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- NBC
- Jan 2, 2020
- NBC
- Jan 2, 2020
Summary Deputy Bill Hollister (Stephen Dorff) is the new acting sheriff after the death of the Los Angeles County Sheriff in this drama from David Ayer and Will Beall.
Created By: Will Beall
- NBC
- Jan 2, 2020
- NBC
- Jan 2, 2020
Summary Deputy Bill Hollister (Stephen Dorff) is the new acting sheriff after the death of the Los Angeles County Sheriff in this drama from David Ayer and Will Beall.
Created By: Will Beall
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Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
51
10% Positive
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1 Review
90% Mixed
9 Reviews
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0% Negative
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A series that’s just flat-out fun, albeit flawed.
Deputy is a melange of Western and cop show cliches in a novel-enough package, thanks to creators Will Beall, who writes, and David Ayer, who directs the pilot.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 User Ratings
4.0
36% Positive
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9% Mixed
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55% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 User Ratings
4.0
36% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
9% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
55% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
All three entries [episodes] are as predictable as they are fine with being predictable. “Deputy” doesn’t give off so much as a whiff that it wants to be more than a by-the-book, case-of-the-week cop drama. ... That being said, all that formula makes for a solid foundation.
Putting aside Deputy's peculiar politics and red-meat aesthetic, though, it has undeniable appeal. The intricately staged shootouts and car chases are gleefully frequent, the dialogue crackling.
A show with some muddled politics and thin characterizations. Dorff is at the center keeping it entertaining, and the ridiculousness in some of the plotting to start the series is almost admirable, but this is an inconsistent show in every way.
It's silly, occasionally action-packed, rarely makes any sense at all and it's a little bit less reactionary than I feared.
Surely there has been a show more reliant on cliché than “Deputy,” Fox’s new cop drama. But none springs to mind. ... In short, “Deputy’s” politics may come from a past decade, but its writing seems to come from another century.
Enjoyable premise and usually easy to watch, but am finding the conflict within the top brass of the department a forced subplot. I’d just fire or demote the SOB who is causing me problems and be done with it.
So how is the series going to get another season? The Deputy has to actually run for sheriff (contrary to his character) or the newly elected sheriffs need to keep dying of inconvenient maladies. Maybe after doing the acting sheriff thing, he goes back to being a deputy, but gets promoted to downtown so the new sheriff and him can clean out the SOBs in the offices.
Anyway, a decent version of the standard cops and robbers genre. Hope they don’t ruin it by making the Deputy actually run for sheriff.
Addendum: They did what I predicted would not work for the character (a run for sheriff) and the show is toast. RIP Deputy, you had some potential but I knew it'd never stand in today's PC culture.
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SEASON 1
This could have been an amazing new show, instead they opted for more SJW pandering as usual. I'm done supporting shows like this.
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SEASON 1
I was looking forward to this but it went SJW within seconds (illegal not illegal? Give me a break.) The shaky, arty camera work is nauseating. Hard pass.
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