When Patrick Dempsey was still on Grey’s Anatomy, he played a neurosurgeon who at one point did a lot of work toward curing Alzheimer’s. Now, in his new series Memory of a Killer on Fox — premiering on the 2026 TV schedule on January 25 — the doctor has become the patient. Dempsey plays Angelo, an assassin with suspected early onset dementia who, until now, has managed to keep his work separate from his personal life. Critics are sharing their thoughts on the Fox crime drama, and they're similarly split up.
Memory of a Killer is loosely based on the 2003 Belgian movie The Alzheimer’s Case, and Liam Matthews of The Wrap says the two episodes provided to critics are juggling a lot of plot. However, the action moves at a brisk pace, and it’s thrilling to see McDreamy committing brutal murders (quite a change of pace for an actor whose best roles are rom-coms). The series shows promise if it can keep from biting off more than it can chew, the critic says, writing:
