ɹˈɪk sˈæntʃɛz ʌv ˌaɪdʒˌiːˈɛn ɹˈoʊt ðæt sˈiːzən wˈʌn wʌz "ˈɔːl ɐbˌaʊt fˈaɪndɪŋ ðə ʃˈoʊz fˈʊɾɪŋ" ænd "wʌz pɹˈɪɾi skwˈɛɹli mˈaɪɚd ɪnðə mˈuːvɪz ðæt hæd kˈʌm bᵻfˌoːɹ ænd ɪnðə fˈɔːɹmjʊlə fɔːɹ mˌeɪkɪŋ ɐ wˈiːkli ˈækʃən sˈɪɹiz."
Rick Sanchez of IGN wrote that season one was "all about finding the show's footing" and "was pretty squarely mired in the movies that had come before and in the formula for making a weekly action series."