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Patrick Dempsey Plays a Hitman with Dementia in Fox’s Muddled, Bland ‘Memory of a Killer’: TV Review

January 25, 2026

Jan 25, 2026 10:00am PT Patrick Dempsey Plays a Hitman with Dementia in Fox’s Muddled, Bland ‘Memory of a Killer’: TV Review By Alison Herman Plus Icon Alison Herman TV Critic aherman2006 Latest Patrick Dempsey Plays a Hitman with Dementia in Fox’s Muddled, Bland ‘Memory of a Killer’: TV Review 5 minutes ago Apple TV Wine Drama ‘Drops of God’ Matures and Gets More Complex With Age: TV Review 4 days ago Emilia Clarke Leaves Daenerys Behind With Peacock’s Endearing Spy Caper ‘Ponies’: TV Review 1 week ago See All Courtesy of Fox Fiction is filled with criminals who lead bifurcated double lives, but Angelo Doyle (Patrick Dempsey) takes this to an extreme. By day, Angelo is a suburban salesman mourning his late wife and helping his daughter Maria (Odeya Rush) prepare for the birth of her first child, all while wearing a quarter-zip vest that screams “dorky dad.” But when it’s time for his real job, Angelo transforms. The vest comes off; the Italian, custom-tailored suit comes on.

MEMORY OF A KILLER: Patrick Dempsey in the special two-night premiere event beginning Sunday, Jan. 25 (10:00-11:10 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones) immediately following the NFC Championship Game (6:00-10:00 PM ET / Live to All Time Zones). © . CR: Jan Thijs/FOX

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The station wagon gets parked at an abandoned-looking garage where it’s swapped out for a Porsche.
And Angelo drives into New York City, where he gets paid to kill people.
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Angelo’s handler Dutch (Michael Imperioli), a chef who’s somehow tapped into the underworld, has no idea his former schoolmate ever married, let alone is widowed.

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