Those Who Kill
A&E | LMN | A&E/LMN | Release Date: March 3, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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Zap2it (Inside the Box)Chris E. HaynerMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: With so much serial killer programming on TV, like "Hannibal" and "The Following," Those Who Kill could carve out its own little place. But it's going to take some work. On the bright side, the show has Sevigny, who is the clear standout on the series. Read full review
60
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: The drama really piles it on: Catherine's only hobbies seem to be cutting herself on her tummy and hips with a razor and collecting paintings of famous serial killers' childhood homes. Midway through, the pilot improves considerably--and gets even stranger. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: Laughably unoriginal, the greatest novelty of creator Glen Morgan's series is that his predictably troubled detective is a woman rather than the usual thirtysomething white dude with three-day stubble and a morning hankering for bourbon. Read full review
50
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob OwenMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: As a psychological thriller, it's not terrible--certainly better than Fox's dreadful monotonous "The Following"--but Those Who Kill suffers from character/relationship incoherence. Read full review
50
PopMattersCynthia FuchsMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: The show piles on plot and cliché. You know too much already. And yet, watching her, you realize you can never know enough. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: The premiere is as by-the-numbers as it gets in the already bloated genre of moody procedural, enlivened only by a viciously scary killer and, of course, Sevigny, who roils in significant silence even when she is forced to reveal that her character is a cutter. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubEmily VanDerWerffMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: The world has so many series about dark humans doing dark things that it becomes all the more difficult to stand out, and Those Who Kill is so generic it doesn’t even seem interested in trying. Read full review
50
Washington PostHank StueverMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: Although Sevigny brings some of her flair for playing stubbornly outré characters to this role, Those Who Kill fails to distinguish itself from “Hannibal,” “The Following” and so much else in TV’s corpse-strewn imagination. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoFeb 27, 2014
Season 1 Review: The pilot of Those Who Kill features the kind of cinematic production values that we've come to expect from cable and the two leads are undeniably engaging, but the writing here is paper-thin, the kind of scripted crime drama that we've seen too many times for it to feel fresh again. Read full review
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Uncle BarkyEd BarkMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: Sevigny works hard at being complex, haunted, etc. while the show around her collapses into a voyeuristic mess with a denouement that makes one wonder how Catherine Jensen could possibly remain on the force beyond the opening episode. Read full review
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The New York TimesMike HaleMar 3, 2014
Season 1 Review: It’s histrionic and preposterous without being entertaining, and those qualities infect all the performances. Read full review
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