OPINION

TELEVISION: ‘Company You Keep’ not all it’s cracked up to be

Milo Ventimiglia plays a con man whose life suddenly becomes much more complicated in “The Company You Keep.” (ABC/TNS/Eric McCandless)
Milo Ventimiglia plays a con man whose life suddenly becomes much more complicated in “The Company You Keep.” (ABC/TNS/Eric McCandless)

A handsome con man works big scores with his family in "The Company You Keep." After selling some property they don't even own, they think they've hit the jackpot — $10 million free and clear. Turns out, they just got scammed themselves by someone else, who takes the money and runs. Now they're back at square one.

Actually, it's worse than that: They got made and now they're on the hook to return all that money, bit by bit, to the Irish criminal syndicate they targeted with this phony deal — otherwise it's lights out. A decent enough heist-of-the-week premise, if only the ABC drama were going for that.

Starring Milo Ventimiglia in his follow-up to "This Is Us," the show is a series of winking capers.

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