NBC broadcast one of the final episodes of its short-lived new series, Prime Suspect, last night.
Too bad. The show has a stellar cast - Maria Bello (ER), Brían F. O'Byrne (Brotherhood, Flashforward), Kirk Acevedo (Fringe!), Kenny Johnson (The Shield!!), to name just a few. You can't get much better than that. And the dialog has been sharp, humorous, tough, crackling.
But, sad to say, the plots were nothing special. With the exception of one superb episode - 1.8 - which brings Jane (Bello) and Reg (O'Byrne) upstate and into a series of escalation action sequences as gripping as you might find in a good movie - the individual episode stories were trite and lackluster, in contrast to the edge-of-your-seat mysteries in the original British series, which started Helen Mirren.
And the continuing story, which had potential, never really went anywhere. Jane's difficulties as a female detective in the still male-chauvinist NYPD detective world barely went beyond the conflicts and abrasions of the first episode. And her personal affairs, in particular, the possibilities of life with Matt (Johnson), never really were developed, either.
But, don't get me wrong, I would have been very happy to pick up the show for the rest of a complete season in the New Year, and will miss it, with all of its flaws. NBC has added another good show to its roster of what might have beens, if only given a little more time on the air. The Black Donnellys, Kidnapped, and Friday Night Lights (which managed a bunch of seasons only because NBC brought in DirecTV), and now Prime Suspect ... NBC has great taste in getting shows on the air, but doesn't seem to know what to do to keep them there.
Just two episodes left - next Thursday night, and the week after. I'll be watching both.
See also review of Prime Suspect premiere ...
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The Plot to Save Socrates
"challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly
"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News
"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good book
Too bad. The show has a stellar cast - Maria Bello (ER), Brían F. O'Byrne (Brotherhood, Flashforward), Kirk Acevedo (Fringe!), Kenny Johnson (The Shield!!), to name just a few. You can't get much better than that. And the dialog has been sharp, humorous, tough, crackling.
But, sad to say, the plots were nothing special. With the exception of one superb episode - 1.8 - which brings Jane (Bello) and Reg (O'Byrne) upstate and into a series of escalation action sequences as gripping as you might find in a good movie - the individual episode stories were trite and lackluster, in contrast to the edge-of-your-seat mysteries in the original British series, which started Helen Mirren.
And the continuing story, which had potential, never really went anywhere. Jane's difficulties as a female detective in the still male-chauvinist NYPD detective world barely went beyond the conflicts and abrasions of the first episode. And her personal affairs, in particular, the possibilities of life with Matt (Johnson), never really were developed, either.
But, don't get me wrong, I would have been very happy to pick up the show for the rest of a complete season in the New Year, and will miss it, with all of its flaws. NBC has added another good show to its roster of what might have beens, if only given a little more time on the air. The Black Donnellys, Kidnapped, and Friday Night Lights (which managed a bunch of seasons only because NBC brought in DirecTV), and now Prime Suspect ... NBC has great taste in getting shows on the air, but doesn't seem to know what to do to keep them there.Just two episodes left - next Thursday night, and the week after. I'll be watching both.
See also review of Prime Suspect premiere ...
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The Plot to Save Socrates
"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News
"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good book
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