Wicked City

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 27, 2015
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
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  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 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 theThis 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.… Expand
  2. JennetP
    Nov 2, 2015
    2
    Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy. You've appeared in some great TV series, such as the ground-breaking "Six Feet Under," the classic "Law and Order, and the mishandled "Kidnapped." You even played detectives in two of those shows! So what are you doing in this stinker? Did you read the full script or quit after the naked shower scene with Karolina Wydra? How could you miss the giant swarm ofJeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy. You've appeared in some great TV series, such as the ground-breaking "Six Feet Under," the classic "Law and Order, and the mishandled "Kidnapped." You even played detectives in two of those shows! So what are you doing in this stinker? Did you read the full script or quit after the naked shower scene with Karolina Wydra? How could you miss the giant swarm of hard-boiled detective cliches? The outlandish coincidences masquerading as plot? The unsurprising surprises? I can't believe you signed up for scenes like this one:

    You and your partner are looking for a murderer who decapitates women. You trick him into communicating with you. Your trick is stupid and illegal, but people were a lot dumber in the 80s, not to mention high on cocaine, so it works. The murderer telex-invites you to an old crime scene, where he leaves a head-sized box on a table. What on earth could be in the box? The scary music starts up. The tom-toms of anticipation pound, as you stroke your vintage Don Johnson stubble reflectively. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THAT HEAD-SIZED BOX?!?!?! (To avoid a spoiler, I won't answer the question.)

    So, Jeremy, I'm afraid you'll have to resign your membership in the Cool, Edgy Guy Club. Yeah, I know: you thought a series named "Wicked City" might make you president, but here's a tip: if a show needs a wicked name, chances are the script is a little shy on actual wickedness. Next time, read the script. All of it.    … Expand
  3. marieosmondfan7
    Nov 9, 2015
    0
    I really wanted to like this show. I like the actors but having it set in the past just ruined it for me. I had a hard time staying with it. My mind kept wandering and I had to work really hard not to pick up the remote and turn it off telling myself it might get better. It didn't get better. I feel horrible saying it but I hope it gets canceled soon so that the actors can move on toI really wanted to like this show. I like the actors but having it set in the past just ruined it for me. I had a hard time staying with it. My mind kept wandering and I had to work really hard not to pick up the remote and turn it off telling myself it might get better. It didn't get better. I feel horrible saying it but I hope it gets canceled soon so that the actors can move on to other projects more worthy of their talents.… Expand
  4. sonder
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    I watched the first episode because it came after a show I was watching, and I was too tired to change the channel. I don't mind sex or violence in TV shows, as long as there's some redeeming value to the work as a whole. This show is terrible. It's not fun. It's not titillating. I really couldn't think of any demographic that would truly like Wicked City except serial killers, andI watched the first episode because it came after a show I was watching, and I was too tired to change the channel. I don't mind sex or violence in TV shows, as long as there's some redeeming value to the work as a whole. This show is terrible. It's not fun. It's not titillating. I really couldn't think of any demographic that would truly like Wicked City except serial killers, and there aren't enough to keep the show on the air. Then again, there is a cop show element, which people seem to like, but I think the cop show genre should be nuked from orbit (except for The Wire, of course, which was the greatest show of all time).… Expand

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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
  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.
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  2. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Vicki Hyman
    Oct 27, 2015
    42
    This is a conventional crime show draped in period trappings when it should be steeped in the era.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Oct 27, 2015
    25
    The writing is cliched, the characters cartoonish and the action tedious, punctured by bloodshed.
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