OK, I gave it the benefit of the doubt for the first episode, but I had to switch episode 2 off after about 10 minutes. This show is really bad, mainly because the script writing is so lazy, and the actors just don't seem at all interested to be honest.
As a couple of examples, early in the second episode, there is a scene set on the front porch, there are a multitude of knife implements around the main character (a great Canadian actor by the way that has done himself no favours appearing in this!) and the lead detective who is the main focus of 'cracked' replies to a comment concerning the knives saying he can only use one at a time...errrr no, unless multitasking really is beyond the realms of men, he can use two given he has two arms/hands! As an actor why wouldn't you challenge that statement in the script?! It's lazy script writing and acting in my opinion. So OK, that seems petty, how about a few scenes later when they find a car and investigate all around it, then exclaim surprise at finding a blood trail, clearly visible on the ground, as if it had not been noticed before taking the two steps away from the vehicle and the vehicle having been cordoned off by uniformed officers?! Errr, really?! OK, I agree these little observations seem petty, but these two issues happened within the first ten minutes and were not the only things.
Overall, I disagree with other comments about the idea for the show, it's a stupid idea, but that is my personal opinion and I understand that writers need to be a bit more evolved around police TV series, because the gritty stuff like nypd blue and homicide:life on the street and the wire have set huge benchmarks that make it difficult to be just plain old police shows, but this is just plain lazy and the person that came up with this idea must be smiling from ear to ear, because he has probably been paid a fortune for five minutes of thought!! It's a bleak start to 2013 if this is the best that TV networks can sign up, especially after the tat that has preceded it like the mob doctor!! Can this show and put more effort in in the future!
As a couple of examples, early in the second episode, there is a scene set on the front porch, there are a multitude of knife implements around the main character (a great Canadian actor by the way that has done himself no favours appearing in this!) and the lead detective who is the main focus of 'cracked' replies to a comment concerning the knives saying he can only use one at a time...errrr no, unless multitasking really is beyond the realms of men, he can use two given he has two arms/hands! As an actor why wouldn't you challenge that statement in the script?! It's lazy script writing and acting in my opinion. So OK, that seems petty, how about a few scenes later when they find a car and investigate all around it, then exclaim surprise at finding a blood trail, clearly visible on the ground, as if it had not been noticed before taking the two steps away from the vehicle and the vehicle having been cordoned off by uniformed officers?! Errr, really?! OK, I agree these little observations seem petty, but these two issues happened within the first ten minutes and were not the only things.
Overall, I disagree with other comments about the idea for the show, it's a stupid idea, but that is my personal opinion and I understand that writers need to be a bit more evolved around police TV series, because the gritty stuff like nypd blue and homicide:life on the street and the wire have set huge benchmarks that make it difficult to be just plain old police shows, but this is just plain lazy and the person that came up with this idea must be smiling from ear to ear, because he has probably been paid a fortune for five minutes of thought!! It's a bleak start to 2013 if this is the best that TV networks can sign up, especially after the tat that has preceded it like the mob doctor!! Can this show and put more effort in in the future!