Undercovers
NBC | Release Date: September 22, 2010
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
12
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: He's dashing, she's beautiful, and the show is fairly entertaining. But Undercovers adds nothing to the spy show genre. Read full review
60
PopMattersElizabeth Wiggins
Season 1 Review: At times witty and always good-looking, Undercovers needs to figure out how to balance its serious, silly, and gimmicky inclinations. Read full review
60
Washington Post
Season 1 Review: Undercovers is watchable only because of its stars, whose chemistry recalls the fonder days of "Hart to Hart"-style high jinks. Read full review
58
Boston HeraldMark A. Perigard
Season 1 Review: Maybe Abrams just ran out of energy drinks that week. This is a poor caper show that doesn't even deliver half the surprises of TNT's "Leverage." Read full review
50
The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
Season 1 Review: The banter between the Blooms is so full of cloying sugar substitutes and so devoid of any real tension that there is no voyeuristic thrill to be had even from their--I'm just going to say it, because the show does--"sexpionage." Read full review
50
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: Undercovers has its moments, but the show itself in some respects mirrors the initial problem with the central duo's relationship--comfortable, perhaps, but failing to spark the kind of passion necessary to elicit fidelity from viewers. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineBrian Holcomb
Season 1 Review: The characters are gently sarcastic with one another, clearly in love, and exhibit great respect for their unique skills. What's missing is a stronger supporting cast and the right narrative vehicle for their adventures. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It's light but predictable fun. Read full review
50
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: "Undercovers" is so content to lapse into genre conventions, that it feels complacent and banal. Worse, Kodjoe and Mbatha-Raw have such minimal chemistry that they seem to be shadowboxing most of the time. Read full review
50
Under The RadarLily Moayeri
Season 1 Review: The efficiency and charisma of these two, enhanced by the haute couture and clichéd exotic locales, makes watching Undercovers really fun-but not very believable as a spy drama. It is all a little too casual and humorous to be convincing. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: The light-hearted international espionage series is predictable, pointless, and, worst of all, cutesy. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterAndy Bailey
Season 1 Review: Abrams and company, including Kodjoe and Mbatha-Raw, who possess chemistry but lack sufficient charm and delivery, must find some way to jump-start this misfire before it fades into obscurity, or before Abrams shifts his focus to the forthcoming mystery production "Super 8," which hints at a more intriguing fusion of "Lost" and "Cloverfield." Read full review
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