Mr. Mercedes: Season 1

"An unappealing combination of Stephen King's most ghastly horror moments mashed into a hard-boiled detective story."

"Mr. Mercedes isn't prestige-class pulp, but it's a quality star vehicle fuelled with enough poignancy to make it worth the ride."

"Mr. Mercedes is premium-unleaded nightmare fuel right out of the gate, without even a touch of the strange or supernatural."

"The naturalistic pacing and character development provide a superior cast with more than enough fuel for a gripping ride."

"This is an all-star crew operating at near the peak of their abilities. It makes for a tight, terrifying story of a retired cop and the madman who got away but won't go away."

"It’s smartly paced, with stellar performances and assured direction, and yet it feels curiously stodgy, with the emotional beats never landing quite hard enough and the action and humor scattershot."

"David Kelley and Stephen King have been entertaining the masses for many decades now, yet in Mr. Mercedes, they're both doing some of their best work in years."

"Mr. Mercedes comes off as a plodding compendium of serial-killer and cop cliches, all conveyed via an unrelentingly dour tone and almost suffocating aesthetic..."

"So far Mr. Kelley has put together a decent character study, but whether he’ll pull off a hard-boiled thriller remains a mystery."

"Mr. Mercedes is a fine example of something that has been less frequent over the years - an effective Stephen King adaptation carried by strong performances and smart writing choices."