The Mob Doctor

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Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 17, 2012
Metascore
42

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 8 out of 24
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Sep 17, 2012
    60
    Despite the frantic and at times clunky initial execution, there are times when The Mob Doctor shows signs of transcending the typical doc-with-something-extra medical procedural.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Sep 17, 2012
    60
    A lead character stuck endlessly agonizing over her fate isn't a character we will watch forever, even though Spiro is one of the freshest and brightest stars on TV this season.
  3. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Sep 17, 2012
    58
    This show almost works, and credit has to go to star Jordana Spiro ("My Boys"), who imbues her Dr. Grace Devlin with equal parts brass and cleverness.
  5. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    Sep 17, 2012
    50
    The Mob Doctor's pilot is stranded between quality cable nuance and broadcast network spoon-feeding.
  6. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Sarah Rodman
    Sep 17, 2012
    50
    At its heart, The Mob Doctor feels more like a by-the-numbers CBS procedural than an "edgy" Fox drama.
  7. RedEye
    Reviewed by: Curt Wagner
    Sep 17, 2012
    50
    I get the feeling Grace will always do the right thing, which is going to make The Mob Doctor predictable and not all that entertaining.
  8. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Sep 12, 2012
    42
    Mob Doctor is one of those classically bad concepts that somehow got green-lighted as a series.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Sep 12, 2012
    42
    Here's a show descending into self-parody before it even has a self to parody. [14/21 Sep 2012, p.133]
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Sep 17, 2012
    40
    The pilot is so packed with generic scenes of medical crises and mob muscle-flexing that it feels as if the creators went to a buffet of past series and desperately piled everything they could reach onto the mob doc's plate.
  11. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    Sep 17, 2012
    40
    The most earnestly silly show of the fall.
  12. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Sep 14, 2012
    40
    There's nothing initially compelling enough to warrant regular visits, much less house calls.
  13. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Sep 11, 2012
    40
    In Fox's new series, The Mob Doctor, trying to reinvent the wheel has led to a truly flat idea.

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#54 Most Shared TV Season of 2012

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User Score
4.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 30
  3. Negative: 13 out of 30
  1. baoboa
    Nov 16, 2012
    6
    Like many others I too desperately wanted to like this show. Simply put, I believe that the stellar cast has been plagued with bad writing.Like many others I too desperately wanted to like this show. Simply put, I believe that the stellar cast has been plagued with bad writing. Its just too cliche and at times unbelievable... great acting, bad stories.… Full Review »
  2. rmdashrf
    Sep 24, 2012
    2
    The decent cast deserve a better-written vehicle than this. Here's a tip from the show-it-don't-say-it file: find a way to make your mainThe decent cast deserve a better-written vehicle than this. Here's a tip from the show-it-don't-say-it file: find a way to make your main character plucky without sticking it in the dialogue. The concept probably could have worked, but I don't see this getting renewed.… Full Review »
  3. Brooklyndave
    Jan 24, 2013
    8
    With all the reality shows and I must say very poor choices for NBC, I have enjoyed the show The Mob
    Doctor. The story kept continuing which    With all the reality shows and I must say very poor choices for NBC, I have enjoyed the show The Mob
    Doctor. The story kept continuing which I enjoyed. But as far as I was told my view at 66 really doesn't
    count anymore, the networks are trying to get the 25 year to 45 year old mainly for the commercials That's who really pays the actors.    … Full Review »
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