Rush (2014)
ABC | USA | Release Date: July 17, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
8
Negative:
3

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Zap2it (Inside the Box)Laurel BrownJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Rush is a pretty good pilot that could turn into an excellent addition to USA's lineup of complicated character dramas. Read full review
70
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 15, 2014
Season 1 Review: Writer/director Jonathan Levine created Rush and he brings the show a confidence that new dramas are often lacking. Read full review
70
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenJul 14, 2014
Season 1 Review: Basically, Rush is USA’s answer to “House,” albeit with a younger, hotter doctor. Unlike “Satisfaction,” Rush doesn’t seem overly serialized, which keeps it in line with traditional USA series, only this one is more gray-sky than blue-sky programming. Read full review
50
HitfixAlan SepinwallJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: It's as deeply cynical as its doctor anti-hero, but like Rush, it's aware of the path it's on and doesn't have the pretensions of being something it's not. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Ellis has one great, understated moment, when Sarah (Odette Annable), the love of his life, confronts him about his failings, and you can see Rush realizes the gulf between the man he is and the man he’d like to be is a chasm he’ll never be able to breach. The show needs more of this. But no, it backs away from the edge. Read full review
50
NewsdayDiane WertsJul 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: With "Satisfaction" an hour later proving even USA now knows what adult TV can really be, Rush doesn't deliver one. Read full review
50
VarietyBrian LowryJul 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Ellis is fine, but it’s all pretty tired stuff--"Entourage" with a medical degree. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Rush hits all its notes with a solidity often known as stomping--Love trumps all pain and Rush must change his ways--and while it does offer another version of USA's other freelance-doc drama "Royal Pains," this concept actually doesn't look better in black. Read full review
40
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: Rush lacks the sunny disposition--and the "MacGyver"-like skills--of his "Royal Pains" counterpart, and while Ellis exudes a certain dangerous charm, I found it wearing thin before the first episode was over. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJul 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: Rush is apparently a fine surgeon, but whoever is writing this show needs to transplant more personality into him. The bad behavior and occasional wisecracks in the first episode aren’t enough. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterAllison KeeneJul 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: While Rush is very much in USA's wheelhouse, bearing passing resemblance tonally (that is, quick and breezy) to series like Royal Pains and Burn Notice, it doesn't come together as well as some of the network's more memorable series. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: The ludicrous medical melodrama Rush is a reminder that, if you push the envelope too hard without the compensating virtues of wit or even an iota of humanity and realism, the impulse is to push back. Read full review
25
USA TodayRobert BiancoJul 16, 2014
Season 1 Review: A badly cast Tom Ellis stars as Dr. William Rush.... He's unlikable and unsympathetic, which can be fine. He's also uninteresting, which can't be. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJul 17, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show and its central character are thoroughly repulsive. Read full review
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