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Killer Instinct: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2005
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
25 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 13 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 56 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Kristin Lehman, Johnny Messner
  • Summary: Attempting to out-gore CSI, Fox's violent new procedural is set in the San Francisco Police Department's "Deviant Crimes Unit."
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 12 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    100
    The best worst series on TV. [30 Sep 2005, p.89]
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  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    38
    It's a show so determined to shock that it cares more about that than about such things as compelling lead characters, believable situations or inventively solved mysteries.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    30
    With its soundtrack full of metal and techno and its killers packing imported deadly spiders and home surgery kits, it aims for a Gothic moodiness not unrelated to the season's scary-monster shows.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 42
  3. Negative: 5 out of 42
  1. CristinaO
    10
    For some reason I didn't think it would be much, but I decided to give it a shot and I loved it. The whole deal: the acting, the stories, the production.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. cub
    5
    messner's monotone makes the show watchable-- i was a fan of dragnet reruns as a kid!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CB
    3
    I think the critics are very justified in giving this 30% or less. It is unoriginal, and the script is dire. The acting ranges all the way from excellent to wooden.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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