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  • Lifetime
  • Jun 12, 2011
  • Lifetime
  • Jun 12, 2011
The Protector

Summary Gloria Sheppard (Ally Walker), a divorced mother, must juggle her job as an LAPD homicide detective in addition to raising her two sons with some help from her younger brother Davey (Chris Payne Gilbert).

  • Lifetime
  • Jun 12, 2011
  • Lifetime
  • Jun 12, 2011
The Protector
Season 1
Season Premiere: Jun 12, 2011
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
5.7
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Summary Gloria Sheppard (Ally Walker), a divorced mother, must juggle her job as an LAPD homicide detective in addition to raising her two sons with some help from her younger brother Davey (Chris Payne Gilbert).

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 12, 2011 • 45 m
Pilot
Gloria and her partner, Michelle, probe a fatal mugging that may have been a targeted murder.
Episode 2 • Jun 19, 2011 • 41 m
Help
Episode 3 • Jun 26, 2011 • 41 m
Class
Episode 4 • Jul 10, 2011 • 42 m
Spoon
Episode 5 • Jul 17, 2011 • 42 m
Revisions
Episode 6 • Jul 24, 2011 • 42 m
Beef
Episode 7 • Aug 1, 2011 • 42 m
Wings
Episode 8 • Aug 8, 2011 • 42 m
Bangs
When a well-known "hairstylist to the rich and famous" is found dead in his home of an apparent gun-inflicted suicide, Gloria finds it suspicious, despite having no evidence to dispute the finding.
Episode 9 • Aug 15, 2011 • 41 m
Affairs
A woman know for dating cops is murdered. Gloria, Michelle, and Valdez need to find her killer. Could it be one of their own? The neighbourhood women start to warm to Davey.
Episode 10 • Aug 22, 2011 • 42 m
Rats
Episode 11 • Aug 29, 2011 • 42 m
Blood
Episode 12 • Sep 12, 2011 • 42 m
Ghosts
Episode 13 • Sep 19, 2011 • 41 m
Safe

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Metascore
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53
30% Positive
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70% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
53
30% Positive
3 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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70
Jun 13, 2011
It's hard to find one that's not more entertaining than watching one of your winter favorites the second time around. Picking three or four regulars to go with summer's more esoteric fare, which includes Breaking Bad, The Big C, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and some others, makes an excellent TV strategy. The Protector deserves a slot in the rotation.
By Jonathan Storm FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 9, 2011
The show is light, viewer-friendly entertainment, but without the conceptual novelty that gives USA dramas their oomph. [20 Jun 2011, p.48]
By Tom Gliatto
50
Aug 1, 2011
The only thing that separates this bland cop drama from others is that Gloria is also a divorced single mom with two kids who lives with her recovering drug abuser but looks-good-in-a-towel brother (Chris Payne Gilbert).
By Curt Wagner FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 10, 2011
Ms. Walker is an appealing actress with a strong presence, but in the pilot, at least, her character isn't as well formed or well written as other tough-talking television dames.
By Alessandra Stanley FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 9, 2011
Campbell-Martin very ably acquits herself while Walker runs a little low on overall oomph. Together they're less than dynamite, but capable of a few sparks.
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 13, 2011
Where "Army Wives" can get soapy at times, it also starts with a premise that sets it apart. The Protector doesn't start with that advantage.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 10, 2011
Admittedly, the whole career/mom juxtaposition in this sort of extreme setting will surely resonate with some viewers, but it's so limply handled as to make ABC's similarly themed "Body of Proof" look scintillating by comparison.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

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5.7
67% Positive
4 Ratings
0% Mixed
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33% Negative
2 Ratings

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