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Mixed or Average
positive
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88
The writing is so good, so clean and understated that it's a pleasure to behold.
88
[It] looks like Sex and the City relocated to Northern Exposure. [18 Sep 2006, p.39]
83
With a pleasant blend of quirkiness and charm, this is an M.I.T. we can all get into. [15 Sep 2006, p.68]
75
A witty, sophisticated romantic drama.
70
It’s really a sentimental looking-for-love show after all, albeit one with a wonderful lead actress who will surely do her best to bring nuance and spark.
70
A surprisingly refreshing romantic dramedy full of appealing characters.
70
Heche really shines in this role.
63
Heche is very likable here. She plays some of the same notes she played when stranded with Harrison Ford in "Six Days Seven Nights," or playing Amanda in last year's "Everwood" guest arc, but also crafts a credible character, and slips into her central role comfortably.
60
But while it shows Heche at an advantage, the series itself is, to tap into the script's car-driving metaphors, just a rusty old vehicle.
60
It's a premise that seems more appropriate to a mid-'90s theatrical romantic comedy -- something with Sandra Bullock or Meg Ryan -- than to a TV series, and indeed, given how much transpires in the pilot, you could bang an extra hour of complications and resolutions onto the end and have a spiffy little chick flick.
