- Network: ABC
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 11, 2016
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The concept is muddy, the twists are hokey, the Shonda Rhimes-esque tone and pace are exhausting, the compelling ethical questions about journalism and the law are unexplored, and the relationship between Sunjata and Perabo is smirky and unintentionally hard to understand.
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Featuring unconvincing dialogue. ... Notorious is otherwise instantly forgettable as soon as each scene is completed.
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As silly and contrived as Notorious is, it might have worked as an end-of-the-work-week guilty pleasure if it were more fun, or more willing to wink at its own absurdity, or more something. Instead, it takes all of its poorly written media and/or legal manipulations so seriously that the only way to respond is with an eye roll and a yawn.
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It’s like the writers are just throwing ideas on a wall to see what sticks. Nothing about this pilot feels finely tuned or carefully constructed. It’s a shame, actually, given the great chemistry between Perabo and Sunjata in the first place.
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There are several deaths in the Notorious pilot, but there’s nothing that feels like it’s life-or-death. The story always returns to the eventful but uninteresting frenemyship of Julia and Jake, with its anemic banter and ever-so-slight sexual tension.
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The network was probably aiming for “Scandal,” but by the end of the first episode the mix of ridiculous plot twists and awful soap-opera-ish dialogue make you wonder if “Scrambled” might not have been more appropriate title.
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A nearly wall-to-wall mess. ... Every convoluted plot twist of the pilot feels like an unnecessary embellishment on top of an already nonsensical premise--because the show also fails to explain why this producer and this lawyer being friends with each other is unusual or interesting.
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This is a show without any nutritive value, innate appeal or sense of purpose. It slogs through its muck until the buzzer sounds.
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There's little visual style to Notorious, and the main case of the week is standard fare, a trying-to-be-twisty but quite predictable tale of a tech billionaire accused in a hit-and-run, while the B plot about a political blackmailing is completely forgettable.
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Mistaking cynicism for sense and creepy for sexy, Notorious just might have been able to yank yet one more thread out of the social fabric--were it not, almost thankfully, so numbingly lazy, stupid and inadequate.
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Character likability is actually just one issue. Plausibility is the other.
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A show that halfheartedly duplicates the pacing and attitude of previous hits without bothering to create compelling characters or interesting plots.
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Notorious is populated by unpleasant, self-absorbed characters, some of whom are murderers. ... Their chemistry is forced. And, like the rest of Notorious, it fizzles. This is certainly a candidate to be the first show canceled this fall.
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Almost every beat of Notorious feels off, every emotion or attempt at humor feels sour.
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It’s a prime-time drama that leans too heavily on flash and trash without having the common decency to be ironic.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 47
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Mixed: 5 out of 47
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Negative: 23 out of 47
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