EPISODE
Rebel - Season 1
'Rebel' is an extraordinary take on the seminal police drama that examines the unique and conflicted relationship officers of color have with their jobs - at a time when police forces are ...
4 March 1957, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
1 April 1979, Southampton, Ontario, Canada
12 November 1974, Pasadena, California, USA
March 29, 2017
Rebel is a clichéd, melodramatic mess of a show with too few bright spots.
March 27, 2017
Fortunately, Truitt's performance keeps viewers on course even when the script meanders. She more than makes her character live up to her nickname.
April 19, 2017
Lackluster, violent crime series addresses racial issues.
March 27, 2017
In execution, unfortunately, Rebel is less brilliant. The 120-minute pilot released to critics is bloated and sometimes melodramatic; most of it is spent waiting for the inevitable to happen - for the good stuff to start.
March 28, 2017
This isn't your sociology professor's crime drama. It's your grandfather's, and it's dirty, guilty fun - not exactly good, on the basis of its two-hour pilot, but definitely not boring.
March 27, 2017
In the two-hour opener - all that was made available for review - Singleton's first TV series has a nice retro vibe, but otherwise not much action, not much originality, and not much wallop.
