Perception
TNT | Release Date: July 9, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
13
Negative:
3
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PopMattersDorothy Burk Vasquez Jun 25, 2013
Season 2 Review: Despite the new episode’s title, “Ch-Ch-Changes,” not much here is different. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: The crimes of the first four episodes revel in plot twists and medical conditions so ludicrous that they eventually become endearing, as does, against all odds, McCormack's performance. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayJul 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: Perception is both clever and ridiculous. Read full review
50
USA TodayRobert BiancoJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: This reduction of a serious, debilitating illness to a personality quirk would be as unwatchable as it is insulting were it not for one thing: an appealingly disheveled star turn from Will & Grace's Eric McCormack as Daniel. Read full review
50
The New York TimesMike HaleJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Across the four early episodes provided for review, Pierce's hallucinations are already beginning to feel like stunts covering up for a lack of ideas. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: An otherwise run-of-the-mill mystery with a big twist. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalDorothy RabinowitzJul 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: There are aspects of the series that are engaging--Daniel's intricately conceived sleuthing for the FBI, for instance--but, as the voices in your own head soon tell you, there's a lot more of it that's wearisome. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJul 6, 2012
Season 1 Review: Perception feels like an entry-level course, and isn't nearly as cerebral as it pretends to be. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJul 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: McCormack, in designer stubble, is no better than ordinary in the lead role. Nor are the cases at hand all that compelling. Read full review
42
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Perception is a head trip not worth the journey. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: The cases themselves are weakly constructed, with more holes than a box of doughnuts. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: Maybe at a certain point it won't feel like all this is a little too gimmicky, or that the rules are being made up as we go along. Out of the box, it kind of does. Read full review
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Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 9, 2012
Season 1 Review: The show is not so much awful as it is a colorless copy of better shows that have come before. Read full review
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