Raines

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Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 15, 2007
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 26
  3. Negative: 4 out of 26
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Critic Reviews

  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Doug Elfman
    38
    The script -- like the direction and acting -- is only half on.
  2. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    30
    Raines' conversations with the dead... aren't exactly riveting.
  3. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    30
    The hallucinatory gimmick can only do so much for the same old stories.
  5. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    20
    All this talent can't make the premise - a police detective talks to murder victims - work.

Awards & Rankings

59
#59 Best TV Season of 2007
34
#34 Most Discussed TV Season of 2007

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 65
  3. Negative: 5 out of 65
  1. SusanL.
    Mar 1, 2008
    9
    "I see dead people." Crime victims, that is. Nobody does smart flakiness like Jeff Goldblum. I hope they bring it back.
  2. RoryO.
    Nov 27, 2007
    9
    Original. Believable. Easy to follow. Characters keep you very interested. Unable to guess the ending. WHERE DID IT GO? Bring it back or I Original. Believable. Easy to follow. Characters keep you very interested. Unable to guess the ending. WHERE DID IT GO? Bring it back or I could end up television set.… Full Review »
  3. pamh.
    Aug 26, 2007
    10
    awesome show - intriguing - something unique! please please please renew it!
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