poor review of Moonlight, but positive reaction to Jason Dohring's role

Travis Fickett of IGN said that "[while] the show isn't terrible [...] It's just a mix of disparate parts that really don't add up to much." Regarding the actors, he said that O'Loughlin "does a decent job," and that Sophia Myles "is perhaps the most promising aspect of the show." He also said that "Jason Dohring is a welcome presence [and that] in his few scenes, [he] manages to create a character that does have a tremendous weariness and cynicism that comes with immortality."

Maureen Ryan of The Chicago Tribune said the show "is almost in the so bad it’s good category;" but the "direction is flat-out awful, much of the dialogue is groan-inducing, [and] the acting by some of the guest actors is jaw-droppingly wooden." She said that Alex O’Loughlin's is "passable in the lead role," Sophia Myles "is reasonably good," but described Shannyn Sossamon appearance as "preposterously not-scary." She later said that she "[felt] sorry for the actors trapped in this mess, especially Jason Dohring." She said that he makes the show "[crackle] with a bit of wit and has far more energy than it does in the rest of the plodding hour."

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