Rush (2014)

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC , USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 17, 2014
Metascore
45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

Critic Reviews

  1. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jul 17, 2014
    50
    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.
  2. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Jul 17, 2014
    50
    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.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    Jul 16, 2014
    50
    With "Satisfaction" an hour later proving even USA now knows what adult TV can really be, Rush doesn't deliver one.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Jul 16, 2014
    50
    Ellis is fine, but it’s all pretty tired stuff--"Entourage" with a medical degree.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Jul 17, 2014
    40
    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.
  7. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Jul 17, 2014
    40
    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.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Jul 16, 2014
    40
    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.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Jul 16, 2014
    40
    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.

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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 39
  3. Negative: 5 out of 39
  1. Skeletor71
    Jul 18, 2014
    7
    Some things were a bit 'much' and over the top (like mexican gangsters all having tattoos and saying 'Ese'), but I liked it better than ISome things were a bit 'much' and over the top (like mexican gangsters all having tattoos and saying 'Ese'), but I liked it better than I thought I would. I watched it after watching Ray Donovan and it had a similar vibe to me. Only with less professional acting and production values.… Full Review »
  2. derstreber
    Sep 14, 2014
    10
    I really liked the show from day one! It is refreshing, the style is cool and it is just a blast to watch.
    In addition the music is well    I really liked the show from day one! It is refreshing, the style is cool and it is just a blast to watch.
    In addition the music is well chosen. Can't wait to see more.    … Full Review »
  3. ngb222
    Aug 15, 2014
    1
    I like this actor in other things I have seen him in, like oddly enough the comedy show Miranda.
    He is not likable in this. He does not have    I like this actor in other things I have seen him in, like oddly enough the comedy show Miranda.
    He is not likable in this. He does not have the writers to make him likable like House.
    I watched the first 3 episodes and gave up. Dreary, mean spirited and full of criminals and thugs.
    That is not how I choose to spend my TV watching time these days.    … Full Review »
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