2013-2014 TV Season Pilot Reviews
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-All TV PILOTS I choose to watch (existing shows aren't included-for example, the season premiere of Sons of Anarchy wouldn't count as a pilot)
-July 2013-August 2014 pilots are all fair game
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-All TV PILOTS I choose to watch (existing shows aren't included-for example, the season premiere of Sons of Anarchy wouldn't count as a pilot)
-July 2013-August 2014 pilots are all fair game
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- DirectorMichael TrimStarsTaylor SchillingLaura PreponMichael HarneyPiper Chapman is sent to jail as a result of her relationship with a drug smuggler.8.5-great (B+)
This was a great pilot. This show has pretty much the most diverse, interesting casts on all of TV, anchored by a consistently good Taylor Schilling. The whole series is pretty much a must see, and the pilot is a good start to a great series full of evolving, engaging characters and storylines in a unique environment. - DirectorLen WisemanStarsTom MisonNicole BeharieOrlando JonesA modern-day supernatural thriller based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. It follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow's local female sheriff to solve the mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil.8.5-great (B+)
This is a ridiculously entertaining show that I wasn't expecting to like. It's ludicrous, pulpy fun, and I'll definitely be watching more. The two leads have chemistry, and while the premise is shaky at best, I have confidence that the Orci/Kurtzman team can turn this into something consistently worth watching. - DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsMark StrongLennie JamesJames RansoneWhen Detectives Frank Agnew and Joe Geddes murder fellow cop Brendan McCann, the DPD launches an investigation that impacts more than just the homicide department.8-great (B)
Although the show descended into monotonous drivel afterwards, the pilot was still a nice take on the current anti-hero frenzy in television. The cast is great, and it's a shame the show didn't turn out to be. - DirectorGerardo NaranjoStarsDiane KrugerDemián BichirAnnabeth GishWhen a body is found on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez, two detectives, one from the United States and one from Mexico, must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the border.8-great (B)
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsClark GreggMing-Na WenBrett DaltonS.H.I.E.L.D. puts together a special team, led by Agent Phil Coulson, to track down a mysterious man with special abilities and the young computer hacker that's encouraging him to reveal himself to the world.
- DirectorChris GrismerStarsJoseph MorganDaniel GilliesClaire HoltKlaus Mikaelson, the Original vampire/werewolf hybrid, returns to the magical melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans - a town he helped build centuries ago.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJake McLaughlinJohnny SequoyahJamie ChungTate is on death row and has only 30 minutes until his execution. He's visited by a priest who tells him he's there to help him break out - as long as Tate agrees to do a job for him. Tate agrees and soon finds himself employed by Milton Winter - who impersonated the priest - to care for a young girl, Bo. She has extraordinary powers - to sense the feelings of others and the ability to influence those around her, among others. There are powerful forces who want to get control of her and her abilities and Tate's first job is to get her out of the hospital after her foster parents were killed by a highly skilled assassin.
- DirectorJeffrey NachmanoffStarsToni ColletteTate DonovanRhys CoiroThe family of a doctor, who will be doing surgery on the United States President, is taken hostage by a rogue FBI agent. She is ordered by the kidnappers to assassinate the President in order to save her family.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsDermot MulroneyRachael TaylorLance GrossA bus load of students are kidnapped, among which are the son of the U.S. President and daughter of heads the powerful business conglomerate Meg Fitch. Meg tells her sister Susie Dunn, an FBI agent with whom she wasn't in contact for many years, about the event. Also, in the investigation of the abduction takes part idealistic U.S. Secret Service agent Marcus Finley, whose first day of work in the protection of the president's son falls on these tragic events. They have access. They have protection. But they have one weakness - their children. The kids are the leverage. You are the ransom. What would You do for your child?
- DirectorNeil MarshallStarsToby StephensHannah NewLuke Arnold1715: The Golden Age of Piracy. New Providence is a lawless island, controlled by history's most notorious pirate captains. The most feared: Captain Flint.
- DirectorMiguel SapochnikStarsChristian SlaterSteve ZahnMegalyn EchikunwokeTwo brothers, one a bipolar genius in human psychology and the other a slick ex-con, head a unique agency designed to solve their clients' problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation
- CreatorWill GluckSam LaybourneStarsMichael J. FoxBetsy BrandtWendell PierceA comedy inspired by the life of Michael J. Fox.
- DirectorJohn MaddenStarsMichael SheenLizzy CaplanCaitlin FitzGeraldDr. William Masters, a successful doctor of obstetrics and gynecology, begins his controversial study of human sexuality. Dr. Masters recruits Virginia Johnson to be his secretary, but she quickly advances to be a valuable associate.
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsAndy SambergStephanie BeatrizTerry CrewsDetective Jake Peralta finds his work scrutinized when new Captain, Ray Holt, takes over at his precinct.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsKarl UrbanMichael EalyMinka KellyA part-machine cop must pair with a part-human robot as they fight crime and investigate a deeper cover-up in a futuristic new world.
- DirectorJoe CarnahanStarsJames SpaderMegan BooneDiego KlattenhoffEx-government agent and one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives, Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) mysteriously turns himself in to the FBI and offers to give up everyone he has ever worked with including a long-thought-dead terrorist but under one condition - he'll only talk to newly-minted female FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) with whom he seemingly has no connection. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a first day on the job and what follows is a twisting series of events as the race to stop a terrorist begins.
- DirectorJason MooreStarsMalin AkermanBradley WhitfordMichaela WatkinsKate is in uncharted territory and finds support from her best friend Meg.