For 42 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 59% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 39% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 1.7 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Rick Porter's Scores

  • TV
Average review score: 65
Highest review score:
Critic Score 100
Lowest review score:
Critic Score 0
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 42
  2. Negative: 2 out of 42
42 tv reviews
    • Metascore: 49
    • Rick Porter 50
    It's a not always comfortable mix of action, drama and comedy, and if it's far from the worst new series to hit the airwaves this season, it's also not at the top of the list. It's a little too middle of the road for its own good.
    • Metascore: 33
    • Rick Porter 50
    It still carries a decidedly throwback vibe, and the ongoing bluster about the state of manhood in the world feels, at best, two steps behind the times.
    • Metascore: 51
    • Rick Porter 50
    It's a show I would really like to like, and there are elements present in the pilot that make me want to see how it's doing by, say, episode four or five, but it's not there yet.
    • Metascore: 57
    • Rick Porter 50
    It's a fairly standard crime procedural whose hook doesn't really add much--and actually seems like it could be an obstacle further down the road.
    • Metascore: 52
    • Rick Porter 50
    Lucas is actually quite good as Mitch, as is Molly Parker as his wife, Abby. The issue lies more with the mechanics of the plot.
    • Metascore: 38
    • Rick Porter 50
    The show feels like it should be better.
    • Metascore: 51
    • Rick Porter 50
    The cast is good enough and the premise strong enough to carry it. Right now, though, Deception is a show that doesn't know what it is.
    • Metascore: 40
    • Rick Porter 40
    Despite being populated with likable actors giving mostly solid performances, it's hard to escape the feeling that you've seen this before.
    • Metascore: 44
    • Rick Porter 40
    Now that finished episodes are out there, we can tell you that it's not great.
    • Metascore: 39
    • Rick Porter 40
    Just know going in that you'll be far better served by acknowledging the towering silliness of the plot, because it's just about impossible to take it seriously.
    • Metascore: 53
    • Rick Porter 30
    The show is so overstuffed and dancing so fast in its effort to achieve cultdom that it forgets some basic things, like making us care about the characters in the middle of this whole mess or drawing some clear stakes for what happens.
    • Metascore: 19
    • Rick Porter 0
    When you add to that a string of obvious, unfunny cross-dressing jokes and a set of female characters that are barely even one-dimensional, the premise pretty much collapses entirely.