Undercover

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Season 1
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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Critic Reviews

  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Meredith Blake
    Nov 16, 2016
    50
    Like both “Criminal Justice” and “The Night Of,” “Undercover” is concerned with the collateral damage wrought by the legal system, with its corrosive effect on lawyers, judges, defendants and, in this case, undercover cops. Unfortunately, these worthy and relevant themes get lost in the overgrown narrative weeds.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Nov 16, 2016
    50
    Undercover could have been far better, but it just isn’t. Nonetheless, it’s worth your time, if only to wallow in the brilliance of Okonedo’s performance and to consider what might have been if only Moffat had exercised some restraint.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Nov 16, 2016
    40
    In the end, it doesn’t really come close to making sense, which is the worst thing you can say about this type of show.
  5. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Nov 3, 2016
    40
    The series starts strong as it establishes its hooks, but fails to stick any of its underwhelming climaxes. [7 - 20 Nov 2016, p.13]
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User Score
4.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. jeremyp
    Nov 19, 2016
    6
    This show becomes messier and more convoluted every episode. What was the writer thinking. His other work was so much better. The story isThis show becomes messier and more convoluted every episode. What was the writer thinking. His other work was so much better. The story is taken in skeleton frame from a true story of an undercover cop who uses a woman as a cover and even gets her pregnant, so he can infiltrate a green movement, while committing crimes. They should have stuck with that story. Instead it throws so many implausible scenarios in that it becomes comical. Okenedo, a great actress, doesn't help by being so ultra serious and intense that she comes off as a farcical character. In the end we are left with no clue about the bad guys motivations. Why go to such lengths? You expect an aria and get a ditty.… Full Review »
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