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TV Preview: Wicked City

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TV Preview: Wicked City

Welcome to the last post in this fall’s our TV Preview series! I’ve had a great time chatting with you over the course of the last couple of months about the shows we highlighted in our TV Preview: New Friends post. I hope you’ve found a new show to love or like, and sorry if nothing really did it for you this premiere season.We’ll be back in the new year to chat about midseason shows. But first …

Warning! Possible spoilers ahead.

 

Wicked City

Premiered: Oct. 27 on ABC (Watch online.)

Twitter Pitch

See both sides of the crime … and a lot of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. #the80s

Familiar Faces

Ed Westwick as Kent Galloway

Taissa Farmiga as Karen McClaren

Jeremy Sisto as Jack Roth

Gabriel Luna as Paco Contreras

Kirk Baltz as Artie Bukowski

Erika Christensen as Betty Beaumontaine

Karolina Wydra as Dianne Gibbons

Evan Ross as Diver Hawkes

Jaime Ray Newman as Allison Roth

Faces That Might Become Familiar (If You Keep Watching)

Olivia Moss as Mary

Anne Winters as Vicki Roth

Redeeming Qualities

It’s rare that a crime procedural shows the perspective of the killer; typically, they only show the perspective of the people trying to find said killer. I think seeing the crimes through Kent’s (and Betty’s, one can assume) eyes is an interesting shake-up of a pretty formulaic trope. The show also promises to have an awesome 80s soundtrack.

It's Not Me, It's You

That said, I did not find Kent in any way charming, nor did I feel like he and Betty had any sort of chemistry. For a killer character to be compelling, rather than creepy and frightening, something about them needs to be slightly appealing. I didn’t find the cops very interesting, either. Jack’s a total dick.

Also, Evan Ross, please shave that sorry excuse for a mustache off RIGHT NOW.

Let's Do This Again

For me to want to keep watching a show, something or someone needs to catch my attention from the very start. Nothing and no one in Wicked Games did that for me, so I don’t think I’ll be tuning in again. Plus, I get plenty of humanity’s worst in my weekly Criminal Minds watch.


Did you watch this pilot? What did you think? What shows are you looking forward to for midseason? Voice your thoughts in the comments! And thanks for joining me the past couple of months.
 


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