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. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    88
    "Raines" not only deserves an audience - with any luck at all, it deserves a renewal, and a firm spot on NBC's fall schedule.
  2. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    75
    Yes, the premise may be decidedly derivative, but it's all in the witty execution.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    75
    While this all sounds fresh, don't think for a minute you're going to be seeing anything that hasn't been re-packaged before.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    75
    Intriguing and involving, if sometimes odd for oddness' sake alone, Raines is a novel twist on one of TV's oldest formats: the single, super-intuitive detective.
  6. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    70
    Goldblum’s thoughtful, enjoyable presence is — rather than the one saving grace of an otherwise tiresome procedural — the centerpiece of a generally well-crafted drama, one that’s sprinkled with loving nods to Raymond Chandler and “Double Indemnity.”
  7. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    70
    Working together, Goldblum and Craven create some of the most honest scenes in the genre.
  8. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    70
    "Raines" is both thoroughly conventional and thoroughly unconventional; in fact, it often revels in its conventionality.
  9. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    70
    An immensely enjoyable premiere.
  10. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    70
    Goldblum... gives the character of Raines a solid and gratifying humanity, enough to lift "just another" cop opera into a considerably more rarefied realm.

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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