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- ABC
- Mar 11, 2018
- ABC
- Mar 11, 2018
Summary After his illusionist career is ruined, Cameron Black (Jack Cutmore-Scott) wants to locate the man who exposed all his secrets. He tries to convince FBI agent Kay Daniels that a recent case was not an explosion but a illusion. and her partner Special Agent Mike Alvarez
Created By: Chris Fedak
- ABC
- Mar 11, 2018
- ABC
- Mar 11, 2018
Summary After his illusionist career is ruined, Cameron Black (Jack Cutmore-Scott) wants to locate the man who exposed all his secrets. He tries to convince FBI agent Kay Daniels that a recent case was not an explosion but a illusion. and her partner Special Agent Mike Alvarez
Created By: Chris Fedak
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
51
38% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
51
38% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It's all pretty absurd, but the show is too light on its feet to begrudge for long.
Deception isn’t likely to win any awards, except perhaps from the Society of American Magicians. As escapist fare, though, it turns the trick, plays its cards well, pulls a rabbit from the hat, etc. Or as ABC might say, “Abracadabra, here’s to another Castle.”
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 User Ratings
7.6
75% Positive
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
7% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
18% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 56 User Ratings
7.6
75% Positive
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
7% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
18% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
I read almost all critic reviews and they might me true, this show might not be as brilliant, as exciting as these magazines would like. But it doesn't mean, that ordinary people like me won't like it. Because we do like and love "Deception". Myself, I suffer with depression and finding something to make me smile becomes more and more difficult. This show made me smile, made me interested. Little magic in my daily life is only for good. I don't care if critics don't find it as good as I think. I just think that it is very unfair to close this particular show and leave all other shows go on. There are many fans, there is even petition to make season 2 - people found time to organize this, to plan and to support. People do love it, "Deception" deserves a second chance
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SEASON 1
Great Actors, Great intrigues, solid background story, you get attached to characters... and wait, it's cancelled ? Hey producers, if you don't want to listen to your own people, take a look at French audience ! Are you blind or is it a bad joke ? It's awesome ! Just need a bid more time and advertising ! Please, please, please think about it :-)
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SEASON 1
Platinum-plated nonsense--but also self-aware enough to know just how nonsensical. Deception is mostly just a lot of fun.
Deception is fairly charming in spite of its blah procedural trappings thanks to Mr. Cutmore-Scott and his character’s bag of tricks and magic team.
There’s no snap in the storytelling or the filmmaking, just scenes of people talking, talking, talking while the camera sometimes cuts to whatever they’re talking about. Cameron never stops explaining things to other characters, most of whom seem to be there to argue with him or ask follow-up questions so that he has an excuse to explain things some more.
Never rising above its hokey premise, the procedural is further sunk by transparent mysteries, hollow supporting characters, and a fatal lack of surprises. Ironically, it feels like the exact opposite of a successful trick: Nearly every turn is telegraphed early and often.
Deception feels not only time-tested, but timeworn.
This show was an amazing show. I love this show. The story was great :) please continue season 2!! please
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SEASON 1
An average procedural with a protagonist you'll want to strangle with your bare hands. Going for the millennials with unabashed arrogance masquerading as jokes, this show is doomed as it's target audience isn't that.
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SEASON 1
More style than substance, and the style is just like every other modern TV show that uses incessant background music (like a Hallmark movie), flippant remarks from the jokey lead in serious situations, mysterious women who are too beautiful to have names, and pretty much everything you'd expect from a poor man's version of a Bond movie. It's just pure nonsense and fully removed from anything you'd experience in real life.
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