her with a clueless blonde partner with some stupid excuse that the old one wasn't really his partner but rather someone I tried to give this show a chance. I tried to watch it. I even sat through the second episode in hopes that the horrid acting and writing in the pilot got better for the second episode. The only change? They took away the too-smart brunette partner and replaced her with a clueless blonde partner with some stupid excuse that the old one wasn't really his partner but rather someone checking up on him to make sure he was ok to return. There's nothing compelling in this show. Nothing interesting, it's all boring and ho-hum. Compared to the other new profiler series this season (Criminal Minds -- I HIGHLY recommend it), this show has no hope of surviving the season. I'd rather watch reruns of Diagnosis Murder than Killer Instinct any day.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#71 Best TV Season of 2005
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#25 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
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#47 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

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Metascore
25

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 12 out of 13
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    30
    It's not awful, exactly, but it's so willfully bleak as to become monotonous.
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  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    0
    Nothing could really prepare anyone for a show so wantonly grisly as this worthless, exploitative program.
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  3. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    0
    This is entertainment? Awful.
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