Major Crimes
TNT | Release Date: August 13, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
NewsdayVerne GayAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: A sharply written, acted and directed start that will hook fans immediately. Read full review
83
Uncle BarkyEd BarkAug 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Major Crimes has the makings of a very sturdy reboot outfitted with a built-in philosophical debate over how justice is served. Supporting characters are newly invigorated, particularly Bailey's Provenza. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: As before there is a nice balance between social drama and personal business, the tragic and the comic, exaggeration and authenticity. Read full review
80
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: The Closer may be moving on, but she's left the franchise in good hands. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyAug 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: This handoff is clean. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonAug 27, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you were a "Closer" fan, I'd like to make a case for giving her a chance, because otherwise, Major Crimes is a winner. Read full review
70
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Will the writing of the crimes continue to be as strong as it was on "The Closer"? I'm cautiously optimistic. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: In its first hour, at least, Major Crimes appears to be making a pretty seamless transition. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerAug 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Relying less on instinct and showy interrogations, Raydor commands her unit with a nice brusqueness, gathers clues, and solves cases with airtight logic. The primary problem with Major is its slow pace. Read full review
63
USA TodayRobert BiancoAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: What threatens to remain a drag is the format itself, with its weekly focus on plea bargains--and, so far, weekly speeches defending the new focus. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: With most of The Closer's original crew staying on, it's almost business as usual--though with Sedgwick no longer at the center, replaced by Mary McDonnell's inscrutably smug and unsympathetic Capt. Sharon Raydor, the franchise can't help but be diminished. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: The first two cases, involving a gang of murderous thieves and the death of a personal trainer, are ho-hum. McDonnell, a fine actress, finally has a chance to inject some dry wit into her stoic investigator. Read full review
50
PopMattersLesley SmithAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Like The Closer, Major Crimes offers utterly predictable crime-solving. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryAug 10, 2012
Season 1 Review: Those who enjoyed "The Closer" will still find something, if probably not as much, to like about this closer, too. Or really, "Closer 2." Read full review
50
People WeeklyTom GliattoAug 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Cases piddle away as everyone hashes out deals at a conference table. Realistic, perhaps, but quite the buzzkill. [20 Aug 2012, p.41]
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandAug 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Raydor is cut from different cloth that her predecessor and that's going to take some getting used to. Read full review
40
The New York TimesMike HaleAug 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Pleasant in its details but hollow at its center, Major Crimes could argue in favor of a much-derided TV practice: the traditional network development process. It could have benefited from a year or two spent working on a pilot. Read full review
30
PopMattersLesley SmithJun 10, 2013
Season 2 Review: This shying away from meaty storylines typifies the longstanding weakness of Major Crimes and, to a certain extent, The Closer before it.... As the team has little to do on the job, the episode fills out the time with minor whiffs of narrative. Read full review
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