Ok it's no castle but castle is a hard act to follow. There's are glimpses of something good is coming. Given time could be a better than the average show. It's hard to come up with new gimmicks. The text thing was a bit hold hat now. Storyline well we had the bones amish character similarities but not had that before have we. We're five in and getting better.

I Googled the show half way through the episode to make sure it wasn't a parody. This is not like Castle,it's like a bad parody of Castle.

I love this as a Summer fun show to watch. I adore Alan Cumming in anything and really like his husband on the show. It's got just enough of a light touch to make it enjoyable. I don't want heavy drama-big fan of escapism. I get all the dread drama on the news these days.

"Bottom of the barrel" crime show! If you put all the crime shows in a barrel, Instinct would, yes, be at the bottom and NCIS would be sitting on it. That's how bad it is. I made myself sit through half of the first episode so I could write this review with some authority. It nearly killed me...and...you're welcome! Don't go near this "stinker"!