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2016
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2016
TV-14
FOX

Second Chance

Summary The Lookinglass Project founded by Otto Goodwin (Adhir Kalyan) and his twin sister, Mary (Dilshad Vadsaria) bring back to life Jimmy Pritchard (Robert Kazinsky), a LA County sheriff murdered by corrupt police in this drama originally called The Frankenstein Code (also Frankenstein and Lookinglass) was inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankens...

Created By: Rand Ravich

2016
TV-14
FOX

2016
TV-14
FOX

Second Chance

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 13, 2016

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 20 Critic Reviews

47

User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 121 User Ratings

8.5

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Summary The Lookinglass Project founded by Otto Goodwin (Adhir Kalyan) and his twin sister, Mary (Dilshad Vadsaria) bring back to life Jimmy Pritchard (Robert Kazinsky), a LA County sheriff murdered by corrupt police in this drama originally called The Frankenstein Code (also Frankenstein and Lookinglass) was inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankens...

Created By: Rand Ravich

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11 Episodes • 2016

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 20 Critic Reviews

20% Positive
4 Reviews

50% Mixed
10 Reviews

30% Negative
6 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 20 Critic Reviews

20% Positive
4 Reviews

50% Mixed
10 Reviews

30% Negative
6 Reviews

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Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Jan 12, 2016

The key will be whether Second Chance can keep from lapsing into a stale weekly catch-a-crook caper or have enough layers of unique duplicity and humanity to resonate as considerably more than that. It so far still deserves the benefit of the doubt, with a compelling opening episode that should leave many viewers in the mood for more.

By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

Jan 6, 2016

It's pretty ridiculous, but also oddly compelling at moments. [8/15 Jan 2016, p.98]

By Ray Rahman FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jan 13, 2016

By current standards the show isn't particularly graphic or brutal and, indeed, works best the closer it comes to comedy and romance. When it tries to go deep or dark, it feels overwritten and overwrought; as light entertainment, it's passably diverting, not without charm.

By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Dec 23, 2015

Second Chance is pretty much another Fox attempt at a crime procedural crossed with a high concept.

By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 11, 2016

The pity is that there are aspects of Second Chance that work amidst the nonsense, but the show becomes no greater awareness of those aspects over the four episodes I've seen.

By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW

Jan 13, 2016

Other than presenting Kazinsky with the late holiday gift of a starring role, there’s not much else to Second Chance. The twins feel as if they’ve been grafted onto the plot from another series, while DeKay’s sole note for much of the first few episodes is pissed off. Other shows have tackled estranged fathers and sons better.

By Mark Peikert FULL REVIEW

Jan 11, 2016

Second Chance is so self-serious at times that it verges on parody, especially in every overwritten scene with the twins. The writing is atrocious, the production values are subpar, and there’s not a single good performance.

By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Universal Acclaim Based on 121 User Ratings

83% Positive
101 Ratings

9% Mixed
11 Ratings

7% Negative
9 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Universal Acclaim Based on 121 User Ratings

83% Positive
101 Ratings

9% Mixed
11 Ratings

7% Negative
9 Ratings

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Details

Production Company:

20th Century Fox Television
Fox Television
Teakwood Lane Productions

Initial Release Date: Jan 13, 2016

Number of seasons: 1 Season

Rating: TV-14

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Awards

Madrid International Film Festival, ES

• 1 Nomination

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