Private Eyes (TV Series) The Code (2016) User Reviews

Unoriginal but fun

[LoveIsAStateOfMind · 8/10 · 22 October 2017]

This is show is many things but original isn't one of them.

In fact it is basically made up of key elements of three crime dramas that I have previously enjoyed: The Mentalist, Castle and Lie To Me:

❥ non-law enforcement guy who can solve crimes better than any other cop out there (The Mentalist, Lie To Me, Castle)

❥ a kickass female partner who tries to reign in the childish antics of her partner (The Mentalist, Lie To Me, Castle)

❥ UST between the two leads (The Mentalist, Lie To Me, Castle)

❥ the guy drives a vintage car (The Mentalist)

❥ one half of the duo is determined to hunt down a killer who killed a family member (Castle, The Mentalist)

❥ the guy has a very smart teenage daughter (Castle, Lie To Me)

❥ said daughter's mother comes back to cause problems (Castle, Lie To Me)

❥ there's a grandparent on the scene looking after the daughter whilst the guy goes off crime-fighting (Castle)

❥ the guy is famous (Castle, The Mentalist)

❥ the guy is a manwhore (Castle) I could go on but you get the drift.

However, having said that, I am sucker for these sort of shows so what's one more to add to the list if executed well. Private Eyes definitely started off on a good foot. I liked all the characters and the case was interesting. Points for giving the daughter a disability. And using a Hall & Oates song.

The Code

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 22 April 2020]

This was a fun breezy start to the series.

Matt Shade is a former ice hockey player now turned talent scout. He has a teenage prospect who collapses after the game.

Everyone thinks he has taken performance enhancing drugs but Matt thinks he was a good clean kid.

Matt's father hires Angie Everett, who has taken over her late father's private investigation business.

Both conclude that there was sabotage and the kid ingested drugs without knowing it.

I like shows filmed in Canada that are based in Canada rather than somewhere in the USA.

Shade has a reputation of being shady and here he has several moments where he might take the money and turn a blind eye as to what happened to his client.

The opening episode was more about Matt, Angie was mainly eye candy although there was a back story seeded about her.

It was easy viewing.