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100"The Nine," starting tomorrow, is the show most people will want to discuss at the office water cooler.
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100This could be the fall's finest drama. [9 Oct 2006, p.41]
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100There are few answers in this excellent premiere, but The Nine makes you want to find out.
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100A satisfying, intriguingly complex ABC drama that emerges from the season's serialized pack as the best new show of the year.
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100The way these characters interact and relate in the first hour is dazzling and involving without being self-consciously clever.
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91The biggest worry with The Nine is that its mystery will start to crumble after a dozen episodes or so. But for now, it's one smooth, creepy, cool operation.
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90Though it has an almost flawless pilot, and one of the best casts of the season, how long will the writers be able to tease out the mysteries of those 52 hours without driving viewers mad?
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90This season's best new show.
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90In a fall season full of lofty recommendations and solid, well-made pilots, it's the only series truly worth getting excited about.
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90Whether or not "The Nine" succeeds -- and, personally, I'm pulling for it -- it deserves credit for advancing the art of TV storytelling to new heights, both complex and rewarding.
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90The writing is daring, the editing dazzling and bold... this is prime-time storytelling that pops.
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90It's a fantastic show, neck-and-neck with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip for best new show of the season.
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90Easily the best of ABC's overly similar, large-cast ensemble dramas.
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88What helps separate "The Nine" from others in this season's crowded field are stellar performances throughout and a steady, sure hand in the pilot.
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83It will certainly make you wonder how you might survive such an event yourself - though whether that premise can fuel a whole series remains to be seen.
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80There is nothing supernatural behind the mystery, and there is no deep-rooted government conspiracy lurking behind seemingly mundane events. But suspense builds, personalities strengthen and change, and "The Nine" takes on a life of its own.
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80The challenge, structurally, will be finding a way to keep these characters interacting (logic that already seems a bit strained in the pilot) as the incident drifts into the distance.
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80Based on the pilot, [the] mystery promises to be surprising, psychological, and addictive.
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80The first hour... hits you with a potent cocktail of action and intrigue.
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75Sure, I'm in, but I'm not quite a hostage to the show - not yet, anyway.
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75"The Nine" unfolds with an abundance of emotion-charged imagination.
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70The Nine doesn't quite feel like a Lost knockoff since its missing-piece, jigsaw-puzzle construct has a basis in reality: the unknowable feelings of those who have weathered personal crisis.
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70Without making any great claims for the show's depth, I do sense a desire behind the sensation and soap to investigate something significant, if deceptively simple: how life changes in a moment.
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70If you're willing to invest some time and brain cells, The Nine is an absorbing experience.
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70The tense pilot suggests the series has a few twists up its sleeve and a cast up to the challenge.
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70"The Nine" may well be the best of the crop - smart, clever and especially wise to the ways of this genre - but the challenge remains the same. This is work - admittedly often pleasurable work, but come 10 p.m. next Wednesday, we've got to do it all over again.
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63There's nothing wrong with "The Nine." It's just essentially a step above pedestrian.
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Watching "The Nine" is like trying to do a crossword with only the Across clues. But it promises to reward our vigilance.
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30It's not so much a narrative as a collection of character studies, and the characters aren't particularly fascinating.
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User score distribution:
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Mixed: 2 out of 26
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Negative: 3 out of 26
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Jessica10I am addicted to this show. I can't wait to find out what actually happened in the bank!
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TroyI10
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RodP9Don't cancel... It is the best show no one is watching.