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- TNT
- Aug 25, 2015
- TNT
- Aug 25, 2015
Summary The Ed Burns crime drama set in 1967 where Public Morals Division officer Terry Muldoon (Ed Burns) tries to keep his family safe from his work.
Created By: Edward Burns
- TNT
- Aug 25, 2015
- TNT
- Aug 25, 2015
Summary The Ed Burns crime drama set in 1967 where Public Morals Division officer Terry Muldoon (Ed Burns) tries to keep his family safe from his work.
Created By: Edward Burns
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
69
73% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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It strides the line between comfortable and bold with enough confidence to become charismatic.
Burns gives us a good old-fashioned crime tale, just the kind of thing we need to end our summer.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
20% Mixed
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12% Negative
6 Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
33 Ratings
33 Ratings
20% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
12% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
I am really sad that the public did not give this show a shot. Every now and again the next potentially great show never finds it's audience and this show is one of those. Like another failed favourite of mine Terriers from a couple of years back I am dumbfounded how this did not work. Great cast, great setting, interesting central idea and quality scripts to round all that off. A lost opportunity.
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SEASON 1
Kudos to Edward Burns for not only creating this show, but producing, directing and even writing episodes.
Instead of the traditional cop show, Public Morals looks into the seedy side of police work which includes some “bad apples” who have no objections to taking illegal money on the side while pretending to uphold the law.
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SEASON 1
Public Morals is engaging enough, with a jazzy pace, assured direction and a number of fine performances.
Even if subtlety isn’t going to be part of the equation, Burns makes up for it with his wiseguy humor, rapid-fire dialogue and a high volume of plot.
Public Morals doesn’t yet feel like a top-tier cable drama, but it has the makings of a highly watchable one, and stands a cut above much of TNT’s lineup in terms of ambition.
Public Morals is a handsome production that could benefit from more variety; half the scenes unfold in smoky saloons, and the washed-out cinematography favors browns and yellows to a distracting degree. Its story is engaging enough on a comfort-food level, but its themes are spoon-fed.
Public Morals is a mess.... [Working with Amblin Television and producers including Steven Spielberg] probably accounts for the show’s technical polish, but the thin and repetitive writing and the clumsy one-note direction--every scene plays at the same pace and volume, so that family dinners, squad-room arguments and murders seem indistinguishable--can’t be finessed.
Fantastic show!!! I absolutely loved it, right from the beginning. Congratulations to Edward Burns! Job well done! Incredible cast! Love the way they portrayed the 60's with dress, cars, music, actions. My favorite show of the season. Please return with a Season 2,3,4 etc. Always look forward to watching it. Please disregard what James Wolcott of VF wrote on Oct 20. He was totally wrong. This is the kind of show we'd like to see more of. Hats off to Edward Burns for all his hard work in producing, writing, directing and acting in a successful TV show on TNT. Congrats!!!
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SEASON 1
This show has it all. Great costumes, great cars, great sets, the attention to details is just off the charts. The casting of the characters is so believable. The best thing however is the story line. I was a member of the NYPD in the year 1965 and I can testify that what you see depicted is EXACTLY the way it was back then. The cops were corrupt, the streets were tough, and everybody had a story. Ed Burns should win whatever awards he is eligible for. I saw the first show when it premiered and the next day binge watched the next three. It is the absolute best "cop" show that I have ever seen.
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SEASON 1
This show visually evokes New York a few decades ago -- I know, I was there. I find the acting to be above average and the writing be about average. So far the show depresses me a bit since all of the cops seem to be dirty to one degree or another. They explained the lack of policing of victimless crimes as controlling those crimes rather than stopping them. I honestly don't know if the NYPD was really this bad back then but it is depressing if it is true. I certainly hope today's NYPD is at least measurably better. The show is OK, but it seems to me to be just one more of the usual cop show formula.
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SEASON 1
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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SEASON 1
OK the first and perhaps only season just wrapped and what started with a lot of promise has me giving a final grade right up the middle. Certainly has great atmosphere and well appointed sets but the script and acting is quite rote. Every scene has the sameness no mater if climactic or set-up, and the dialogue is delivered almost on a satiric level. And I must ask - does anyone agree with me that the ending of the first season was extremely abrupt? I thought we were going to another commercial break but then the final credits started to roll. Very odd!
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