wamsam69 Review of Gang Related

Gang Related (2014)

NOT PART OF TV'S NEW GOLDEN AGE. May have 1 spoiler

[2/10 · 23 May 2014]

This show may have been considered OK 10 years ago, but with so much great television out today, Gang Related feels old and dusty. Plot devices have been dug up from Miami Vice, and then sprinkled with touches of CSI Miami. If this excites you, please be my guest, but I was very disappointed in this pilot. Just too wooden, too much explanation, too many clichés, topped of with that weird "slick" quality that network TV thinks will cover up a weak script. I mean, "Fishscale"' referenced as something new, has been a term used for YEARS! It's not new, and I'm a middle aged white lady in the northwest, so if I know it's tired, I can't be the only one. I'm a little bit astounded that whatever powers that be sat back and decided that this was good enough to present while programs like The Americans, Fargo, G.O.T., The Blacklist, Orphan Black, etc are showing how it can be done better.I Think there may be too much Fishscale passed around in corp meetings.