Wicked City

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 27, 2015
Metascore
33

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 30
  3. Negative: 16 out of 30
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Critic Reviews

  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Oct 28, 2015
    80
    The show's intricate plotting and its complex female characters—the desperately ambitious McClaren, the angel-faced, black-hearted Beaumontaine—make it fascinating despite its flaws.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Oct 23, 2015
    70
    To judge by the first episode, Wicked City compensates for some pedestrian dialogue and only-on-TV coincidences with bouts of genuinely scary intensity, and doesn’t default to eruptions of gore.

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User Score
4.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 17 out of 33
  1. Knighthawk81
    Oct 29, 2015
    3
    This is a wholly unnecessary show. It's set in the early 1980s for some reason, and focuses on cops hunting a serial killer while said killerThis is a wholly unnecessary show. It's set in the early 1980s for some reason, and focuses on cops hunting a serial killer while said killer stalks victims and finds a partner in crime. This feels like something of a reach, especially on network TV with its constraints. The show wants to be edgy but it can't accomplish that in this format. Instead, the performances seem strange and the story and characters are gross. This isn't the kind of show that's going to solidify the 10 p.m. spot on Tuesdays for ABC.… Full Review »
  2. evonnepal
    Nov 6, 2015
    10
    Love this show. Love the 80'feel and the way the show gives us the view from the police and the killers view. I hope it does not getLove this show. Love the 80'feel and the way the show gives us the view from the police and the killers view. I hope it does not get cancelled! Hate when that happens!… Full Review »
  3. larissalima2
    Nov 2, 2015
    10
    Algo bem positivo que me chamou atenção no Piloto é o fato de a série não ter pressa alguma, mesmo nesse primeiro episódio, para desenvolverAlgo bem positivo que me chamou atenção no Piloto é o fato de a série não ter pressa alguma, mesmo nesse primeiro episódio, para desenvolver sua trama. Ao contrário da maioria, não joga informações excessivas para ir juntando durante a temporada. A sensação que passa é que está tudo já planejado, com começo, meio e fim, e, pelo menos quanto a isso, não precisamos nos preocupar.… Full Review »
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