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The Dresden Files: Season 1
  • Network: Syfy
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 21, 2007
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
55 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 51 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Paul Blackthorne, Terrence Mann, Valerie Cruz
  • Summary: This supernatural detective procedural about a Chicago P.I. with ties to the spirit world is based on a series of books by Jim Butcher.
  • Genre(s): Science-Fiction, Drama
  • Creator: Jim Butcher
  • Show Type: Ended
  • Season 1 premiere date: Jan 21, 2007
  • Episode Length: 60
  • Air Time: 10:00 PM
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Gloria Goodale
    83
    These unsettling scenes are tough on the eyes, but happily, star Paul Blackthorne is well worth watching, full time.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    60
    If you don't like hints of Harry Potter mixed in with fairly straightforward procedural elements, this may not be the show for you.
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    30
    Dresden's investigations amount to a lot of ho-hum hokum... and his relationships are largely paint-by-number bland.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 5 out of 36
  1. TorreyM
    10
    Started slow, got better, now I'm hooked
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  2. KyleM
    5
    Too much Scooby-Doo, not enough flame throwing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. SteveT
    3
    Very Disapointed...I am huge fan of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files. So I was a bit put off as to why they decided to butcher Butcher's fine work. None of the characters are portrayed accuratly. Harry looks all wrong, no trademark duster, no long hair, no BLUE BEETLE? Why? There is no plausible reason why the characters couldn't have been writtne to match their portrayal in the books. I hate when they make a show from a synopsis of a great book. The director obvioiusly just developed from the idea, not the story it self. In brief the show stinks. So I will just stick to the books. They are fantastic.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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