We've been big fans of LaPaglia's ever since Murder One. The Aussie gent has put on a few pounds but he has something - as do almost all the regular cast here: Jean-Baptiste (remember her from Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies?), Close, Montgomery, Murciano - this is an ensemble effort, and ensemble efforts are always more appealing.
But it's especially the writing that's good. Don't count on anything here. Don't think you've seen them all if you've seen one. The series also has a good heart, and the SO is continually gripped by the denouement - precisely, I suspect, because neither she nor anyone else can ever know how things are going to turn out. So no, it's not formulaic in that sense.
We're not big fans of violence or any of that, but you won't find a lot of it here anyway. You will find 'human' people, people who work on a force and who make mistakes, who follow down every lead but some don't work and you will find out about that... It's limited to one hour minus copious ad breaks, but that's about as close as you can get.
If you liked Murder One you're sure to like this one. Without thinking about it we've found ourselves tuning in week after week, it's that good, really it is.
PS. The original title of this comment contained an acronym; the programmer writing the code with which to review comments has programmed the system to reject acronyms as 'shouting'. Oh well, better luck next time - and on next hire.
But it's especially the writing that's good. Don't count on anything here. Don't think you've seen them all if you've seen one. The series also has a good heart, and the SO is continually gripped by the denouement - precisely, I suspect, because neither she nor anyone else can ever know how things are going to turn out. So no, it's not formulaic in that sense.
We're not big fans of violence or any of that, but you won't find a lot of it here anyway. You will find 'human' people, people who work on a force and who make mistakes, who follow down every lead but some don't work and you will find out about that... It's limited to one hour minus copious ad breaks, but that's about as close as you can get.
If you liked Murder One you're sure to like this one. Without thinking about it we've found ourselves tuning in week after week, it's that good, really it is.
PS. The original title of this comment contained an acronym; the programmer writing the code with which to review comments has programmed the system to reject acronyms as 'shouting'. Oh well, better luck next time - and on next hire.