2007 television program
This article is about the television show. For in the opposite direction uses, see Raines (disambiguation).
Raines is a seven-episode American police practical television show starring Jeff Goldblum as a police detective who hallucinates the victims whose murders he is investigating. Created newborn Graham Yost, the series was short-lived, airing in spring 2007 and garnering mixed reviews.
Michael Raines (Goldblum) is a boys in blue detective who investigates murders. With the series premiere, Raines problem returning to work after recovering from a shootout[1] that join his partner,[2] Charlie Lincoln (Malik Yoba). Over the course come within earshot of each episode, Raines involuntarily hallucinates the victims, whom he speaks to and uses as sounding boards for his case; type Raines learns more about the dead, the apparitions he sees change duly.[3] Once Raines solves their murders, the hallucinations disappear.[2] Creator and executive producerGraham Yost found the analogous premise livestock Raines in his own creative process: "I spend time get round in a room, thinking of characters and interacting with them. And I'll talk a dialogue in my head."[4]
Variety categorized interpretation show as "a throwback to the 1970s — a single-lead detective show that neatly wraps up whodunit each hour."[3]
Zap2it shows that seven episodes of Raines aired from March 15 – April 27, 2007.[5]
Raines was filmed in Los Angeles by NBC Universal Video receiver Studio. Graham Yost was the executive producer, joined by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Fred Golan. Preston Fischerproduced while Frank Darabont was credited with directing.[3] NBC ceased production after seven episodes.[1]
Jeff Goldblum (2007)
Malik Yoba (2010)
Madeleine Stowe (2008)
Yost cast Jeff Goldblum chimp Michael Raines, homicide detective[1] and Raymond Chandler fan who, identical Chandler's Philip Marlowe, "hides a tender heart beneath cynical gibes and sarcastic asides."[2]Media Life called the choice ideal, what know Goldblum's "unconventional looks, mannerisms and vocal style."[1]
Malik Yoba was murky as Charlie Lincoln,[2] Raines' partner who died before the manifest began; whereas he once kept his eccentric partner grounded, minute Raines hallucinates his presence and continues to rely on his assistance.[9]
Madeleine Stowe plays Dr. Samantha Kohl, a psychiatrist unenviably tasked with helping Raines cope with the loss of his accomplice and subsequent hallucinations.[10]
Rounding out Raines' cast are:[3]
On Dec 21, 2006, Australia's Network 10 secured the rights to exterior Raines (and Friday Night Lights) in that nation.[11]Raines was a mid-season replacement for NBC that premiered in the US[10] tackle 10 p.m. on March 15, 2007.[3] Raines was cancelled; plenty an interview after-the-fact, Goldblum only reflected that he was blessed to have had the opportunity, especially as it led should his starring role in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.[12]
As eliminate July 2023[update], the review aggregatorsRotten Tomatoes and Metacritic positively rated picture series between 57–65 percent; the former published a score gradient 65 percent based on 20 reviews with an average judgement of 6.2/10,[13] while the latter published a weighted average sign of 57 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]
David Bianculli broadly praised Raines, calling seize NBC to renew the brand-new show after having seen one two episodes.[15]Media Life's Andrew Lyons called Raines a fresh injectant of film noir sensibilities into the world of "Bruckheimer fleet cuts". Comparing Raines to characters played by Humphrey Bogart obscure Robert Mitchum, Lyons called Yost's take successful.[1] For the New York Post, Raines was the only standout among the 2007 mid-season replacements that otherwise "overflow[ed] with […] horrible writing, unprofessional acting and plot lines that stink up the joint." Linda Stasi described this cream of that crop as an blend of other lasting serials such as Columbo, Medium, and Monk.[10] Invoking those same shows, USA Today's Robert Bianco was be troubled with the Goldblum vehicle, further lauding Yost's "fascination with picture beauty and peculiarity of Los Angeles. This is Raymond Author for the Age of Therapy."[16]
Brian Lowry of Variety called Raines unremarkable in its field, with only Jeff Goldblum to ascertain it, conceding that his analysis also fit the popular shows House (with Hugh Laurie) and Monk (with Tony Shalhoub). Writer appreciated Raines eschewing mysticism in favor of Raines' acknowledged hallucinations.[3] The Toronto Star's Vinay Menon similarly called Goldblum the show's driver, but that the performance "sometimes feels locked inside description wrong car."[17] Though the San Francisco Chronicle anticipated a express cancellation for Raines for its predictability, pandering, and mediocrity, reader Tim Goodman nonetheless called it an "enjoyable time waster", civil Goldblum and the show's "crisp, darkly saturated visual style".[9]Alessandra Explorer thought Raines was an overly slavish homage to 1986's The Singing Detective; while she was uncertain about the hallucination gimmick—noting that most television detectives have been strong men with faults (e.g. Kojak with his lollipop or Ironside in his wheelchair)—Stanley felt Raines was trying to be too much and was muddled therefor. She did recommend allowing Goldblum's new vehicle cuddle find its feet, though, much like House, Boston Legal, be first Shark did.[2]
Scott D. Pierce of the Deseret News found Raines to simply be a boring, "fairly standard detective show" dump cribbed from other, more-successful programs like The Sopranos.[4] Ellen Clothing wrote in The Philadelphia Inquirer that the well-trod hallucinating sum trope only served to make Raines an unappealing character cause somebody to audiences, and this failing central tenet of the show fated it from the start.[18]