Second Chance
FOX | Release Date: January 13, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Matt Zoller SeitzJan 12, 2016
Season 1 Review: Kazinsky is likable, but seemingly lacks the imagination to suggest depths that aren't indicated in series creator Rand Ravich's screenplay. He doesn't sync up with Hall's performance as the older version of the character.... There are compensations, though: The emotionally fraught relationship between Mary, the CEO of the tech company, and her brother Otto, the scientific genius behind most of its advances, is fascinating, and DeKay's performance as Duval is intelligent, sensitive, and often unexpectedly touching. Read full review
58
Colorado Springs GazetteTerry TerronesApr 6, 2016
Season 1 Review: Second Chance is guilty pleasure TV viewing. If you can get past its flaws and gaping plot holes, there’s some fun to be had with its unusual premise. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJan 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: By current standards the show isn't particularly graphic or brutal and, indeed, works best the closer it comes to comedy and romance. When it tries to go deep or dark, it feels overwritten and overwrought; as light entertainment, it's passably diverting, not without charm. Read full review
50
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardJan 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: The show moves briskly but not well. Kazinsky is good and tries to continue the cranky character Hall so memorably creates, but the writing wants to turn him into Captain America. Read full review
50
The Lincoln Journal StarJeff KorbelikJan 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: Kazinsky is bland. As is the seen-it-before strained relationship between him and his “son,” an FBI agent played by Tim DeKay. The strange dynamic between twin brother and sister, however, is the reason I will give it a second chance. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJan 8, 2016
Season 1 Review: Second Chance is watchable without being especially engaging. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenDec 23, 2015
Season 1 Review: Second Chance is pretty much another Fox attempt at a crime procedural crossed with a high concept. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJoshua AlstonJan 13, 2016
Season 1 Review: Their [Kazinsky and DeJKay's] bro-ish father-son bond isn’t enough to make Second Chance worthwhile. For all its shiny jewelry, the show is ultimately a plain procedural, and no amount of advanced technology is enough to make it feel brand new. Read full review
40
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniJan 12, 2016
Season 1 Review: Second Chance is preposterous, silly, and forgettable. But it never takes itself too seriously and it flows along at a good pace. Take it or leave it. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergJan 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: The pity is that there are aspects of Second Chance that work amidst the nonsense, but the show becomes no greater awareness of those aspects over the four episodes I've seen. Read full review
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