Pure Genius

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 27, 2016
User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 42
  3. Negative: 9 out of 42
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  1. meldrew
    Oct 31, 2016
    3
    Considering a lot happens, this is a curiously uninvolving pilot episode.

    Overly manipulative emotionally, there's no edge to it at all. If this is the best it can come up with to hook an audience into sticking with it for a few more episodes, I fear for what's to come.

    3/10 and two of them are for the loveliness that is Odette Annable.
  2. lisashea
    Jan 9, 2017
    2
    I generally enjoy hospital dramas and I love the high tech aspect of this. So we watched a number of episodes, really hoping it would work out.

    It was awful. The plots were cliche and the acting often wooden. Often it was about showing off their 3D printer without any actual thought involved. There were several times I was yelling at the screen because what they were doing made no    I generally enjoy hospital dramas and I love the high tech aspect of this. So we watched a number of episodes, really hoping it would work out.

    It was awful.

    The plots were cliche and the acting often wooden. Often it was about showing off their 3D printer without any actual thought involved. There were several times I was yelling at the screen because what they were doing made no sense at all.

    But there was an episode where I finally swore I would never watch it again.

    It involved a multi-person kidney donation swap. First, one of the staff members BADGERED AN ANONYMOUS PATIENT even though it would risk the entire groups of patients!! Why? Because she was nosy? That was just infuriating.

    And then, to make it worse, another doctor PRESSURED AN ORGAN DONOR to donate an organ. This is just beyond unethical. And she was petulant and whiny when confronted. Her end result was "Oh well, I'm sorry I stepped on your toes" - showing zero remorse at all for her unethical behavior. And of course they made it the *female* doctor who shows this emotional lack of professionalism.

    No no no. I will never watch this show again. It goes against everything I believe.    … Expand
  3. ArmanddeB
    Jan 30, 2017
    0
    This is a show that you really want to root for. The cast is an interesting combination of actors who seem to have not quite meshed. I love the concept and science but i think that the show needed more time to develop. It reminds me of the CBS show Battle Creek. Loved the characters, but it the pie wasn't finished. Hope it gets another chance.

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#93 Most Discussed TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Oct 31, 2016
    33
    A rare and probably untreatable case of a premise that comes off far more creepy than it intends.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Oct 27, 2016
    20
    The best thing about Pure Genius is that it's laugh-out-loud funny, which CBS can't say about any of its new sitcoms. Of course, Pure Genius is a drama that's not actually supposed to be funny, so there you go.
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  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Willa Paskin
    Oct 27, 2016
    10
    I have no idea what happened in the making of Pure Genius, but it is impossible to tell that Katims was involved, on the level of performance or intelligence.
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