I'm only reviewing this because it's way overrated and I, too, am overrating it at a 5/10 when it's only about a 4. Here's why it's terrible: Malloy, a seasoned cop, making grievous police errors that would endanger any cop's life. I'm not blaming the actor, he's not bad, but what where the writers/prods thinking letting this cop allow suspects to go fetch a rifle in a closet ("Post Time") or run at a young blonde discharging her weapon at a phone booth!? ("Once a Cop") Ridiculous! Then there's Reed whining during an entire episode about his bad credit due to his stolen identity. Hello! You're a cop! That should have been number one out of your mouth, to the credit company and firmly tell him to fix it or else! That's number one.
it's not exactly boring but it's bland and dull. Here's the difference: boring is that show that follows in syndication "Emergency!" without redeeming values whatsoever. At least this show is sometimes fast-paced and there's trumpet music and what not to enhance the drama/cop action. But it's dull as stale bread. Nothing exciting ever happens. It grabs you (hence not boring) but it lets you down every time!
Next, the actor who plays the police chief is such bad casting. He is weak like the Trudeau guy in Canada. His face and soft-spoken demeanor make him better suited for playing a hair-dresser or a ballet teacher than the big cheese cop.
Kent McCord: this actor was extremely handsome. Did he know it? He's not playing his role badly but what a waste this man was here! I understand he's playing a married guy but dude! Bring the sexy up! He's never acting threatening or tough or dangerous or bad cop. He is just a one-note actor, giving a flat performance every time. I admit, I tune in to see his pretty face but just now there's a lady flirting with him out of her car window in Reason to Run and this actor gives nothing in return. I'm not asking for him to turn the character into a major sleazeball or be off-character but could you not have given us "I'm hot and I know it, and she wants me" attitude, while maintaining your police decorum?! Not that complicated. Believe it, and I will see it. That is an actor's job. Instead, McCord is a dull pretty face. You can't dislike him, I don't, I quite like this actor but his character is dull.
For that reason, I also lament that the Malloy actor gets the most screen time and does the most but he's bland to look at (sorry. He's not a bad actor). In other words, the sex appeal is seriously lacking. Again, you can bring you sexy quota up without emitting sleaze. An actor ought to know how to do this.
For all these reasons, I ought to rate this a 2/10 (not a 4 or 5) because watching this show is like an intimate encounter without climax. You always expect these half hours to rock your world but you end up frustrated and wondering why you even bother to watch. (There's nothing else on, I keep hoping to find the one episode that blows me away, and my computer is out of commission for me to do my work.) There you have it folks. It's a boring TV show, but there's a lot worse and you have eye-candy, albeit stale eye-candy. Watch if you're 72, in the hospital, and there's nothing else on.
it's not exactly boring but it's bland and dull. Here's the difference: boring is that show that follows in syndication "Emergency!" without redeeming values whatsoever. At least this show is sometimes fast-paced and there's trumpet music and what not to enhance the drama/cop action. But it's dull as stale bread. Nothing exciting ever happens. It grabs you (hence not boring) but it lets you down every time!
Next, the actor who plays the police chief is such bad casting. He is weak like the Trudeau guy in Canada. His face and soft-spoken demeanor make him better suited for playing a hair-dresser or a ballet teacher than the big cheese cop.
Kent McCord: this actor was extremely handsome. Did he know it? He's not playing his role badly but what a waste this man was here! I understand he's playing a married guy but dude! Bring the sexy up! He's never acting threatening or tough or dangerous or bad cop. He is just a one-note actor, giving a flat performance every time. I admit, I tune in to see his pretty face but just now there's a lady flirting with him out of her car window in Reason to Run and this actor gives nothing in return. I'm not asking for him to turn the character into a major sleazeball or be off-character but could you not have given us "I'm hot and I know it, and she wants me" attitude, while maintaining your police decorum?! Not that complicated. Believe it, and I will see it. That is an actor's job. Instead, McCord is a dull pretty face. You can't dislike him, I don't, I quite like this actor but his character is dull.
For that reason, I also lament that the Malloy actor gets the most screen time and does the most but he's bland to look at (sorry. He's not a bad actor). In other words, the sex appeal is seriously lacking. Again, you can bring you sexy quota up without emitting sleaze. An actor ought to know how to do this.
For all these reasons, I ought to rate this a 2/10 (not a 4 or 5) because watching this show is like an intimate encounter without climax. You always expect these half hours to rock your world but you end up frustrated and wondering why you even bother to watch. (There's nothing else on, I keep hoping to find the one episode that blows me away, and my computer is out of commission for me to do my work.) There you have it folks. It's a boring TV show, but there's a lot worse and you have eye-candy, albeit stale eye-candy. Watch if you're 72, in the hospital, and there's nothing else on.