Reckless
CBS | Release Date: June 29, 2014
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NewsdayDiane WertsJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: The actors hit that soap sweet-spot between honest reality and lurid theatricality under direction from pros like Michael Apted and Catherine Hardwicke. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonJun 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: I don’t dislike the show Reckless could be, and Gigandet and Wood are cute together ... But the pivotal case, in which many officers may have drugged and raped a colleague, demands to be taken seriously ... Switching back and forth to lighthearted flirtation feels terribly wrong. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Fans of old-time network soaps may find something to enjoy here, but despite the promise that “dark secrets simmer behind every door and threaten to tarnish the genteel façade of seductive Charleston,” Reckless is decidedly bland and evinces almost none of the sense of place CBS proclaims. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Reckless isn't anything close to being great TV, but it's diverting, especially as a summer replacement. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Police corruption, sexual harassment and worse form the underpinnings of a soapy serial that's hard to take seriously but that might fit your summer mood. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubMyles McNuttJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Reckless ultimately rests on a half-decent central romance buried in muddy sexual politics. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Modestly diverting on its own terms and well-cast at the fringes, the show’s leads probably aren’t as compelling as they need to be. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanJun 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Reckless is executed competently enough, with everyone holding up his or her end of the bargain by being hot and trying to enliven the routine premises. But just about everyone in the cast has done better work elsewhere. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyNina TerreroJul 2, 2014
Season 1 Review: The Southern-fried series too often skips courtroom drama in favor of forced sexual tension. [11 Jul 2014, p.65]
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Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJun 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: A summery crime-soap, just complicated enough to be diverting without taxing brains addled by the sun. ... I can't exactly recommend it, and yet I must admit I watched many more episodes than was strictly necessary to write this review. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Reckless, a summer crime-lawyer-melodrama mishmash that begins on Sunday on CBS, is determined to be vacuous, even though, every so often, it hints that it could be more substantive if it wanted to be Read full review
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New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Reckless feels like it was designed by a committee. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJun 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: Reckles is merely witless, akin to a trashy and disposable beach read that should come with its own sunscreen--or perhaps a wet bar to distract us from the cheesy plotting and cardboard acting. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartJun 30, 2014
Season 1 Review: Clichés flow fast and furious. Read full review
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Chicago Sun-TimesLori RacklJun 23, 2014
Season 1 Review: Her love-hate relationship with a local good ol’ boy lawyer (Cam Gigandet, “The O.C.”) is one of many predictable plot points in this instantly forgettable summer soap. Read full review
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