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Trust Me
SERIES: TNT, Monday 10:00p (60 minutes)
Starring
Tom Cavanagh,
Eric McCormack,
Griffin Dunne,
Monica Potter,
Sarah Clarke,
Mike Damus,
and
Geoffrey Arend
When their boss dies (Jason O'Mara) dies, best friends and ad executives Mason (Eric McCormack) and Conner (Tom Cavanagh), find their friendship becomes more uneasy in light of Mason's promotion.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy,
Drama
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| CREATED BY: |
Hunt Baldwin
John Coveny
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| FIRST AIR DATE: |
January 26, 2009 |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Newsday Verne Gay
A fun show, but where, oh where is all this heading?
80
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Mainly, underneath the sitcom setups and witty banter, this show moves to the pulse of the ad game. The mystique and power of raw ideas push this story as surely as they push the characters of "Mad Men."
80
The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
Trust Me, a TNT series set in a Chicago advertising agency, is clever and likeable.
80
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
The first pair of episodes augur a breezily entertaining addition to the TNT stable of dramatic originals.
80
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny, who created Trust Me (and have been writers on “The Closer") are former admen themselves; they chose the milieu to explore the creative process among a group of people with a collective-neuroses score high enough to maintain a smart and breezy comedy.
80
New York Magazine Emily Nussbaum
Trust Me is a neat spin on this ancient tradition--and in fact, I shall grandly state that it is, in both its lovable and off-putting elements, a workplace drama for our time.
80
Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
Everything happens quickly -- scenes, cameos, comments and quips fly by. But nothing is throwaway or stupid, and in the midst of laughter, the emotion, when it comes, feels real. That's good acting. It also happens only when writers respect their audience.
75
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
Right out of the gate, the series is surprisingly solid. What it ultimately becomes bears watching.
70
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
No, it's not "quality cable TV" or Top 10 list material, and it's marred by lapses into character cutesiness. But still, I liked it. It's likable.
63
Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan
As it is, Trust Me, which perks along energetically but lacks emotional heft, may be one of those shows that stacks up on my TiVo, along with other shows I don’t get around to viewing.
60
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The show is a modern Mad Men, but without the mystery or the allure. Trust Me all too often feels like going to work.
60
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
For fans of "Mad Men," Trust Me offers a modern, more recognizable ad agency world but the tone of TNT's series is completely different. It is not "Mad Men: The Next Generation," not by a long shot. And the show's quality lags leaps and bounds behind.
58
Entertainment Weekly Ken Tucker
This is an hour-long drama trying to cross Mad Men with Aaron Sorkin-style walk-and-talk dialogue. It’s a clever concept that curdles with cutesy self-consciousness.
50
Chicago Sun-Times Misha Davenport
Though it features dialogue delivered rapid-fire like the best David Mamet plays, the show isn't quite sure what it wants to be.
50
Slant Magazine Len Sousa
The series is set in a world that praises the lie, and if the creators can mine that vein for inspiration and avoid falling for the conventional TV drama traps, they could have a better show to sell to their advertisers.
50
PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs
Cavanagh and McCormack bring what you know they will--an effective mix of fast talk and easy delivery to pitch the partners’ situations, which range from silly to predictable.
50
New York Post Linda Stasi
The series isn't bad. It just isn't all that good.
50
USA Today Robert Bianco
"Mad Men" is the genre's gold standard, and the inevitable thematic comparisons just accentuates Trust Me's flaws, making the show seem even more dispensable.
50
Variety Brian Lowry
While it's nice to see McCormack and Cavanagh back in episodic form, their similarities diminish their interplay, inasmuch as it's not a reach to envision both in either role. Everyone else pretty much falls into predictable archetypes, from the nerdy young creative team to Griffin Dunne as the constantly frazzled boss.
30
Washington Post Tom Shales
Trust Me shares another characteristic of those series("Nip/Tuck" and "Mad Men": dumb, numbing soullessness. It has the emotional intricacy of a Ritz cracker.
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