The Big Easy

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Season 1
  • Network: USA
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 11, 1996
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
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  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    May 29, 2014
    60
    But the transition to the small screen, for now, is more like "The Big Uneasy," even if the series has flashes of promise. [11 Aug 1996, p.F1]
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Tony Scott
    May 29, 2014
    50
    One trouble is that Crane and Walters don't come near striking a spark; episode's final, unprepared-for scene, in which they profess a mutual declaration, goes clunk. [9 Aug 1996]
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Lon Grahnke
    May 29, 2014
    50
    "Easy" does it with sex, violence and pungent humor. It's hot and spicy, if that's your taste. [9 Aug 1996, p.51]
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  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Caryn James
    May 29, 2014
    40
    Atmosphere is all the series has going for it. Remy's murder investigations never become suspenseful. And the slow-burning sexual attraction between Remy and Anne works better in a film than in a series. Drawing the relationship out over several episodes, The Big Easy becomes "Moonlighting" without the wit. [10 Aug 1996, p.19]
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