I, like many others, was ecstatic for this show to come out, it looked to have everything you could ask for; A gritty time period in an infamous city, violence, corruption, political intrigue... but whatever it pitched has definitely been diluted. Kevin Bacon carries the show as a flamboyant, larger-than-life corrupt FBI agent with a shadowy reputation preceding him and I wholeheartedly think the show should have focused on him from the jump. I've never seen Aldis Hodge in anything before and so far I'm not impressed, the way his character is made out to be this indomitable Messiah come to Boston to save it from itself is exhausting to watch, but with the one-liner that was thrown out in the recent courtroom scene I'm convinced he probably has a large hand in that characterization. Jonathan Tucker makes another appearance as 'Miscellaneous Irish Tough Guy', overall the show seems to be taking itself a little too seriously at times, with conversations that are meant to be philosophical coming off as bland and there definitely seems to be some familiar pandering that can be found in most run-of-the-mill shows nowadays - it's disappointing how the channel that brought us Black Monday could stoop to this
Review of City on a Hill
