- Network: ABC
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2013
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Lucky 7 is a soap opera, and it’s not a very well-crafted one.
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The concept is predictable, but not tired. The cast is relatable, and the dilemmas are thought-provoking without being heavy-handed.
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It's hardly the worst show of the fall, but it never really lands.
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There’s a well-intentioned flatness to the money-changes-everything stories so far.
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Lucky 7 fails to loosen up these sentimentalized working stiffs into anything resembling fully rounded characters, and wish fulfillment soon turned into a wish that I was watching something else.
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It would have been much more promising if creators David Zabel and Jason Richman had chosen subtlety, which they did not. Instead, we have the disparate and desperate characters that always seem to fuel this sort of show.
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Suffice it to say that I predict Lucky 7 will be the season's first cancellation.
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There are few surprises here and even fewer reasons to tune in.
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I found the characters forgettable, and the pilot as a whole--which mostly focuses on the characters' depressing, overwhelmed everyday lives pre-jackpot, along with flashforwards suggesting what a pain the money will turn out to be--weirdly stressful.
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Lucky 7 tries to cram a lot of diverse drama into one show. Its challenge will be doing story lines clearly and well rather than zipping all over the map.
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There’s also plenty of good writing and acting in the drama Lucky 7, though to exactly what purpose is difficult to say.
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For now, Lucky 7 is a grabber with strong potential for further viewer investment.
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While there are some things to recommend about Lucky 7--the fresh faces in a cast of mostly unknown, diverse actors--the show is also one of those frustrating series where every character is desperate and too many of them make bad choices.
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An annoyingly manipulative drama.
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Lucky 7 might offer more to like than authentic texture of place, race, personality and workplace emotions.
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Ineptness reigns, starting with the jumpy, shaky, hideously annoying camerawork and the show's enough-already flashback structure, and carrying through to the tediousness of its characters and concept.
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In spite of the undercooked ideas, there’s reason to hope.
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For a show like this to work, ultimately, the characters have to take hold and be able to move viewers beyond the initial set-up. But if the pilot is any indication, these folks don’t fill the bill.
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I’m immediately impressed with Lucky 7's ensemble cast and how quickly the story drew me in and hinted at some further mysteries.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 19
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Mixed: 8 out of 19
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Negative: 6 out of 19
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Oct 5, 2013
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Oct 4, 2013