The Catch

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 28, 2015
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 33
  3. Negative: 3 out of 33
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Critic Reviews

  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Mar 24, 2016
    37
    Everything about The Catch is annoying, from the basic premise to the impossible twists to especially (somehow, especially) the insistent soundtrack that is supposed to whip us into a froth of excitement.
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Mar 25, 2016
    30
    Enos is asked to sell a caper, but the inciting incident--her husband turns out to be a con artist who disappears, taking her money with him--is played less as melodrama than as farce.... The bigger issue is that Christopher Hall, played by Peter Krause, responds to pure goofiness as though he’s the tormented hero in the penultimate scene of a DC Comics film.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Mar 23, 2016
    30
    It's a laborious, cliched bit of retread television.

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User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 62
  3. Negative: 13 out of 62
  1. SarahSarah
    Apr 14, 2016
    10
    This is a great show... Keeps you on your toes with great storylines. Love the actors... They all have great chemistry and charisma. WellThis is a great show... Keeps you on your toes with great storylines. Love the actors... They all have great chemistry and charisma. Well worth the watch!… Full Review »
  2. SoCalGal
    Mar 29, 2016
    3
    Miscasting of the lead male character shot this pilot in the foot for me. Peter Krause seemed uncomfortable in the character's skin, whichMiscasting of the lead male character shot this pilot in the foot for me. Peter Krause seemed uncomfortable in the character's skin, which lead to about zero chemistry between he and the Alice character. I didn't find the pairing compelling at all, which meant the rest of the story didn't make it off the launch pad.

    Not likely to watch more of this new show. Only caught the repeat of the first one as it was in the "Castle" slot. Found it actually unsettling to watch in the second half hour due to the characterizations.    … Full Review »
  3. martinex
    Apr 10, 2016
    8
    Shonda Rhimes makes silly melodramas full of overly emotional speeches and silly personal discussions during brain surgeries. Yet somehow IShonda Rhimes makes silly melodramas full of overly emotional speeches and silly personal discussions during brain surgeries. Yet somehow I find myself watching everything she does (Well almost everything. How To Get Away With Murder does nothing for me). The Catch might be my favorite guilty pleasure of all of them. Peter Krause is a bit of a stretch as the debonair international thief Benjamin Jones. Mireille Enos' (The Killing) talents are probably wasted as Alice Vaughn but I'd watch anything Mireille Enos is in. Sure it's a bit hokey but I'll be damn if Ms. Rhimes hasn't hooked me again.… Full Review »
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