Whiskey Cavalier

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 27, 2019
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 42
  3. Negative: 6 out of 42
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  1. Bilabrin
    Mar 14, 2019
    3
    Remember Castle? It was a great show. Whiskey Cavelier remembers. A goofy but cunning older guy, a shrewd and passionate badass lady-cop and a whole ton of fun sexual tension kept that show watchable for 8 awesome seasons.

    With Whiskey Cavalier I'm tapping out after episode 3. The show has tried to capture the feeing of Castle but with a twist, bad writing and unlikable charachters. The    Remember Castle? It was a great show. Whiskey Cavelier remembers. A goofy but cunning older guy, a shrewd and passionate badass lady-cop and a whole ton of fun sexual tension kept that show watchable for 8 awesome seasons.

    With Whiskey Cavalier I'm tapping out after episode 3. The show has tried to capture the feeing of Castle but with a twist, bad writing and unlikable charachters. The three main leads are fine and have a good chemistry but tack on a socially awkward and inherently unlikable duo of support staff and shoehorn them into every scene formulaically and you have a recipe for disaster. It's like getting spinach sprinkled on your ice cream.

    The psycologist charachter has a dour and negative comment in literally every scene she's cast in and the gadget guy feels like the guy who nobody invited to the party but showed up anyway trying to seem cool.

    Even were we to overlook these two "turds in the punchbowl" the dialog between the two leads is forced, cheesy and unsubtle.

    Overall this show is not fun, its a dour slog. The pilot was okay and the second episode was almost as good, with the third episode I've realized there's not enough here to like to justify my time.    … Expand
  2. Disco
    Mar 17, 2019
    5
    Different but the same. I feels like they essentially took a bunch of cliche characters, tossed them in a pot, added some not horrible comedy writers, poured it out and thought a funny spy was worth a shot.

    I'm onboard just to see what happens with the idea but it is tough sledding so far. Everything shows promise but the show really feels like a bunch of experiments with blending the    Different but the same. I feels like they essentially took a bunch of cliche characters, tossed them in a pot, added some not horrible comedy writers, poured it out and thought a funny spy was worth a shot.

    I'm onboard just to see what happens with the idea but it is tough sledding so far. Everything shows promise but the show really feels like a bunch of experiments with blending the characters, quirks and spy stuff that so far, have little cohesion. There is a nugget of promise here but after just three episodes, it has yet to find any footing. What particularly disappointed me in the last episode was Tyler James Williams' character being written even more as a tired old cliche of the fast-talking, often inept black comic relief. A true 'ugh' moment because it is such a predictable, dull and musty concept. A couple more laugh out loud moments was in there this week which I appreciated. Again, there is something buried here that is worth sticking it out for at least a few more episodes to see if they can figure out how to put it on screen. So far, my optimism is shakier but we'll see what happens.    … Expand
  3. Kmtx99
    Mar 13, 2019
    4
    I was looking forward to this but it's disappointing. Formulaic, emasculated male lead, stoic, tough strong female lead, the usual stereotypes. I've seen 2, will try a 3rd show and see if it gets better since I know sometimes they do.
  4. Gmg
    Apr 5, 2019
    6
    There's no chemistry between the two leads. The three co-stars on the team are great together. I don't think the show will last too long.
  5. markcd1234
    Mar 9, 2019
    7
    I think the show is good, but it could be so much better. I feel they are trying to keep it almost as a family show, when it would be better if it were a bit darker.
  6. Armitas
    Mar 1, 2019
    10
    Writing this after the first episode.

    I wouldn't have chosen to watch from the trailers, but my wife recorded it. From the trailer I was confident in the female leads ability to play her character well but I had my doubts about the male lead. Well we watched it and I was wrong. I instantly loved the male lead, his character wasn't cliche or swashbuckling as you might expect. His    Writing this after the first episode.

    I wouldn't have chosen to watch from the trailers, but my wife recorded it. From the trailer I was confident in the female leads ability to play her character well but I had my doubts about the male lead. Well we watched it and I was wrong. I instantly loved the male lead, his character wasn't cliche or swashbuckling as you might expect. His character is a successful and talented agent with a detrimental level of sensitivity that makes for a really fun time. In fact every character in this show was utterly dripping with awesome character. I am really going to enjoy this series.

    Oh and the cinematography and editing is really top notch. Most people don't notice those things when they are good but you will know they are good when they hook you in deep within a fully coherent and scripted episode.    … Expand
  7. badkarmaxv
    Apr 19, 2019
    9
    There is plenty of room for improvement and I think the show is still trying to figure out if it wants to be more like Alias or more like Castle. Perhaps it can find a happy middle to which I would be fine with and for now, it's scratching a semi-serious itch for something spy like.
  8. deriksagetwitch
    Mar 7, 2019
    6
    Episode 1 was fantastic, just personal opinion. However, Episode 2 lost me when the sniper was mounted on the window instead of mounted from a distance inside the room.
  9. subrinaw
    Mar 14, 2019
    6
    I want to like this show so badly, but it's like Mission Impossible Lite. How can they possible be secret agents when they are so loudly talking into their earpieces, shooting off guns in crowds in broad day light, and running like crazy people with guns blazing. Secret agents, aha. Maybe the stories will get less cartoonish, I mean did you see the size of that bomb from last week? It wasI want to like this show so badly, but it's like Mission Impossible Lite. How can they possible be secret agents when they are so loudly talking into their earpieces, shooting off guns in crowds in broad day light, and running like crazy people with guns blazing. Secret agents, aha. Maybe the stories will get less cartoonish, I mean did you see the size of that bomb from last week? It was massive! I love the premise, I love the actors, please give them better scripts! BBC Killing Eve makes this look like a 5th grade book report.… Expand
  10. saywhat1mrdtime
    Mar 14, 2019
    6
    Cool Breeze didn't die, he was murdered.

    It isn't the worst, but I can't really say the first couple episodes were good.
  11. reasonate
    Mar 27, 2019
    5
    So much potential wasted with lame dialogue and cheesy plots. The "romance" between the two leads feels forced and oddly shoehorned into the plot in ways that are not organic to the story. Not a lot of chemistry between the leads and both characters have flaws annoying enough that it seems quite improbable that they could be attracted to each other. Character development feels flat andSo much potential wasted with lame dialogue and cheesy plots. The "romance" between the two leads feels forced and oddly shoehorned into the plot in ways that are not organic to the story. Not a lot of chemistry between the leads and both characters have flaws annoying enough that it seems quite improbable that they could be attracted to each other. Character development feels flat and it is difficult to care too much about them. It is like the producers said, this is what the show is going to be about, but the writers didn't get past the outline stage, and are just ham-fistedly cutting and pasting cliched plots, dialogue and characters. And, it is so unrealistic as to be embarrassing! They are the worst secret agents ever. Write them a bit more convincingly, with more logical plots, please. It could at least be an entertaining show and has a lot of the pieces there, but whomever is writing and directing this needs to up their game.… Expand

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Mar 21, 2019
    70
    Whiskey Cavalier has an appealingly daft streak of sophomoric loopiness.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Feb 28, 2019
    60
    As sleek as it is silly, Whiskey goes down smoothly if pure escapism is your tonic of choice. [4-17 Mar 2019, p.11]
  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Feb 27, 2019
    75
    Foley, Cohan and the supporting cast members need not unduly worry whether their adventures are all that plausible. What matters is whether this show is fun to watch regardless. Which it is.
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