This hitman only kills “bad guys” — but will he remember which is which?

📺 Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey returns to the small screen in a big departure from McDreamy in Memory of a Killer. Angelo (Dempsey) is a hitman living life on the edge, only to be faced with a far greater threat: Alzheimer’s. On the surface, he lives a pretty mundane life as a salesman, but the truth is far darker. Working with Dutch (Michael Imperioli of Sopranos fame), a veteran restaurant owner who runs a covert assassination business, Angelo finds himself entangled with a mafia syndicate just as the early warning signs of Alzheimer’s begin to manifest. Given the nature of his work, this cognitive decline represents a threat far more dangerous than any human enemy.

Our initial impressions: The show makes quite a few promises — and we’re not sure if it’ll deliver on all of them. We found ourselves navigating a slew of complicated threads from the get-go, and the complexity left us somewhat confused. The narrative is fast-paced and overlapping, and so our questions outnumbered any answers given so far. Only two episodes have aired, so will the show course-correct? Time will tell.

That said, Dempsey’s performance is definitely commendable, with the veteran actor capturing Angelo’s nuances well. The juxtaposition of tender scenes with his daughter against moments of brutal violence highlights the contradictions of his character, though we’d argue there’s still plenty of room for Dempsey to truly shine. For now, the show isn’t offering anything extraordinary. We hope, however, that as the episodes drop, the focus shifts toward his inner conflicts and beyond the usual tropes of the traditional action-thriller.

WHERE TO WATCH- Memory of a Killer is streaming on OSN+. Watch the trailer on YouTube (watch: runtime, 2:42).