Runaway

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Season 1
  • Network: The CW
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 25, 2006
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 25
  3. Negative: 6 out of 25

Critic Reviews

  1. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Charlie McCollum
    60
    If it keeps its balance and cuts back on some of the more implausible moments in the first hour, this series could be a keeper.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    60
    Minor but deftly done.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    60
    "Runaway" is decent, the kind of show some might acknowledge as pretty good while saying, in the next breath, that it probably wouldn't make it.
  5. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    60
    The opening episode is solidly done and pretty entertaining. But a fifth season of "Everwood" would have been a much better fit in the time slot following "7th Heaven."
  6. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    60
    For adults, the thing plays a little like Fox's Prison Break.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    The real pleasure lies in the adjustment problems of a seemingly normal suburban family leading a terrifying secret life.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    50
    We've seen this on-the-lam material many times before, and it offers very familiar family tensions.
  9. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    40
    Runaway is neither credible nor exciting.
  10. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    40
    "Runaway" is no "Everwood," which featured complex characters and an exploration of social issues. "Runaway" is far more pedestrian -- "The Fugitive" with a family -- but it may not be any better of a fit with its lead-in "7th Heaven."
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Phil Gallo
    40
    As much as the direction and writing capture appropriate tension in the pilot, they allow it to go slack in the second [episode].
  12. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    40
    "Runaway" is passable as far as it goes, which, despite its title, isn’t very far.

Awards & Rankings

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#61 Best TV Season of 2006
86
#86 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006

User Reviews

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
  1. YvelG
    Dec 28, 2006
    10
    This was an awesome show, I hope they believe it back and allow it a few weeks to build the viewers confidence. If not, I hope they release This was an awesome show, I hope they believe it back and allow it a few weeks to build the viewers confidence. If not, I hope they release the dvd. lata!… Full Review »
  2. [Anonymous]
    Dec 25, 2006
    10
    Runaway is like the best show ever. It has to come back!!!!!!!!....some how some way it should be put back on the air.....really great show
  3. MelodyS
    Dec 13, 2006
    9
    With the junk that CW has chosen to leave on its schedule I am bewildered that this really solid show wasn't given a stable time slot With the junk that CW has chosen to leave on its schedule I am bewildered that this really solid show wasn't given a stable time slot and a few weeks to build a following. The characters were well developed andbelieveable. The acting was well done. I guess that is the kiss of death these days!… Full Review »
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