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Forever (2014)
generic.
first of all, the premise of the show is good.. interesting enough to check it out. you have an immortal who's trying to figure out why he's an immortal, then it goes down hill from there.
we all know that Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective ever, and even Sherlock wouldn't figure out that a person is American or English because of the shape of his throat for speaking an accent for so long.. I mean, come on! don't be that lazy!
the show summed up is generic homicide investigations with a character that is cross-over between Constantine's side-kick and Sherlock Holmes... they even chose to make the Character English!
I would've been okay with the show if it focused more on the main plot, which is the immortality of Henry Morgan! but no, that's just few minutes every 2-3 episodes!
you have the protagonist, a cop buddy, the main extremely reliable cop that happen to have personal tragedy, a friend to help them when it comes to something outside the box, and generic cases where the main suspect is always innocent. I could've written a better show than this.
The Newsroom (2012)
brilliant show.
it's really rare to find a show that clicks from the get go and stays good throughout its run. The Newsroom did it.
from the first monologue you can see how good the show will be, that opening scene is right up there with the opening scene from House of Cards. for a long time I was skeptical about a show focusing on a newsroom and what goes behind the curtain until I watched the first episode, and god damn was it good!
it feels like you are watching a combination of Parks and Recreation, House of Cards, and Mad men.. or at least that how I felt, the realistic events -and usually actually true-, the work atmosphere, the relationship, and the comedic timing, especially the comedic timing, it was spot on. drama when it needed to be, and hilarious exactly at the right moments.
and you gotta say it again, HBO never fail to do a finale its justice. and they really know when to end a show. I binge watched the whole thing the last two days, and it was awesome.