Raines

2007

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Released: 15 March 2007 Ended
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Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.nbc.com/Raines/
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Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK, and on Network Ten in Australia. The series focused on Michael Raines, a 'mentally haunted' LAPD detective, who interacts with imaginary manifestations of dead crime victims in order to solve criminal cases. Raines must deal with his unique, unintentional method, as it causes problems with his co-workers and in his personal life. The first two episodes aired on Thursday nights at 10:00 PM Eastern Time during the time slot normally occupied by ER. The third episode aired eight days later, taking up its regular Friday at 9:00 PM time slot. On May 14, 2007, NBC announced its schedule for the 2007-2008 television season. Raines was left off this list, and was officially cancelled.

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Drama, Crime

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Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
pensman TV has been dominated with three types of shows: reality, legal, and supernatural. I suspect M. Night Shyamalan is in part responsible for the latter. And it seems the 2007-2008 season will have several new additions but I don't believe Jeff Goldblum's series Raines will be among them and that is too bad. Mr. Goldblum's character had several nice nuances and the show relied not only on plot but also quite heavily on dialogue. And you had to pay attention to what was being said. Raines was sort of the West Wing of the supernatural genre and that helped make it interesting and a cut way above the rest. Unfortunately it didn't seem to find its audience. But a show in search of a literate audience probably like Godot will be waiting a long time.
christinamoe94 I normally don't comment on shows, but I wanted to make an exception. I absolutely love this show. The show is funny and entertaining and I think Jeff Goldblum is quirky and engaging. There are some really funny scenes between Raines and his murder victims and I love how the victims change as he learns more about them. I am always looking for new shows to watch and I saw the preview and thought I might give it a try. I don't think the preview did the show justice. While I do like the Ghost Whisperer, this show is nothing like that. I noticed that is a common misunderstanding people have who have never seen Raines. I think people should give the show a chance and don't base your opinion on the pilot. Although I did like the pilot, I think the show only got better from there. I hope they don't cancel this show.
cptloopy Like another person here commented I was a little worried Jeff might be a little over the top in this. My fears were completely unjustified. I thought it was a wonderful, funny, sensitive performance. Jeff's quirks weren't a distraction here, the made perfect sense and complimented the character wonderfully. It made me a little reminiscent of Tenspeed and Brown Shoe because it was so enjoyable but honestly I don't remember that series very well, I was pretty young. Excellent writing, excellent acting, even excellent choices in music. Very satisfying. As for the commenter that said it had the same shtick as Monk: are you insane? You may need to go back and watch another episode of Monk. If there was any hallucinating happening there it was you not Mr. Monk.
karmaDhyana I LOVED the pilot of "Raines"; being a HUGE JG fan, I couldn't wait to watch it (holding my breath all the while, hoping that the creators would do credit to JG's highly underrated acting prowess). I was NOT disappointed.His POV throughout the pilot episode was so unique; I was concerned that this was another in a long line of 'kooky detective' series (see Monk, Psych, etc.). But my fears were soon allayed.The most interesting aspect of this show was that, while I watched it, I truly ran the gamut of emotions (if I may employ such an over-used cliché); I laughed, I was intrigued, and the ending not only completely caught me off-guard, I found myself in a pool of tears. Sounds corny, right? Well, shucks, it's the truth.I suggest to those who haven't seen the pilot do so before watching the following episodes, as it is the essential building block for the series (yea, I know that's what a pilot is supposed to be, but so often that is not the case--I have seen the ol' bait and hook method used in a variety of pilots that went on to a series that didn't follow the original premise).I can't wait for the upcoming episodes; I just hope the networks give it the chance that it deserves.