A British hourlong from writer Paul Abbott (“Shameless,” “State of Play”), “Hit and Miss” stars Chloe Sevigny (“Big Love”) as a pre-op trangender mob assassin who inherits her ex-girlfriend’s four kids.
... The lack of overt plot mechanics and the lean dialogue are a welcome change, until these things begin to make you wonder whether the creators have a lot to say about Mia's unusual attempts to balance her career and her personal responsibilities. Still, I found the two episodes I saw refreshingly thoughtful, though the second episode has a good deal less tension than the first and it's hard not to wonder if that bodes well for the rest of the season, which totals six episodes. …
... feels like an unsuccessful attempt to graft “The Crying Game” onto “Party of Five.” … If you’re going to do a series about a transsexual killer learning to raise a family on a rundown farm, a sense of humor would help. But “Hit & Miss” is so slow and earnest and teachy …
... every performance here is good — the young actors are remarkable — and though the script sometimes goes just where you would expect it to, the characters seem authentically unpredictable. By American standards, there is very little dialogue, and the pace is slow enough to make "Mad Men" look like the Keystone Kops. But things will clearly pick up before we're done: Mia is both a protective and a dangerous presence among her new brood, which augurs trouble, and it doesn't take long for the tension to mount.
The San Francisco Chronicle says:
... give "Hit" a chance. With Chloë Sevigny as Mia, a gaggle of winning actors as the kids, "Hit & Miss" doesn't take long to convince us that its characters and plot are not only possible, but credible and, dare I say, touching. …
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says:
... does not lack ambition. But with awkward, often slow pacing, the series sometimes lacks a pulse. But don't blame star Chloe Sevigny …
... I realize this plot sounds laughably bizarre, but “Hit & Miss” has a strikingly strong sense of pace and character. Sevigny, who played the craziest wife in HBO’s polygamy epic, “Big Love,” has found a nearly perfect part here as Mia becomes a thoroughly engaging and deeply conflicted character. … It’s a beautifully sad — and beautifully imagined — downer.
... Given all the salacious elements in the series’ premise, the most upsetting moment is presented the most matter-of-factly: a teenager cuddling with her middle-aged lover, an affair that promises to have bloody consequences for all concerned. Count on “Hit & Miss” to find its targets.
... plays, albeit slowly, as taut and absorbing. Not much happens initially, but the threat of violence is never far away. Even those who don't get DirecTV might want to hunt down this unorthodox little gem. …
10 p.m. Wednesday. DirecTV.
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