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- ABC
- Oct 3, 2016
- ABC
- Oct 3, 2016
Summary Hayes Morrison (Hayley Atwell) takes a job with the Conviction Integrity Unit run by District Attorney Wayne Wallis (Eddie Cahill) to avoid being charged with drug possession and hurting her mother's senate campaign.
Created By: Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedman
- ABC
- Oct 3, 2016
- ABC
- Oct 3, 2016
Summary Hayes Morrison (Hayley Atwell) takes a job with the Conviction Integrity Unit run by District Attorney Wayne Wallis (Eddie Cahill) to avoid being charged with drug possession and hurting her mother's senate campaign.
Created By: Liz Friedlander, Liz Friedman
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
45
16% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
48% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
36% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
45
16% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
48% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
36% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Judging from the premiere episode, Conviction is not just compelling and topical, it’s a master class in TV-series construction.
It’s slightly above average as this type of series is concerned but not something that will satisfy "Castle" fans still smarting from its cancellation.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 61 User Ratings
6.0
52% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
18% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
30% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 61 User Ratings
6.0
52% Positive
32 Ratings
32 Ratings
18% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
30% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
The first two episode to me were not that great, but then they started unfolding some of the characters and I got hooked. I love this show and I like the format; not believable, who can do something in just 5 days, but a refreshing change from other shows like this.
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SEASON 1
The weekly cases aren’t going to dazzle, based on the pilot. That means the cast has to shine, and it only flickers.
There are twists and turns, as you’d expect, but few of them are any more believable than the characters, who feel like empty vessels into which traits and quirks have been randomly poured.
There are worse things on TV than Conviction, but this is a waste of time and talent.
A law procedural so paint-by-numbers it's like everybody gave up halfway through and added terrible colors out of boredom.
Exhausting to watch. The rush to establish everything in 40 minutes comes as a jolt to grown-ups who nowadays are accustomed to watching a single story unfold gradually over several episodes.
That said, now that we more or less know where we are, I'm happy to give it a try for a few more weeks as a glossy break from the more serious fare. Current viewer average of 3.4 is very harsh after just one episode.
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SEASON 1
This show is all over the place. Take the writing: one moment fresh and clever, the next a pile-up of clumsy exposition and pop-psychological cliches. The impression is of a writer's room staffed by one prodigy from the Iowa Writer's Workshop and a half-dozen "party school" dropouts who managed to fail their "cake" courses because they could not bear to leave their television sets. The premise--wayward celebrity genius helms Innocence Project wannabe--is great but mired in the melodramatic back-stories of everyone on (or involved with) the legal team. So there's not much airtime left for cases, which means they have to be simple and straightforward, so cue another round of cliches. Yes, Hayley Atwell is as good as everyone says, and I'll probably stick around for a while just to watch her work. But unless the series shuffles its priorities--and the writing staff--I can't imagine making it through even one season.
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SEASON 1
the first half hour could not hear dialogue! All you could hear was music. Not great for me! it was a complete disappointment have no idea what the story line is. Not impressed!
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SEASON 1
This has got to be one of the worst shows I ever seen. The main character is absolutely ridiculous. I really like 2 of actors on this show (Eddie Cahill and Merrin Dunguey) and I wanted to like this show but it's an epic failure. It is too bad, as the premise of reviewing convictions is interesting, as are some of the cases, but the writing is bad and the main character is just not at all believable
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