Killer Women

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 7, 2014
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 5 out of 22
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Critic Reviews

  1. San Antonio Express-News
    Reviewed by: Jeanne Jakle
    Jan 14, 2014
    60
    If you can overlook [that most of it was filmed in New Mexico]--not to mention all the Texas stereotypes--the new hour from executive producer Sofia Vergara of “Modern Family” fame is a fairly amusing cops-and-killers romp featuring lots of easy-on-the-eyes actresses and references to San Antonio, Alamo Heights, Bexar County and the Hill Country.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Hillary Busis
    Jan 8, 2014
    50
    A by-the-book series that is way less fun than something executive-produced by Sofia Vergara has any right to be. [17 Jan 2014, p.62]
  3. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Jan 7, 2014
    50
    This is Texas, y'all. And you may very well feel like you've been to this rodeo before.
  5. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jan 7, 2014
    50
    Executive producer Sofia Vergara, better known as Gloria on ABC’s “Modern Family,” and series creator Hannah Shakespeare (“The Raven”) have a lot of ideas, but there isn’t a single surprise in the batch.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    Jan 6, 2014
    50
    There is some archness in Killer Women--the opening scene looks like a Robert Palmer music video from the 1980s--but no real humor and still less suspense.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Jan 6, 2014
    50
    Killer Women is Cagney & Lacey without Lacey and with an all-female criminal cast--along with a higher proportion of saps than the ads would have you believe.
  8. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Jan 6, 2014
    50
    At heart, Killer Women is a procedural drama with a surface-strong female protagonist; scratch the surface and it's the same easy, familiar programming.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jan 6, 2014
    50
    While the premise might appear to be plumbing some of the same culture-clash depths as FX’s “The Bridge,” in other words, it mostly settles for being an old-fashioned procedural.
  10. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Jan 6, 2014
    50
    Both [Killer Women on ABC, "Intelligence" on CBS] feel like paint-by-numbers hours, unsatisfying offerings that are difficult to recall an hour after you've watched them.
  11. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jan 6, 2014
    50
    It's all pretty retro and forgettable.
  12. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jan 6, 2014
    42
    Expect nothing new under the sun from a drama set in San Antonio, filmed in New Mexico and falling flat wherever the cameras might roll.
  13. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Jan 7, 2014
    40
    A clunky, clichéd Texas-based crime drama that has the added bonus of being unforgivably sexist, never mind that it was created and produced by women.

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User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 7 out of 20
  1. AndyBill
    Feb 6, 2014
    7
    I like this show. Tricia Helfer looks like a Texas Ranger. Thing is, when she draws her 1911 I get a bit annoyed. The Colt 1911 is anI like this show. Tricia Helfer looks like a Texas Ranger. Thing is, when she draws her 1911 I get a bit annoyed. The Colt 1911 is an amazing fighting weapon, but to be of any use it has to be carried cocked and locked, i.e., with the hammer cocked and the safety on. It won't shoot otherwise. Twice now I've seen Ranger Parker draw her weapon only to observe the hammer in the down position. If she pulled the trigger, nothing would happen. In the 4th episode Molly drew her 1911 as she descended into a cellar to save Becca from the crazy broad Carmen. Again, the hammer was down. Useless like that. However, when Carmen smacked Molly and took her gun away, all of a sudden the hammer was cocked. These might be little details most people would miss, but to those of us who admire authenticity, it detracts from the show.… Full Review »
  2. TheQuietGamer
    Feb 2, 2014
    7
    It's a pretty good show. It's got a great cast and so far the cases have been good as well. It also manages to include the main charactersIt's a pretty good show. It's got a great cast and so far the cases have been good as well. It also manages to include the main characters non-work related issues to give the show a more dramatic feel, even if one or two of them feels a little awkwardly written. I would also have liked to see a larger focus on action, as the trailers had me believing the show would have a sort of grindhouse feel to it. Even though I see room for improvement I still enjoy the show and I recommend you give it a look. Who knows, you might just end up loving it.… Full Review »
  3. runlegal
    Jan 15, 2014
    10
    I thought Tricia Helfer was awesome and the show was very well written. Compared to the most popular shows that make it look normal to beI thought Tricia Helfer was awesome and the show was very well written. Compared to the most popular shows that make it look normal to be totally off the chart dysfunctional this show was a breath of fresh air.… Full Review »
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