Red Widow

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 3, 2013
Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
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Critic Reviews

  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    Mar 1, 2013
    37
    Good dramas have been made from much less, but Widow's indifferently performed, dishwater-dull opener give us no real clue as to who Marta is or what she wants--or why anyone would want to watch her pursue it.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Feb 27, 2013
    25
    Red Widow staggers into an already listless mid-season Sunday on ABC with a premise borrowed from Dutch TV, a second-tier cast and consistently unconvincing writing throughout.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Sean Higgins
    Mar 4, 2013
    0
    Red Widow feels focus-grouped and dramatically scattered. All of the show's characters, right down to Marta's Russian mob-boss father (Rade Šerbedžija) are so clichéd that the episodes begin to feel like dramatizations of TV Tropes entries.

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#75 Most Discussed TV Season of 2013

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User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 41
  3. Negative: 8 out of 41
  1. futureal2
    Mar 31, 2013
    10
    This is one of those shows I was afraid to watch, assuming it was all but canceled before even premiering, but ended up getting drawn inThis is one of those shows I was afraid to watch, assuming it was all but canceled before even premiering, but ended up getting drawn in anyway. Compared to a lot of what networks are throwing out there these days, I really think Red Widow is a winner, and wish people would give it more of a chance. Most of the negative critical reviews had to do with the opener, which tried to do a lot and set up a lot with mixed results, but the show has been steadily getting better with each episode. We need more shows like this.… Full Review »
  2. Ashley628718
    Mar 31, 2013
    10
    I love that there is now a drama that has it all! (money, drugs, family and sexual tension). I haven't been this excited for a show in year's.I love that there is now a drama that has it all! (money, drugs, family and sexual tension). I haven't been this excited for a show in year's. I can't stand all the superficial reality tv that has become the popular genre. I like watching actors do just that act. Praying ABC gives it a chance.… Full Review »
  3. moviecube
    Dec 4, 2015
    8
    This is a great series. This is the "Breaking Bad' before CBS ever wanted to create something from this 'crime' genre. Lee Tergesen, GoranThis is a great series. This is the "Breaking Bad' before CBS ever wanted to create something from this 'crime' genre. Lee Tergesen, Goran Visnjic and Jaime Ray Newman are maybe the perfect actors for this kind of tension. I'm not gonna go through spoilers here but I am giving it a downgraded rating only because it is based on another crime drama, a Dutch one. I have one more complaint, because I believe that they could have executed it better. That's all… Full Review »
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