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Eli Stone: Season 2
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 31, 2008
  • Season #: 1 , 2
Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    91
    As leaps of faith go, yes. And faith--in visions both magical and musical--has everything to do with Eli Stone's divine appeal.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Stack
    83
    In this warm, charming episode, the underappreciated legal show proves it's still fit to practice.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    80
    A quality series that's the TV equivalent of comfort food, the emergence of Eli Stone from the Hollywood firmament may qualify as a minor miracle among more cynical viewers.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    75
    Like most ABC shows, Eli Stone could stand to prune its cast and deepen its writing. But that's focusing on the glass half empty. So let's just be glad that this good-hearted show made it through the previous TV season and "Big Shots" didn't.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    75
    For now, let's leave concerns for the future to Eli. In the present, things are looking good.
  6. Philadelphia Daily News
    Reviewed by: Ellen Gray
    70
    Eli is hard not to like, whether or not you buy him as a prophet.
  7. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    67
    Interesting detours, and a worthy show--but at times just a smidgen too self-righteous and melodramatic.
  8. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    60
    A show with such a weird mix of tones and subject matters needs a strong cast to even have a hope of working, and for the most part, the ensemble remains sturdy.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    50
    The series as a whole has a much better sense of itself, and a more confident tone, since Eli, his colleagues, and the viewers all understand that the guy is in fact a visionary. The coyness of season one is gone. The show, cocreated by Greg Berlanti, nonetheless falls short of being destination television.
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User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. ChrisC
    5
    Maybe I could enjoy this show if the dialogue weren't so hacky.
  2. [Anonymous]
    10
    An actually feel-good show that isn't terribly trite and cheesy. This show manages just to make me smile and still want to watch, and that's something special in our tv landscape. It just makes you feel good.… Full Review »
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