The Crossing (2018)

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 2, 2018
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 38
  3. Negative: 10 out of 38
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  1. bob516
    Apr 2, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is so disappointing how network television take a science fiction premise, with so much potential, and turn it into an obvious, rehashed story, that drains away all the possibility of exploring new ideas and new storylines. Rushing to fall back on the same old tropes (a mother's love for her child trumps all, the bad guys are already here and in positions of power) does not make me want to watch this show. For some stupid reason I forced myself to watch the first episode until the end, stupid because I hoped it would get better. It didn't.… Expand
  2. Ededed
    Apr 9, 2018
    0
    Exactly as others have described it. A wannabe serious story recycling plots of other shows. Wants us to think it is better than it really is. Pass.
  3. EludiumQ36
    Apr 3, 2018
    2
    Yes, this is as poor as you feared it'd be. An excellent premise sabotaged by poor casting, poor acting, poor directing, poor screenplay, etc. Also, there's a very obvious studio effort to address diversity, so much so that's it's utterly distracting. It has the hallmarks of a CW production, feels very much like a mix of their shows I see advertised - don't watch any. Though it's created,Yes, this is as poor as you feared it'd be. An excellent premise sabotaged by poor casting, poor acting, poor directing, poor screenplay, etc. Also, there's a very obvious studio effort to address diversity, so much so that's it's utterly distracting. It has the hallmarks of a CW production, feels very much like a mix of their shows I see advertised - don't watch any. Though it's created, written, and directed by men, it's very empowered woman oriented with white guys being the chief villains, so yeh, the studio must've leaned hard on them to shape the show in this manner. There's also all kinds of plausibility problems from the way the police and homeland security set up and manage things, it's just atrocious. Such wasted potential.… Expand
  4. OlivierPiel
    May 8, 2018
    0
    this show should be given a minus score: I want the 40 minutes I spent on this drivel of a sci-fi show back! Stupid plot, atrocious acting, lazy dialogues. This is like a 1990's TV show! Come on!
  5. Tjangels100
    May 20, 2018
    0
    Would have kept watching it but u wrote off all the characters after season 2. Just was getting to know them and like them. Bring them all back

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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Colorado Springs Gazette
    Reviewed by: Terry Terrones
    Apr 2, 2018
    83
    The pilot for The Crossing is reminiscent of "Lost" and "Wayward Pines," signaling great potential for the new series.
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  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Apr 2, 2018
    50
    It may be merely gesticulating at parallel ironies as opposed to exploring and exposing them. But that’s the nagging part about evaluating this all-too-ordinary feint and an extraordinary story. Because that the first episode hints at the drama’s aspirations to be and do many things at once. And this dilutes its sense of necessity.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Apr 2, 2018
    60
    It is watchable, even diverting television; but it is definitely good Zahn.
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