King & Maxwell

A promising new summer series.

King & Maxwell doesn't have much that's new to offer, but it's fine, forgettable, escapist summer fare.

Most of what doesn't work in the pilot happens when the production strives for a big effect or grand stroke, while all of what works best happens in the close space between the leads.

Together, they're charming, but the "will they or won't they?" romantic tension feels forced, and that takes much of the fun out of it.

It’s a bland, cliched kind of offbeat, as she teases him and he teases her in an all too familiar manner.

Forgive TNT for returning to the ampersand well (following “Rizzoli & Isles” and “Franklin & Bash”), but creatively speaking, this is all fairly stale & mediocre.

King & Maxwell is all lazy writing, clumsy plotting, and somnambulistic acting.