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SummaryDetective Renée Ballard (Maggie Q) heads up an all-volunteer, underfunded cold case division and seeks help from retired Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) after uncovering a conspiracy within the LAPD in the latest series based on Michael Connelly's novels.

Ballard

Season 1 Premiere: 
Jul 9, 2025
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Metascore
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100% Positive
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Jul 9, 2025
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Paste Magazine
Prime Video’s Ballard is simply exceptional. Maggie Q has never been better (and that’s admittedly a bold statement after her unbelievable work on The CW’s Nikita). She perfectly embodies this character, leading an immensely talented cast that also consistently delivers, regardless of how much or how little time they have in the spotlight.
Sep 5, 2025
90
TheWrap
A resounding, unique, intoxicating “yes. ”It’s an uncommonly great potboiler with something for everyone.
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44% Positive
31 Ratings
23% Mixed
16 Ratings
34% Negative
24 Ratings
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Sep 25, 2025
9
Jmhalvo
Cannot believe it’s RT100%. Script is terrible as is the acting. Also boring. Back to Britbox!
Sep 10, 2025
8
alanpotter17
A construção da tensão e dos elementos de investigação vão, a cada episódio, numa crescente impressionante pelo menos até o caítulo 6, onde há um ataque mais visceral, provando que a série se sai melhor no suspense do que na ação. Com um roteiro bem escrito e que sabe aonde quer chegar, o final ainda dá muito pano pra manga para uma continuação, o que só reforça o quanto foi muito bom conviver naquele aombiente. Fiquei feliz também que não idiotizaram os personagens (como por exemplo, a estagiária), preservando a falta de experiência sem torná-los burros, conferiando maior peso ao que se via em tela, cuja pirotecnica aqui dará lugar a algo mais cru e real, e por isso mesmo num nível de tensão espantosamente natural (embora tenha achado o derradeiro capítulo e o confronto final muito aquém do que poderia ter sido, mas ainda assim funcional a essa proposta mais crua).
Jul 9, 2025
90
Variety
One of the best police procedurals on TV. .... Smartly acted, beautifully paced and genuinely engaging, “Ballard” is a thrilling ride from start to finish.
Jul 10, 2025
80
Decider
Even if you didn’t catch Renée Ballard working with Harry Bosch in the Legacy finale, Ballard’s arrival feels fully formed. Maggie Q brings her serious-minded, action-oriented capacity to the lead role.
Jul 7, 2025
80
RogerEbert.com
If you’re looking for a procedural thriller that’s grounded by grit, genuine leads, and complex cases, “Ballard” gets it done. Each character is fairly well sculpted, seeming to wrestle with some amount of dirt on their hands or darkness shadowing them. This series fits right in with “Bosch” and “Bosch: Legacy”.
Jul 7, 2025
80
Collider
Ballard steadily and coherently interrogates everything it aims to, exposing a different side to the underbelly of the justice system, one that women are generally impacted by. But it's a show that any fan of the genre will enjoy, whether you've seen Bosch or not, as cold cases and conspiracies wrap around the all-too-relatable pits of grief, trauma and loss.
Jul 8, 2025
67
The A.V. Club
Ballard, while indeed formulaic for the most part, is at least an intriguing Connelly adaptation that boasts Maggie Q killing it once again.
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Jul 22, 2025
8
Murphydh1
Ballard is a pedestrian police procedural that would have fit in with the network cop shows of the **** plot is less than compelling
Jul 25, 2025
5
WatchinMovies
I've liked Michael Connelly's books but didn't like the Ballard series because her sexual proclivities were front and center. This series changes that. I've never found Maggie Q's acting too realistic and her role as an Amazon woman, who can kick 6'4" guys butts rather offputting. Other than that, the story keeps my interest and the pace didn't keep me from watching. This is a moderately entertaining series but the end, of course, was pretty unrealistic and stupid. We'd rate this: "go ahead and watch if you're a Michael Connelly fan but there are much better police procedurals out there."
Jul 16, 2025
5
JamesIgoe
I had high hopes considering considering the average critic review, but I am finding the dialogue stilted and the characters irritating.
Oct 28, 2025
3
hrrathul
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
Aug 10, 2025
3
Rmf76
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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  • Amazon Studios
  • Fabel Entertainment
  • Hieronymus Pictures
Jul 9, 2025
2 Seasons
TV-14
Golden Tomato Awards (Rotten Tomatoes)
• 1 Nomination
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