TVLine Calls USA's 10 p.m. Anna Pigeon Debut Middling, Despite Tracy Spiridakos Lead
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Updated · tvline.com · Aug 3
TVLine Calls USA's 10 p.m. Anna Pigeon Debut Middling, Despite Tracy Spiridakos Lead
2 articles · Updated · tvline.com · Aug 3
Summary
TVLine says "Anna Pigeon," premiering Friday at 10 p.m. on USA Network, is a thoroughly mediocre crime drama elevated mainly by Tracy Spiridakos and striking national-park scenery.
Three early episodes pack in a murder, a kidnapping and a bank robbery, but the review says the cases feel formulaic, the twists flimsy and the villains too easily caught.
Morwyn Brebner's series gets some mileage from the park setting — including a bald eagle webcam as evidence — yet the supporting cast and larger mystery around Anna's husband's death fail to add much edge.
The verdict leaves USA's latest original scripted effort looking much like 2025's "The Rainmaker": competent basic-cable fare that plays it too safe to stand out.