Diagonaldi Very well executed

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

xieyinan_eh I was going to rate 1 star, the extra one is for Gary Sinise.Seriously, have the writers/directors ever went abroad? I'm Asian, I've traveled to several of the countries and have friends from some of the countries which the story of this show took place in, this show is sooooo fake and very offensive for people from those countries. The foreign scenes are so different from what's in the real countries, they made all the other countries look like trash, police there are unprofessional, working environments bad, but the truth is these countries are all very pretty and have high tech crime and ME labs, and these countries have laws, they are not all chaos unsafe areas; also, this show didn't do enough homework on foreign cultures. Like in the pilot, Thais are very peaceful, sweet, and male chauvinism is really not a Thai thing. But every Thais in this episode has a North Korean guilty face, not only the mood looks like North Korea, but their appearance too. Western people may think all East Asians look the same but actually not, the appearance's different between Japanese, Koreans, Northern Chinese, Southern Chinese, and people from all those South East Asians countries to an Asian person are like different between British people, Italians, Spanish, Dutch people to a western guy...... And the Japan episode is very suck too. There's no chance a female would running the police in Japan. Also, although that actress is a Japanese American but her character is so not Japan, the attitude is wrong, the angle of her bow is wrong and even her makeup style is wrong! This is just an American show wearing an "abroad" vest, telling pure American crime stories trying to fool those American audiences who have never travel abroad ever. And BTW, that female character Mae Jarvis is very very very annoying, because she always shows no respect to other nations' culture and make fun of them, really disgusting person!

stephaniegunawan It's not particularly bad but its crimes are too comical for my taste, and they are sometimes ignorant about work ethics in different countries; also both on the foreign customs and prejudices. I'm on the Japan episode and it's quite offending. It's like the local police doesn't have the skill as good as the IRT team and that they are super close-minded.Clara was almost too informational for her right; Jack is basically Mac Taylor...;but I had my eyes on Simmons, he's good,charismatic and man Daniel Henney is such an eye candy.Hope S02 will be much better. You have the potential!

anniw-89421 What utter unresearched drivel. Stock Shutterstock footage of South Africa. Incorrect languages, accents, vehicles, uniforms, location names etc etc etc. Hijacking of our tortured history. How dare they insult our country this way. I am disappointed that this iteration of the franchise is so appalling. No America you are not the saviour of the world - and insulting other countries does nothing to endear you to other nations. Please do us all a favour and don't renew for any additional series. One, in this case, is definitely enough. Blah blah - all non- American nations are savage and untrustworthy. Etc etc.I can't believe that the producer consider this to be quality entertainment.

TheLittleSongbird So disappointing. 'Criminal Minds', despite being hit-and-miss in the later seasons and a few slow spots when it first started (though the first season still has some great episodes), at its best was absolutely riveting television (especially in Seasons 2-5) and one of my personal favourites.It is a real shame that none of its spin-offs are any good. 'Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour' never took off and it is easy to see why it is so short-lived. Despite having very little good about it, with dull stories, bad writing, uninteresting characters and poor acting (even from Forrest Whittaker), it never reaches the depths of being offensive like 'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders', which, apart from some enigmatic acting from Alana De La Garza (who is still undermined by the material being beneath her), has nothing good about it.'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders' started off absolutely disastrously, with one of the worst, most ridiculous and quite offensive first episodes of any show in recent memory. It did get marginally better, but the flaws are never rectified in any of the episodes (and the flaws are numerous and are major) and like 'Suspect Behaviour' it never takes off. Sure, lots of shows have slow or inconsistent first seasons, but never as badly as this. This reviewer doesn't see the show improving, and yes I really am giving it a fair chance as someone who has watched the entire season and am trying to take it as it is.Visually, 'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders' doesn't even look good. There is nothing evocative about the locations, instead they look cheap and never once is one convinced they are there in the countries the episodes are based. The way it's shot and edited is incredibly choppy, and completely lacks atmosphere or a sense of mood, either being overly-bright or drab. The music is also annoying, it is too loud and too constant with not a sign of a break and with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, it also does not fit at all (a lot of it is misplaced actually) as well as cheap and out of date.Also major problems are writing that condescends to the viewer constantly in every episode, is stereotypically offensive and culturally insensitive. It's also filled to the brim with cheese, convolution and awkwardness. The stories are interminably dull, overly-obvious, ridiculous and convoluted, with a complete lack of tension or suspense in action-oriented parts. There is no chemistry at all within the team with no great little character moments (one of 'Criminal Minds' greatest strengths), and the mystery elements (that 'Criminal Minds' did with profiling and psychologically delving into the unsub's mind, excelling so brilliantly at it as well) are severely under-utilised and underdeveloped to the point of non-existence.None of the characters are interesting or compelling, and have absolutely nothing worth relating to or liking, Mae is an incredibly bland character that never seems like she belongs and Russ is basically a pale imitation of Garcia instead being annoying and uninteresting. The unsubs are ones we have seen before but with none of the menace, feel-bad-for factor or development, with the slight exception of the unsub in the Haiti episode. De La Garza aside, the acting is poor. Gary Sinise has a lot of talent as an actor, but is very wooden and looks incredibly bored and expressionless throughout, at no point does he connect with his material. Annie Funke is incredibly weak as Mae, with a very limited and stiff acting range, while Tyler James Williams is dull and obnoxious.Overall, even worse than 'Suspect Behaviour' and even when given a chance it still continues to disappoint. Deserving of an early cancellation if it continues to be this bad. 1/10 for De La Garza only. Bethany Cox