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- 2019
- TV-14
- ABC
- 2019
- TV-14
- ABC
Summary FBI agent Will Chase (Scott Foley)--codename is “Whiskey Cavalier”-- is teamed up with CIA Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan)-- “Fiery Tribune”--to lead a team of spies as they save the world, deal with relationships, and office politics in this dramedy from Dave Hemingson and Bill Lawrence.
Created By: David Hemingson
- 2019
- TV-14
- ABC
- 2019
- TV-14
- ABC
Whiskey Cavalier
Season 1 Premiere: Feb 24, 2019
64
6.6
Summary FBI agent Will Chase (Scott Foley)--codename is “Whiskey Cavalier”-- is teamed up with CIA Francesca “Frankie” Trowbridge (Lauren Cohan)-- “Fiery Tribune”--to lead a team of spies as they save the world, deal with relationships, and office politics in this dramedy from Dave Hemingson and Bill Lawrence.
Created By: David Hemingson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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53% Positive
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47% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
64
53% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
47% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Foley, Cohan and the supporting cast members need not unduly worry whether their adventures are all that plausible. What matters is whether this show is fun to watch regardless. Which it is.
Foley and Cohan look great and the evident pleasure they're having playing spy is infectious when coupled with the postcard locations and a little action flair. Whiskey Cavalier may not take you back to 1985, but it comes closer than some of the recent stabs at this genre.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 User Ratings
6.6
56% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
15% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 User Ratings
6.6
56% Positive
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
29% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
15% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
You may detect a strong scent of eau de “Castle.” The 12-year-old boy within the adult TV critic finds this in the show quite pleasing. (I did watch every episode of “Castle,” to be sure.) I’m happy to overlook whatever is lacking or obvious or oversold or simplistic in its construction for the sake of the adventure, the scenery and the fun gang dynamics.
Viewers have seen all these elements before, but in “Whiskey Cavalier” they’re deployed in a fun, fast-moving way that the show and the charm of its leads is hard to resist.
Yes, it’s cheesy, but it’s hard to hold that against the show too much when it’s also half the point. ... It also keeps insisting that Will and Frankie have undeniable sexual chemistry, but at least in the two episodes screened for critics, that has yet to prove itself.
Whiskey Cavalier could turn into a solid procedural for ABC, as both Foley and Cohan have enough charm to see it through its weaker moments. There may not be anything particularly new about what the show does or how it does it, but it checks the right boxes.
There’s nothing wrong with the casting but there’s nothing dynamic about it, either. ... Whiskey Cavalier may use terms like “retinal scans” in its storylines in order to sound like the espionage dialogue is up to date, but make no mistake: you’ve seen this show a dozen times before.
Very high production values, for some reason it feels racist. I especially felt bad for how the black guy came across, the latina girl too was routinely treated badly. Otherwise, a very funny, well written, well acted and photographed show about an fbi agent who is sensitive and empathetic, to good and bad effect. The fights are well choreographed too. The director also made the wonderful, short lived Jean Claude Van Johnson
Report
Production Company:
- Hemingson Entertainment
- Doozer
- Mouse Film
- Stillking Films
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 24, 2019
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Nomination
