Proof

Beals and company (including Joe Morton as her remarkably flesh-and-blood boss) breathe life into this tale the way their characters restore life to patients, with skill and guts and, crucially, souls that radiate precisely what this show is about.

Well-trod TV ground, but Beals bring a a sensitive, magnetic depth to an otherwise slow-moving drama. [19 Jun 2015, p.57]

Yes, of course Proof is regularly mawkish (the pilot has a subplot about a very cute little girl patient, who draws pictures of a grandfather she never knew existed) and it’s cluttered with clichés such as “People believe what they want to believe.” But on its own terms--which is as a comforting medical-supernatural drama with a strong female lead designed to follow TNT’s Rizzoli & isles--Proof proves its modest worth.

Beals’ sturdy performance is an overall plus, but Proof has a harder time selling its basic week-to-week premise.

TNT’s Proof is not a terrible show, but it is a terribly ordinary TNT drama.

It's an intriguing idea (more intriguing, anyway, than having Beals cracking chests and mouthing off at people for an hour a week), but honestly, the case-of-the-week execution on Proof doesn't add up to a lot, medically or metaphysically.

A grim and goofy sci-fi saga.