My vote is 5 for the pilot, plus 2 for potential.
Another review indicates that the writers do not know Oregon law enforcement. That and many other issues indicate the need for a good show runner (producer who is as involved with the writers and casting as a director is with the actors). They also need a real Portland police officer to read each script before shooting.
Until the 1990s, women were used as screamers, love interests, or as a surrogate for the audience. In a modern procedural show, all supporting cast must fulfill a significant role. Audiences are let down if a female detective is not written as intelligent and hard working. That is the only way that a woman can attain the rank of detective in a major US city.
Aside from Oregon not using lethal injection, the writers obviously do not know the difference between felony (second degree) murder and first degree murder (killing with intent and planning). An accomplice who commits a felony, but is not part of planning to kill is committing second degree murder. No US state executes people for second degree murder.
Attention to detail is the heart of producing a procedural. There are several lapses in continuity. The worst lapse in detail is that no police station should display the US flag at night in the rain. Every boy scout and every desk sergeant knows that this is a federal crime.
The show Grimm is set in Portland and is a little loose with the law and other details. However, a fantasy show is allowed a lot more latitude by the viewers than a procedural show.
Finally, the discussion of generations of police officers is wrong. The behavior of detectives depends more on the police chief when they are promoted than the age of the detective.
Another review indicates that the writers do not know Oregon law enforcement. That and many other issues indicate the need for a good show runner (producer who is as involved with the writers and casting as a director is with the actors). They also need a real Portland police officer to read each script before shooting.
Until the 1990s, women were used as screamers, love interests, or as a surrogate for the audience. In a modern procedural show, all supporting cast must fulfill a significant role. Audiences are let down if a female detective is not written as intelligent and hard working. That is the only way that a woman can attain the rank of detective in a major US city.
Aside from Oregon not using lethal injection, the writers obviously do not know the difference between felony (second degree) murder and first degree murder (killing with intent and planning). An accomplice who commits a felony, but is not part of planning to kill is committing second degree murder. No US state executes people for second degree murder.
Attention to detail is the heart of producing a procedural. There are several lapses in continuity. The worst lapse in detail is that no police station should display the US flag at night in the rain. Every boy scout and every desk sergeant knows that this is a federal crime.
The show Grimm is set in Portland and is a little loose with the law and other details. However, a fantasy show is allowed a lot more latitude by the viewers than a procedural show.
Finally, the discussion of generations of police officers is wrong. The behavior of detectives depends more on the police chief when they are promoted than the age of the detective.