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 reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 57 Ratings

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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): 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. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    30
    Lifeless and uninspired.
  4. 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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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
  2. calh
    8
    Why does tv have to be 'reality' style or deep and meaningfull to be good? Killer Instinct was fun to watch, pure entertainment!
  3. cub
    5
    messner's monotone makes the show watchable-- i was a fan of dragnet reruns as a kid!
  4. 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

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