Legends

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Season 1
  • Network: TNT
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 13, 2014
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 83 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 83
  3. Negative: 8 out of 83
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  1. BillJustBill
    Aug 16, 2014
    0
    If you're maybe 12 or 14, at least mentally, you may find it entertaining. Only made it though about half of the pilot. But for the rest of us, not so much. Everyone is a cliche. The situations are formulaic, the plot points have no plausibility. Fortunately the show probably won't be around for that much longer.
  2. WestLil0
    Sep 4, 2014
    0
    Not good! There is so much dialog that my mind wanders . Just cannot focus on a plot that is so light and predictable. And if the main actor could at least close his mouth it might help. Will watch until my regular shows start this season
  3. cylian3
    Aug 20, 2014
    0
    Looked like It had potential first, but then they started inserting clichés and incredibly obvious turnouts minute after minute followed by a massive "sigh" cliffhanger which really killed it for me. I know you need a plot-point but this is the 21th f*cking century and you directors have learned absolutely nothing about distinguishing yourself (avoiding the streamline garbage) fromLooked like It had potential first, but then they started inserting clichés and incredibly obvious turnouts minute after minute followed by a massive "sigh" cliffhanger which really killed it for me. I know you need a plot-point but this is the 21th f*cking century and you directors have learned absolutely nothing about distinguishing yourself (avoiding the streamline garbage) from hundreds of years filled with rich cinema?

    Just pathetic.    … Expand
  4. mac5
    Sep 24, 2014
    3
    The majority of the cast are pretty annoying and am grateful that Sean Bean’s character, Martin Odum spent half the series away from them. The annoying childlike analyst, Maggie Harris who narrates her every action and Crystal McGuire who is probably the most immature and unprofessional team leader the FBI ever experienced, the intelligence chief who is easily manipulated and notThe majority of the cast are pretty annoying and am grateful that Sean Bean’s character, Martin Odum spent half the series away from them. The annoying childlike analyst, Maggie Harris who narrates her every action and Crystal McGuire who is probably the most immature and unprofessional team leader the FBI ever experienced, the intelligence chief who is easily manipulated and not forgetting the cardboard cut-out desk bound FBI officer who decides on his own volition to investigate the actions of an undercover officer. The writing is atrocious with an abundance of stereotypes, clichés, and discriminatory references.… Expand

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#71 Most Discussed TV Season of 2014

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Aug 15, 2014
    70
    When it isn't outlandish, it has a more seriously entertaining side in the mystery of a hooded man who was mortally wounded while trying to tell Martin that even his identity as Martin is not real.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Aug 13, 2014
    40
    Legends makes a grand show of setting up a tortuous, vaguely Don Draper–like interior journey for our lone-wolf hero--in the pilot, he's stalked by a shadowy figure who intimates that Martin doesn't know all there is to know about his true self--but the character is such a pile of overworked cop-show and spy-show elements (he's in too deep, he's a cranky and sarcastic maverick who resents authority, his work destroyed his marriage, etc.), that there's not much to him beyond the charisma that Bean naturally brings.
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  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Aug 13, 2014
    50
    And yet, after watching the first two episodes, it's a shame that Legends (and TNT) weren't a bit more ambitious with the show. The pilot is splashy and action-packed, but overall the lack of complexity--and yes, I know I cited that as a plus earlier--makes it less satisfying.
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