It was my favorite critical about-face in recent memory.
Critics had their knives out for this counterterrorism action series on Paramount+.
Lionesswas an easy target.
Zoe Saldana stars as CIA operative Joe inLioness.The second season starts streaming on Paramount+, October 27.
Lionesshit familiar Sheridan beats.
Strapping gunmen, noisy firefights, and solemn debriefings.
Critics like Hale were only shown one episode in advanceand it was a brutal one.
Nicole Kidman as a senior CIA official inLioness
The reviews, Hales included, were a bit contemptuous.
Sheridans first female-centric show seemed…a little like exploitation?
Well, I likedLionessimmediately.
Nicole Kidman as a senior CIA official inLioness
And Saldana!
She acts her way throughLionesslike shes in a knife fight.
This was actually high-quality genre TV that had hooked him just as it had hooked me.
Also, does everything on TV have to be quite so…good?
Who can live without small-screen guilty pleasures?
The best candidate is a helicopter pilot in Iraq with a hidden connection to the cartel.
Plot summary makesLionesssound ridiculous, and it kind of is.
Lets see if the critics agree.
