sentences:  Mary McNamara of the "Los Angeles Times" saw promise in the series, but remarked it got "lost between concept and execution, and instead of suspense we get silliness, as if the creators were determined to use only the clichés of both genres".The acting of the pilot was criticized as "sub-par" and "woeful".Robert Bianco of "USA Today" felt that "Moonlight" had a "less adept cast" than "Angel".