Shut Eye

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Season 2
  • Network: HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 7, 2016
Season #: 2, 1
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Nick Romano
    Nov 29, 2017
    67
    The show itself teeters between the darkness of this mafioso underworld and the sheer absurdity of it all without fully leaning into either. The result is a tepid con game. It’s fine, but it’s not something you’d anxiously return to each week--which might be why Hulu is dropping all the episodes at once.

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4.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
  1. WorldofLucky
    Mar 4, 2018
    6
    It deserved more than two seasons.

    Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t a stellar breakthrough in writing, but if you enjoyed Jeffrey Donovan in    It deserved more than two seasons.

    Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t a stellar breakthrough in writing, but if you enjoyed Jeffrey Donovan in Burn Notice, you will enjoy this a lot.

    Following Charlie Haverford (Donovan) who is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling businesses in the greater chunk of Los Angeles. A blow to the head from a client’s angry boyfriend intersects with a hypnosis session while auditioning a new “clairvoyant,” and suddenly, a man whose entire life has been based on fraud begins to see and feel some very real and fundamental truths.

    The show was well written, quirky and both fun and serious at the same time. Jeffrey Donovan was the central hub for the first season and that made it interesting. The second season tried to expand into the subplots with the secondary characters and that is where I think people lost interest. Not enough time on Charlie, too much time on his horrific wife. I did like that there was a scammer/psychic fraud underworld in LA. That was a new twist.

    The things I disliked other then the expansion was the way the wife’s character was written, and how Charlie wouldn’t do anything about it. I also disliked that the show portrayed Romani as the illegal underground for psychics. I don’t think it was on purpose, but it played into a lot of stereotypes about Romani, when it looked like they were trying to overcome that.

    Pros: Good acting, and a very up on it Jeffrey Donovan made this an interesting show.

    Cons: The loss of focus on Charlie, the representation of Romani and especially how horrible they made Charlie’s wife.

    Even with all that, I am disappointed there wasn’t a third season.    … Full Review »
  2. foxpoet
    Dec 10, 2017
    7
    This show is not "Breaking Bad," though season two shows its admiration by picking up actors. Sometimes it seems they are throwing everythingThis show is not "Breaking Bad," though season two shows its admiration by picking up actors. Sometimes it seems they are throwing everything in the pot, including the kitchen sink. Occasionally, this produces a good stew. If you watch the whole season, as I did (with reservations), I think you will find it a positive experience. Stew seasoned best if you watch season 1 first.… Full Review »
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