Golden Boy: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

CBS | Season Premiere Date: February 26, 2013

Starring: Chi McBride, Bonnie Somerville, Holt McCallany

Summary: The drama series traces the rise of Walter Clark (Theo James) from beat cop to homicide detective and finally, the youngest police commissioner in New York City.

Creator: Nicholas Wootton

Genre(s): Drama

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E14. Juan Diaz vs. Pipino Cuevas Jr.
Air Date: April 14, 2013
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S1:E13. Next Question
Air Date: May 14, 2013
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S1:E12. Beast of Burden
Air Date: May 7, 2013

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Critic Reviews

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Feb 22, 2013

Golden Boy is packed with fine performances, but no amount of actorly talent could have done for this series what its intelligently twisty plots, its nuanced dialogue bearing a distinct resemblance to human exchange--even from the mouths of TV police detectives--has done. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Feb 26, 2013

Happily, Golden Boy not only manages a fairly original take on cop shows but actually turns out to be surprisingly intriguing. Read full review

Robert Bianco

Feb 25, 2013

The scripts offer a well-balanced mix of office politics, underlying mystery and weekly cop procedural. And the first-rate cast ties it all together with abundant skill. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Feb 26, 2013

If yet one more cop show about the brash young rookie and the older, tired guy thisclose to retirement is enough to make you go completely insane and start watching, say, “Smash” or something equally upsetting, then for sure you want to stay away from Golden Boy. However, if you love cop shows that aren’t really procedurals so much as stories about the internal politicking of the NYPD, than maybe Golden Boy is just what you’re looking for. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Feb 26, 2013

The show, from Greg Berlanti and Nicolas Wootton, does a good job of making Clark both appealing and overly ambitious.... What doesn’t work at all in the first two episodes of Golden Boy is the more familiar procedural material. Read full review

Willa Paskin

Feb 26, 2013

Golden Boy’s half-bakedness--part totally competent TV show, part lazily executed one--permeates throughout. Read full review

Joanne Ostrow

Feb 22, 2013

Other than the unspooling of the ghost of policework past, Golden Boy is so formulaic as to be instantly forgettable. Read full review

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piskin

Jun 26, 2013

It a wonderful series with great story telling.Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful

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lar97gforce

Aug 6, 2013

BRING THIS SHOW BACK! It was very entertaining and I looked forward to continuing to get to know the characters. I thought it had a nice mix of drama, along with personality. PLEASE bring it back! Chi McBride is GREAT!

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Txejo

Apr 23, 2013

Excelent serie with great interpretations,make you love and hate characters,something you can't say about other tv series this days.

I wait everyweek for the next chapter,please give me more!

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cxfoster

Mar 20, 2013

First episode was intriguing and quite good, but not great. However, it has gotten better. The characters are all interesting and the acting is very good. Good story, good acting and Chi McBride--what more could you want?

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JoyTheWizard

Apr 1, 2013

Golden Boy is decent, just not enough to make me keep watching. I'm tired of the same old crime dramas. I want to see something different, something that redefines TV it self.

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May 2, 2013

First episode promised intrigue. What followed, however, is a detective series like any other. Each cop has their own flat character, and each episode plays out exactly the same incoherent conflict while there's yet another dead body nobody could care less about (cast nor audience.)
IfFirst episode promised intrigue. What followed, however, is a detective series like any other. Each cop has their own flat character, and each episode plays out exactly the same incoherent conflict while there's yet another dead body nobody could care less about (cast nor audience.)
If people are still following this show, they must of missed every episode between the first and last episode. Anyway, they must be oblivious to the countless other detective series that follow the same format, but do a much better job.
The only time the question of "whodunit?" ever came to rise, was when I wondered who's creative input killed this show.… Expand

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md5269

May 5, 2013

My wife is in love with this show. I, on the other hand, just can't get into it. Why is it that almost every character in this show is the HARDEST, TOUGHEST COP in the City. Why is everyone corrupt? Why is Chi McBride doing his best Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon impression.

I justMy wife is in love with this show. I, on the other hand, just can't get into it. Why is it that almost every character in this show is the HARDEST, TOUGHEST COP in the City. Why is everyone corrupt? Why is Chi McBride doing his best Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon impression.

I just can't get into it. It just bugs me too much. And the storylines just never seem to hook me in, and since I don't like any of the characters(except for Chi-and it's obvious he'll die, eventually), I can't care what happens to anyone...… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 15

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- Season 15 Overview
  Air Date: February 26, 2013
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 26, 2013
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  S1:E14. Juan Diaz vs. Pipino Cuevas Jr.
  Air Date: April 14, 2013
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  S1:E13. Next Question
  Air Date: May 14, 2013
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  S1:E12. Beast of Burden
  Air Date: May 7, 2013
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  S1:E11. Longshot
  Air Date: April 30, 2013
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  S1:E10. Sacrifice
  Air Date: April 23, 2013
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  S1:E9. Atonement
  Air Date: April 16, 2013
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  S1:E8. Scapegoat
  Air Date: April 9, 2013
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  S1:E7. McKenzie on Fire
  Air Date: April 2, 2013
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  S1:E6. Just Say No
  Air Date: March 26, 2013
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  S1:E5. Vicious Cycle
  Air Date: March 19, 2013
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  S1:E4. Role Models
  Air Date: March 12, 2013
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  S1:E3. Young Guns
  Air Date: March 8, 2013
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  S1:E2. The Price of Revenge
  Air Date: March 5, 2013
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  S1:E1. Pilot
  Air Date: February 26, 2013