Verne Gay

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For 1,428 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 0.5 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Verne Gay's Scores

Average review score: 70
Highest review score: 100 Emergency: NYC: Season 1
Lowest review score: 0 Commander in Chief: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 977 out of 1428
  2. Mixed: 344 out of 1428
  3. Negative: 107 out of 1428
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    • 51 Metascore
    • 50 Verne Gay
    Based on a True Story: Season 1
    The target is broad and easy to hit (others already have) except "Based on a True Story's'" aim is unsteady. The show would much rather be a comedy (also unsteady) or thriller (unsteadiest of all). At its best, this series features three seasoned and particularly appealing actors who know how to sell the premise — outlandish and as full of plot holes as this one is. But at its worst — far worse — is a recurrent pattern of violence against women.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    Bupkis: Season 1
    Get past the first episode — better yet, skip it — and "Bupkis" gets better and better.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    White House Plumbers: Season 1
    Don't come for a fresh perspective or revisionist history or faithful recounting. Do come for the laughs. "Plumbers" probably gets that part right anyway. ... Amusing, inconsequential.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 88 Verne Gay
    Barry: Season 4
    Fast, furious, funny, with a twist.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5
    "Maisel" is still that charming, or irritating (your call) embrace of ethnic stereotypes, and filled with that dazzling, or grating, patter of quips, wisecracks, put-downs and zingers. It remains more about presentation, less about plot or character development.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 100 Verne Gay
    Emergency: NYC: Season 1
    "NYC" celebrates the human spirit, not just an institution. ... A beauty.
    • 92 Metascore
    • 100 Verne Gay
    Succession: Season 4
    "Succession" is going out with a bang, but — at least in the early episodes — a resigned one.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 50 Verne Gay
    Lucky Hank: Season 1
    With only the first two episodes as guide — admittedly not much, or nearly enough — Odenkirk's post-"Saul '' second act is a perfectly pleasant letdown.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    History of the World, Part II: Season 1
    Some very funny stuff, ultimately overwhelmed by the very indulgent stuff.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 100 Verne Gay
    Party Down: Season 3
    What it's really about is the stuff that dreams are made of. As this third season will remind true-blue fans, that stuff can be very funny indeed. ... Hilarious.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 50 Verne Gay
    Dear Edward: Season 1
    A well-intentioned slog.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 88 Verne Gay
    Poker Face (2023): Season 1
    They've eliminated violence, or tamped it down, to get back to a kinder, gentler, "Murder, She Wrote" era — one abetted with a savage wit, and hard stop to each episode. Nice to be back there again. ... As always, Lyonne is great and her new show a winner.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    The Last of Us: Season 1
    Superior zombie series that takes a little too long to get around to what it's really about — us.
    • 65 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    The Crown: Season 5
    Compulsively watchable, as usual, but also on the reverential side. This "Crown" has no teeth.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 88 Verne Gay
    The White Lotus: Season 2
    Equal to season 1, and in some ways (the fashions, humor) superior.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Verne Gay
    Alaska Daily: Season 1
    A true rarity — a sharply drawn portrait of local journalism.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    East New York: Season 1
    A mostly promising start, with some unpromising distractions.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1
    Great-looking but indistinctive in the early episodes (this review is based only on the first two).
    • 69 Metascore
    • 50 Verne Gay
    House of the Dragon: Season 1
    "House" often does work well as straight history. It's that fantasy part that's missing. Other than dragons, there's little magic or mystery in this corner of Westeros — or that epic sense of wonder that made "Thrones" so thrilling through the first seven seasons. At least those dragons are fun.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 75 Verne Gay
    Only Murders in the Building: Season 2
    The first eight episodes (those offered for review) go down effortlessly and, if none was particularly memorable, each was pleasurable.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Verne Gay
    Becoming Elizabeth: Season 1
    Smart, engaging and a lot of moving pieces (so do a little homework first).
    • 80 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    Dark Winds: Season 1
    Entertaining, but the book is better.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 50 Verne Gay
    Pistol: Season 1
    "Pistol's" most watchable episode is the last, covering the band's first and (effectively) only U.S. tour which crashed and burned after the 1978 concert at San Francisco's Winterland. But what comes before is the humdrum — a whole listless swath that spreads over scenes, characters, and episodes. Hardly anyone catches fire, including Johnny Rotten, although his spiked red hair does do a good impression of shooting flames.
    • 83 Metascore
    • 100 Verne Gay
    We Own This City: Season 1
    A brilliant piece of work, also profoundly dispiriting.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 88 Verne Gay
    Gaslit: Season 1
    Funny, tragic, scary, creepy, wild, insane. Hey, what's not to like?
    • 94 Metascore
    • 75 Verne Gay
    Barry: Season 3
    Still strange, dark, harrowing and often — unexpectedly — very funny.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    Outer Range: Season 1
    Quirky, strange, dark — and engaging.
    • 94 Metascore
    • 100 Verne Gay
    Better Call Saul: Season 6
    Insanely great start.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Verne Gay
    61st Street: Season 1
    It doesn't always want viewers to like what they're seeing and doesn't seem to care whether they do or not. But it does want them to at least think about what they're seeing. ... Hard to watch, but well-worth watching.
    • 75 Metascore
    • 63 Verne Gay
    Tokyo Vice: Season 1
    The Japanese cast is excellent, especially Adelstein's newsroom boss Eimi (Rinko Kikuchi), but Elgort's Adelstein never quite comes into focus himself. There's a lot of energy in the performance but almost no substance. As a result, his Adelstein recedes while the foreground is commanded by the true star here. That's almost — just not quite — enough.
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