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Positive:
3
Mixed:
13
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
Aug 14, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Callaghan gives off a scintilla of Matt Damon vibes, but is his own Rudy, keeping his naive idealist free from leading-man tics. Parrilla finds the balance between Bruiser’s sauciness and seriousness; Byrne plays the clown adeptly; and Slattery, a boss again after “Mad Men,” softens his villainy with some Roger Sterling insouciance. Developed by Michael Seitzman and Jason Richman, it’s a very watchable show.
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Sep 5, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The series is at its best when we are introduced to Pritcher and watch in horror as his character is exposed to the outside world. However, the story isn’t as fluid or solid in scenes involving Rudy and Sarah, which should evoke emotional resonance that doesn’t memorably materialize.
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Aug 18, 2025
Season 1 Review:
What’s strange and ultimately damning about this adaptation is that, despite the broadly detailed but engaging roster of lawyer characters, there’s very little courtroom drama in the first half of the series, and instead quite a lot of kidnapping, murder, and extraneous conspiracy.
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Aug 21, 2025
Season 1 Review:
None of this is halfway interesting, and when the show cuts away from the central trio of Rudy, Bruiser and Deck, the series loses whatever snap it has, largely because the other characters are bland and undeveloped. Even Rudy is dull. That’s a matter of the writing but also the casting.
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Aug 15, 2025
Season 1 Review:
It’s remarkable how much the older generation of lawyers ends up outshining their mentees. .... “The Rainmaker” labors mightily to give its protagonist some dimension, from a backstory about a death in his family to a subplot about intervening in his neighbor’s abusive marriage. None of it works.
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The Daily BeastAug 15, 2025
IndieWireAug 15, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The biggest impediment to enjoying a show that’s made to be nothing more than enjoyable is Rudy himself. Without more motivation than a boilerplate tragic backstory (his brother, who wanted to be a lawyer, died before he could realize that dream) and a general desire to be successful on his lost loved one’s behalf, there’s very little reason to invest in Rudy’s struggle, especially when compared to his easy-to-root-for past iterations.
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