Lock N' Load

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 21, 2009
Metascore
46

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10

Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    25
    We get some slightly bent soccer moms and dads debriefed by an impossibly cheery, cheesy, chummy game-show host. Showtime must have thought there would be great humor and irony in the mundane exchanges recorded here. But it miscalculated. Badly.
  2. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    0
    The truly terrible, Lock 'N Load, a six-parter debuting tonight on Showtime, is possibly the worst-taste reality series since "The Littlest Groom"--and it took some serious doing on the part of Showtime to manage that.

Awards & Rankings

94
#94 Best TV Season of 2009
88
#88 Most Discussed TV Season of 2009

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. jasonl
    Dec 27, 2009
    9
    good show this country is about guns and freedom i have traveled the us and only those stuck in large cities dont 'la,chigago,new good show this country is about guns and freedom i have traveled the us and only those stuck in large cities dont 'la,chigago,new york' dont understand that but we all know how uptight they are right… Full Review »
  2. JoanM
    Dec 20, 2009
    9
    I am a professional consultant who currently does not own a gun. After watching Lock & Load I went target shooting and found I really I am a professional consultant who currently does not own a gun. After watching Lock & Load I went target shooting and found I really shooting & am good at it. I noww want to take gun owner safety class & purchase my own firearm. Bad guys will always find a way of obtaining a gun through illegal means..... Bad guys do not like going into homes where people have guns. They are on a power trip looking for vulnerable people.… Full Review »
  3. HarlandB
    Nov 6, 2009
    9
    Pretty balanced view of "gun nuts" in America. Some poor gun handling and some very funny anecdotes. Very funny when Josh convinces one of Pretty balanced view of "gun nuts" in America. Some poor gun handling and some very funny anecdotes. Very funny when Josh convinces one of his customers to tase his buddy.… Full Review »
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