Been there, seen that

donita51

I really gave this a chance, watching the first two series almost to the end, but it got the better of me: I had the sense of having been there and seen it already.

The slightly disheveled expert, a cross between Columbo and Mr. Hulot, the inept (Keystone) cops, the mocking sceptical cop who never trusts the hero who always proves right (shades of House MD), the "steely" policewoman who likes to say STAT and sh*t on every occasion and who gets promoted, God and screenwriters only know why, the incredibly simple solution at the end, full of Deus and Machinas.

Contrary to some reviewers here, the graphic shots of mayhem and savagery were not off-putting, having been "tastefully" done, but it's obvious they were put in solely for effect, as if to say "look how cool we are, how Un-American!" but this show has all the markings of an Americanised show.

For a much superior British police show watch "Waking the Dead".

This got an 8.4 mark? Strange, my dear Watson, very strange.

score 3/10

donita51 8 April 2011

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2410686/