Come Monday…” is a weekly
series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television
shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be
generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my
duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be
good—right? Therefore, since good is
generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel
universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
[PrimeSuspect] is a new show on [NBC] this fall season. It usually airs on Thursday nights, but it
looks like a repeat of the previous Thursday night episode will be also airing
on Monday nights.
To
be honest about it, I don’t know why. In
fact, I don’t know how such a suspect show made it into NBC’s primetime lineup
at all. That is, unless someone made
some crack about NBC being the pro-police network at some after-hours party
filled with hard-core Aquarian New-Agers.
For it is about as anti-police as the [Law & Order] series were/are
pro-police.
It
stars [Maria Bello] as [Det. Jane Timoney], who is perfect for the part. For she seems to naturally exude hostility
from every pore of her rather beautiful body, and in this role, she has a
personality that should make even the most serious New Yorker shake their head
in dismay.
Perhaps
you may remember her from her roles as the saloon owner in [Coyote Ugly], or as Tom
Stall’s wife in [A History of Violence].
Well, she was as sweet and understanding as one can be in those roles in
comparison to who she is portraying in Prime Suspect.
Yes,
she is made to look more sympathetic by being surrounded by an all-boys club
detective squad, but all this did for me is make the New York City Police
Department depicted in this show look like a bunch of idiots, who spent most of
the three episodes that I have seen so far sabotaging each other’s efforts
before finally managing to solve the crime before the end-credits roll.
No,
I don’t think I will be tuning in again, but the show does have some potential to
get better. After all, I don’t see how
it could get much worse.
Oh
yeah, I almost forgot. There is one
bright spot to the show. For Jane’s
father is being played by [Peter Gerety], who I loved as a rather ornery judge
on [The Wire].
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