Metacritic TV

In Justice

SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Starring Jason O'Mara, Kyle MacLachlan, Marisol Nichols, Daniel Cosgrove, Constance Zimmer, Marin Hinkle, Harry Johnson, and Rebecca Pidgeon

Created by Stu Bloomberg

Genre(s): Crime, Drama

FIRST AIR DATE: January 1, 2006

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

48 / 100

Critic Reviews

63 Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman
The writers and directors do a sometimes routine, sometimes solid job of making something as atypical as an imprisoned innocent seem believable in the world of fictional network television.
63 New York Daily News David Hinckley
The chemistry among the leads isn't fully there, and the trail of clues, at least in the opening two episodes, relies on a lot of serendipity and improbable deductive work. But "In Justice" is a watchable show.
63 New York Post Linda Stasi
The acting is quite good, despite the fact that everyone is the same age, not particularly interesting, or even odd, and are all startlingly good-looking. The writing is good, if you can get past some cheesy dialogue.
60 Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
Though reminiscent of other TV fare, though standard in dialogue, plotting and performances, "In Justice" does boast a touch of originality by examining not only investigators, victims and criminals, but innocent bystanders ensnared in the crime web as well.
60 Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron
If anything, "In Justice" tries too hard.
60 Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
The show's shifts in tone can seem ungainly; the comedy, of which there is more than usual in such shows, sometimes rubs uncomfortably against the premise.... Yet the show is best when it's funniest.
50 Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy
So MacLachlan's enjoyable. The supporting cast is OK. And the unconventional premise is rather promising. Now it's up to the producers to give "In Justice" a more distinctive dramatic zing.
50 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
Perfectly adequate.
50 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
Rote as this seems, it's difficult to judge the series too harshly. It has the barest basics in its favor -- the cast works and the writing is acceptable.
50 USA Today Robert Bianco
Unfortunately, none of the characters is interesting enough to paper over the holes in the plot.
50 Variety Phil Gallo
A model of midseason mediocrity, an hourlong that neither excites nor bores, driven by professional if uninspired acting, writing and direction.
50 Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
The regular characters are generic, and the plots are filled with holes. But as a mindless TV distraction bent on reminding us that the justice system is not perfect, ''In Justice" will do.
30 Washington Post Tom Shales
It's an imitation of something already being imitated here, there and everywhere.
30 Newsday Verne Gay
It's bland, tired, listless, and if the show isn't having much fun, how can it expect viewers to?
25 San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
"In Justice" is a mess -- and it will take at least two additional episodes to find out which direction the show is going and whether that direction is an improvement.
20 Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
All sorts of things in In Justice... don't make sense.

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