This is at least the second or third time we've suffered through character actor Gary Basaraba stumbling through a show trying to pretend he's a New Yorker.
The more he strains to do the dialect, the more cringe it becomes. Takes you right out of an otherwise solid episode, which in this case is about families in witness protection trying to live normal lives.
For the love of god, if you can't do 'New York' don't try. Just speak plain-Jane and call it a day.
Director Alex Zakrzewski really needed to intervene here. It's kind of amazing he didn't, considering he's directed a ton'a Blue Bloods, various Law and Orders, Oz etc.
The more he strains to do the dialect, the more cringe it becomes. Takes you right out of an otherwise solid episode, which in this case is about families in witness protection trying to live normal lives.
For the love of god, if you can't do 'New York' don't try. Just speak plain-Jane and call it a day.
Director Alex Zakrzewski really needed to intervene here. It's kind of amazing he didn't, considering he's directed a ton'a Blue Bloods, various Law and Orders, Oz etc.
