There's something about this show... it's charm, perhaps. While the material is, even 4 episodes in, still quite middling and unoriginal, there's a distinct pleasure in watching the banter between Detectives Kelly (David Caruso) and Sipowicz (Dennis Franz), the zippy camera moves, the soapy twists. I wish there was more grittiness here, though maybe it'll come in future episodes (or seasons?). Right now it's strictly melodrama, right down to the cheesy romance between Detective Walker and Officer Licalsi (Amy Brenneman) and his eye-rolling on-again-off-again relationship with his ex-wife (Sherry Stringfield).
The B plot about Wendie Malick as a battered socialite's wife doesn't help matters: it's horribly clichéd and as uninteresting as it was in the last episode, even with a murderous new twist. The A plot is marginally more interesting: a robbery and double murder, with some tension between Sipowicz and guest detective Walker (Robert Breuler). And David Schwimmer is here again in the C (D?) plot, needlessly doing his usual mousy schtick for some hackneyed comedic relief.
Watch for the witty one-liners, Dennis Franz and the cool cinematography.
The B plot about Wendie Malick as a battered socialite's wife doesn't help matters: it's horribly clichéd and as uninteresting as it was in the last episode, even with a murderous new twist. The A plot is marginally more interesting: a robbery and double murder, with some tension between Sipowicz and guest detective Walker (Robert Breuler). And David Schwimmer is here again in the C (D?) plot, needlessly doing his usual mousy schtick for some hackneyed comedic relief.
Watch for the witty one-liners, Dennis Franz and the cool cinematography.
