Surface: Season 1
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2005
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
39 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 293 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ian Anthony Dale, Jay R. Ferguson, Lake Bell
  • Summary: Strange creatures are found in the sea in NBC's sci-fi adventure which, unlike its last nautical series, is mercifully free of talking dolphins.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 23
  3. Negative: 12 out of 23
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    80
    "Surface" is steeped in Spielberg, and is better Spielberg than Spielberg has managed in quite some time.
  2. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Cynthia Fuchs
    60
    It helps that Bell is able to suggest complexity, emotional and moral, even when the dialogue fails her.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Robert Bianco
    38
    There isn't a moment of wonder or suspense in Surface, or a single performance or character that is even remotely involving.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    30
    Offers a ho-hum monster and the kind of stock characters that we've seen too many times before.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 216 out of 228
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 228
  3. Negative: 8 out of 228
  1. TroelsM
    10
    I loved this show, and was very dissapointed when they cancelled it.
  2. WalterD
    8
    What happened with the show? It's over? Without disclosing the specimen origin's? It was a good show, with a very good argument, but it lost a lot when the scientist (i don't remember his name) was killed.… Expand
  3. ginnygin
    7
    Was never given a fair go. Greedy networks treating us fans with contempt. Just pull the plug with no closure. Again. Maybe it's just the shows I like.… Expand
  4. Kastef
    4
    The actors on this show have lost the will to act. The raft scenes had me slack jawed in amazment at the bad acting. Good story aside from the stupid owner love pet aspect. VFX slipping alongside the acting.… Expand

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