SummaryLAPD detective Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles) and DEA agent Amber Oliveras (Jessica Camacho) are recruited to a join a secret task force led by Special Agent in Charge Nathan Blythe (Eric Dane) to investigate the murder of a Department of Homeland Security officer in the drama series created by Derek Haas.
Created By:Derek Haas
Countdown (2025)
Season 1 Premiere:
Jun 25, 2025
Metascore
Mixed or Average
44
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
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Aug 29, 2025
80
Regardless of some of my problems with the show's narrative, Countdown does largely succeed thanks to its stylish and effective action. Whether it's a fast-paced foot pursuit through crowded LA markets, tense shootouts or car chases having a mix of hand-to-hand combat and vehicular action, Haas and his creative team deliver plenty of exciting setpieces that keep things moving.
Jun 23, 2025
58
It doesn’t always hit on all cylinders, but it delivers the fireworks we’re looking for from a show like this. It’s like a battering ram slamming through a screen door: not very subtle, but undeniably effective.
User score
Generally Favorable
58% Positive
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
22% Mixed
13 Ratings
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12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Sep 10, 2025
10
It’s a GREAT show with little predictability. It keeps you on the edge of your seat with jaw dropping plot twists and gorgeous special effects and cinematography. The actors are amazing and play their parts perfectly when portraying their characters. The dynamics between the characters is fun and seems very real and not forced. You forget you’re watching a television show. Give it a chance! You won’t regret it.
Jun 23, 2025
50
The Prime Video formula has zapped the concept of everything that made those shows [CSI, NCIS] work. What’s left is an overly mechanical, largely lifeless run-through of a law enforcement team-up, without enough texture to make it all that unique or memorable.
Jun 23, 2025
38
Countdown starts to run out of steam around the seventh of its 10 episodes. That leads to a couple of hours of wheel-spinning followed by a finale so bafflingly anti-climactic that you’d need a team of whip-smart detectives to figure out how things went so badly wrong.
Jun 23, 2025
35
Clunky, simplistic, unbelievable, and inert, it’s a show that manages the impressive feat of being generic in absolutely every respect.
Jun 25, 2025
30
While I’m sure a twist could have spackled over the abrupt unraveling, I’m doubtful it would have made Countdown good. Where things concluded after the tenth episode was not a place I’m interested in going.
Sep 4, 2025
20
The show is very bad, to be clear. It’s bad at being suspenseful, it’s bad at providing emotional investment and it’s bad at being memorable. It feels cynical and uninterested in itself. It provides the bare minimum of every element, digs no further, then loudly insists it’s providing a service.
Jul 31, 2025
10
Awesome show. Fun classic TV with adrenaline to spare, think Need for Speed or Top **** never going to be a critic show
Jul 26, 2025
6
Not too bad. Pretty standard fare with story and characters. Do the personalities keep us interested? To a greater degree than ****. So, we'd say: "go ahead and watch but don't expect anything new."
Jun 25, 2025
5
Bin ein echter Fan von Jensen Ackles, aber das ist leider nix. Bunt gewürfelte Truppe. Komischer Plot. Muss echt nicht sein. Schade.
Jun 27, 2025
2
I was really excited about this show. It looked like it would be almost like a new version of 24. It isn't. One thing every show runner needs to remember is that Character is King. Absolutely nothing about ANY of these characters was interesting. Agent Oliveras is totally insufferable. Any time she was on screen, the show got worse. People do not act like this. Jensen Ackles character (Meacham) was equally unbelievable. The interplay between these two unrelatable characters is amateurish. Like it was written by two year olds. But it gets worse. This show is less like 24 and more like Law and Order. It's slow and plodding. Not interesting and action packed. Does it have some action? Sure. It's surprisingly boring action with undefined stakes. It's impossible to care about anything in this show.
Jul 9, 2025
0
Not sure why psychopathically running-and-gunning with a brain tumour and sleeping with your fiancé’s sister, then getting the hots for her friend, counts as being a leading man and a hero. This is your idea of a hero?
