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  • NBC
  • Mar 9, 2007
  • NBC
  • Mar 9, 2007
Raines

Summary In this drama from NBC Universal Television, LAPD Detective Michael Raines has the ability to have detailed conversations with deceased crime victims but by only using his imagination. This unique "talent" allows him to retrace the steps leading up to their murders and helps him to solve the cases. Although he also must also deal with th...

  • NBC
  • Mar 9, 2007
  • NBC
  • Mar 9, 2007
Raines
Season 1
Season Premiere: Mar 9, 2007
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
57
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Summary In this drama from NBC Universal Television, LAPD Detective Michael Raines has the ability to have detailed conversations with deceased crime victims but by only using his imagination. This unique "talent" allows him to retrace the steps leading up to their murders and helps him to solve the cases. Although he also must also deal with th...

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Episode 1 • Mar 9, 2007 • 45 m
Pilot
Police Officer Michael Raines investigates the shooting of a young woman who seems to have been living above her means.
Episode 2 • Mar 22, 2007 • 44 m
Meet Juan Doe
Raines investigates the death of a man found floating in a canal for a week.
Episode 3 • Mar 30, 2007 • 44 m
Reconstructing Alice
Raines sets out to solve the seemingly senseless murder of a local bag lady.
Episode 4 • Apr 6, 2007 • 44 m
Stone Dead
A twenty-year-old aspiring comic-book illustrator trying to get away from his life as a drug dealer is found dead. Meanwhile, Raines has growing concerns about the emotional well-being of his dead partner's son.
Episode 5 • Apr 13, 2007 • 43 m
5th Step
The wife of Raines' friend, a judge who sent one of the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood to prison, is killed in what seems to be their retaliation. Raines learns that the judge is a liar and that the victim may have had a lesbian lover.
Episode 6 • Apr 20, 2007 • 44 m
Inner Child
A eccentric cop (Goldblum) who solves crimes by talking to dead victims is forced to go see a psychiatrist (Stowe).
Episode 7 • Apr 27, 2007 • 44 m
Closure
Raines' ex-wife convinces him that her current husband's death was not an accident.

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
57
35% Positive
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
13 Reviews
15% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 26 Critic Reviews
57
35% Positive
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
13 Reviews
15% Negative
4 Reviews

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88
"Raines" not only deserves an audience - with any luck at all, it deserves a renewal, and a firm spot on NBC's fall schedule.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
70
Goldblum... gives the character of Raines a solid and gratifying humanity, enough to lift "just another" cop opera into a considerably more rarefied realm.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
70
Goldblum’s thoughtful, enjoyable presence is — rather than the one saving grace of an otherwise tiresome procedural — the centerpiece of a generally well-crafted drama, one that’s sprinkled with loving nods to Raymond Chandler and “Double Indemnity.”
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
60
As close-ended procedurals go, "Raines" certainly offers an intriguing hook, but I'm not sure it's one with much staying power.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
50
"Raines" is one of those shows that are enjoyable time wasters if you don't know what else is available.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
42
[It] makes Los Angeles look as dreary and sluggish as Goldblum's performance. [16 Mar 2007, p.65]
By Alynda Wheat FULL REVIEW
20
All this talent can't make the premise - a police detective talks to murder victims - work.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW

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