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Easy Money: Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 5, 2008
  • Season #: 1
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    80
    The creators of this comedically-flavored drama clearly know what they're doing and this season, it's certainly worth taking a gamble on Easy Money.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    80
    Easy Money (9 p.m. Sunday on the CW) is easily the most intriguing new show of the season, if only because it relies on neither the great wealth, modern science or female bonding for its narrative thrust.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    80
    Original in concept, intelligent in execution, it's a scruffily Steinbeckian chronicle of life at the social and economic margins.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    80
    You ain't seen this stuff on TV before, my friends, and if you're smart, you'll search it out and enjoy.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Laura Fries
    80
    This world is inhabited by every type of get-rich schemer, social pariah and general loser, but is given enough depth and emotion to draw viewers in.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    80
    Although the premiere could be more energetic, there's enough going on to coax you to revisit the Buffkins. Hephner shows genuine star potential with his portrayal of brooding Morgan, the moral center of the show. His performance is reason enough to keep watching, though others also stand out.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    75
    Money burns through a lot of TV clichés, from "My Name Is Earl" redneckiness to "Saving Grace"-ish action scenes, but there's an undercurrent of true emotion in Metcalf's tough-sweet demeanor.
  8. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    63
    There's no denying the timeliness of a show about strapped-for-cash customers and predatory lenders, but Money doesn't seem to know what or where it wants to be, landing in some netherworld between a broadcast comedy and an edgier cable drama.
  9. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    Easy Money has some promise. But it won't be an easy sell.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Ginia Bellafante
    60
    This is the world of "Weeds" a few tax brackets lower, and the sense of emptiness is as aggressively conveyed.
  11. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    60
    The pace is languid and the ambiance laconic. Easy Money isn't the kind of show likely to clean up at Emmy time. But it has the same sort of eccentric, addled charm that marks an increasing number of current television shows.
  12. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    Easy Money was created by Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, who wrote for "The Sopranos," and the show in many ways feels like a low-budget HBO (or FX) series.
  13. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    40
    The premiere is sloppily made, as it careens loosely among plotlines and characters, but Morgan is a worthy character played by a promising young actor.
  14. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    30
    The Easy Money production values are low all-around but they wouldn't be as noticeable if the characters and tedious story sparked to life. They don't, and it doesn't.
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