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Mary McNamara

Mary McNamara's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Ponies: Season 1 (2026) 96% EDIT “Fogel, who also co-wrote “Booksmart,” is a master spinner of female friendship, and Clarke and Richardson make it impossible not to instantly recognize, and connect with, Bea and Twila.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 15, 2026 Full Review Mr. Scorsese: Season 1 (2025) 98% EDIT “At times, “Mr. Scorsese” feels like a very long, and notably star-studded, bonus features reel.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Outlander: Blood of my Blood: Season 1 (2025) 87% EDIT “Outlander is a romance to be sure — the fate of Claire and Jamie, together and separately, propels the emotional connection. But it is also about the realities, and potential responsibilities, of moving through time.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 12, 2025 Full Review Dying for Sex: Season 1 (2025) 98% EDIT “Sex and death have never been such bittersweet bedmates.” – Los Angeles Times Apr 11, 2025 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 2 (2025) 92% EDIT “It is an oddly constructed season of television -- some questions are answered almost immediately, while others are left to linger for an unusual number of beats.” – Los Angeles Times Apr 7, 2025 Full Review Lost: Season 5 (2009) 92% EDIT “[A] big, messy but still fascinating work in progress.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 7, 2023 Full Review The Gates: Season 1 (2010) 50% EDIT “It's worth watching just to see what, exactly, is going on behind those gates.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2022 Full Review Death Valley: Season 1 (2011) 80% EDIT “Death Valley does not take itself too seriously or seriously at all — everyone involved seems to be having a good time, and as a result so do we.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2022 Full Review Ozark: Season 4 (2022) 85% EDIT “When each scene is over, it evaporates in the perpetual churn of increasingly insupportable plot points.” – Los Angeles Times Jan 22, 2022 Full Review All Creatures Great and Small: Season 1 (2020) 97% EDIT “I continued to devour all the episodes made available to the press until I finally realized that I was clearly happier with what I considered a very flawed adaptation of "All Creatures Great and Small" than many other television shows of my acquaintance.” – Los Angeles Times Feb 1, 2021 Full Review Staged: Season 1 (2020) 93% EDIT “There are just enough references to the actual pandemic to keep "Staged" from being pure fantasy, but it's hilarious, endearing and all very resonant, especially for those of us lucky enough to work from home.” – Los Angeles Times Dec 29, 2020 Full Review Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 1 (2010) 38% EDIT “There's nothing TV producers hate so much as actual reality, and so everything is tarted up with superfluous soundtracks and staging, with breathless voice-overs, mood lighting and lots of half-baked psychology.” – Los Angeles Times Nov 2, 2020 Full Review Fashion Star: Season 1 (2012) 35% EDIT “Where Project Runway showed participants at work, meeting actual challenges -- Make a dress out of food! -- Fashion Star is all about the clothes, which are just not that interesting.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 2020 Full Review Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness: Season 1 (2011) EDIT “"Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" may be aimed at a younger and smaller demographic than its cinematic antecedents, it is, mercifully, a show that won't drive every adult in earshot absolutely crazy. And these days, that's saying something.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2020 Full Review NY Med: Season 1 (2012) 100% EDIT “Enough recurring characters emerge to keep the show hooked to some consistency, but the mix of humor and pathos, of tragedy and triumph makes NY Med high-energy and emotionally affecting, a new species of show altogether.” – Los Angeles Times Oct 1, 2020 Full Review The Green Room With Paul Provenza: Season 1 (2010) 100% EDIT “For all its digressions into obscenities, over- or under-worked material and more than occasional chest pounding, "The Green Room With Paul Provenza" manages to pack a considerable intellectual punch into a half hour.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 27, 2020 Full Review School Pride: Season 1 (2010) 29% EDIT “It's a noble goal and one hopes that after viewing "School Pride," volunteers spring up, committees form and checks are written.” – Los Angeles Times Aug 20, 2020 Full Review The Hasselhoffs: Season 1 (2010) 20% EDIT “Given the limits of his talents, reality was his only option. And Hasselhoff does have that air of self-mockery going for him.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 21, 2020 Full Review Mankind: The Story of All of Us: Season 1 (2012) 83% EDIT “The task is simply too large and the time too short. There is no way to tell the history of mankind in a dozen hours of television without resorting to absurdities, which here include having "experts" explain how terrible cold and hunger can be.” – Los Angeles Times Jul 15, 2020 Full Review Do No Harm: Season 1 (2013) 15% EDIT “Unfortunately, "Do No Harm" suffers from a split personality of its own. Far more sentimental than thrilling... it plays more like a mash-up of "A Gifted Man" and "The B- in Apartment 23."” – Los Angeles Times Jun 23, 2020 Full Review Lone Star: Season 1 (2010) 81% EDIT “Well, creator Kyle Killen and executive producers Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser... are betting that the callow charm of their leading man... will overcome the ridiculousness of the setup.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 5, 2020 Full Review Roseanne's Nuts: Season 1 (2011) 30% EDIT “The result is an occasionally weird, occasionally hilarious show that is simultaneously a window into the life of an eccentric performer and a wickedly fun send-up of the genre.” – Los Angeles Times Jun 1, 2020 Full Review Freakshow: Season 1 (2013) 25% EDIT “For all the politically correct phraseology about the tyranny of "normal," Ray's determination to "collect" Bell is chilling.” – Los Angeles Times May 19, 2020 Full Review Red Widow: Season 1 (2013) 24% EDIT “"Red Widow" is plagued by sanctimony. It wants to have it all: a sympathetic soccer mom heroine suddenly willing and able to do business with murderous thugs.” – Los Angeles Times May 18, 2020 Full Review Lucky 7: Season 1 (2013) 29% EDIT “"Lucky 7" raises none of these worrisome questions, or any questions at all save the baffled "Why?"” – Los Angeles Times May 18, 2020 Full Review
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