- Network: TNT
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 10, 2013
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A smoothly executed vehicle for Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenney, it knows exactly what it's doing, [16 Jun 2013]
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Together, they're charming, but the "will they or won't they?" romantic tension feels forced, and that takes much of the fun out of it.
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Every detail in the show looks and feels false and phony--from the weird, yellow-tinged warehouse/prison to the skyline view of Washington that seems to insert national monuments at random.
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Tenney and Romijn make fun partners, and the pilot by executive producer Shane Brennan follows an intriguing course that might have seemed far-fetched only a week ago, before we learned that truth might be stranger than "Person of Interest."
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King & Maxwell is all lazy writing, clumsy plotting, and somnambulistic acting.
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It’s a bland, cliched kind of offbeat, as she teases him and he teases her in an all too familiar manner.
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TNT’s latest crime drama reeks of stale TV crime procedurals from the ’70s and ’80s.
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Most of what doesn't work in the pilot happens when the production strives for a big effect or grand stroke, while all of what works best happens in the close space between the leads.
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A promising new summer series.
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More focus on their day jobs and less “Moonlighting” by the producers is needed here.
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[King & Maxwell] will live and die on the casting--because everything else about it feels as stale and standard as week-old white bread.
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It’s a solid start, and were this the first series of its kind, King & Maxwell would seem like a sure hit. That it’s working the same territory as various other well-made shows costs it some luster, but it could still settle in as a reliable schedule filler.
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The dialogue's preposterous, the plot ludicrous, and the premise as fresh as a wrung-out old mop.
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King & Maxwell doesn't have much that's new to offer, but it's fine, forgettable, escapist summer fare.
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The script and circumstances really labor down the stretch. Still, Tenney and Romijn make for a pretty nifty pair, whether quipping on cue or subduing some henchmen with their feet and fists.
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Forgive TNT for returning to the ampersand well (following “Rizzoli & Isles” and “Franklin & Bash”), but creatively speaking, this is all fairly stale & mediocre.
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King and Maxwell banter like a fourth-rate Nick and Nora Charles.... This stuff is much more credible, and interesting, in series like "Castle" and "Bones," but, again, those shows have better actors than Romijn as well as better writers.
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For a moment, it feels like a big screen action flick. Then the plot unfolds and it’s back to Familiarville.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 39
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Mixed: 5 out of 39
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Negative: 7 out of 39
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