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This is a DARK ****ing show.
Two brothers sexually molested by a priest, another with epilepsy and another who's mixed race that finally meets his oldest sibling? Not to mention the father, who just got out of prison after 20 years, only to off said priest? Add to that, Ray is on the verge of being completely out of control as well? Awesome. The creator and screenwriter also created Southland and wrote for NYPD Blue in its best season (1993). She also must have an issue with the Catholic Church and priests in particular because she also wrote Primal Fear. Season Two has already been greenlit. |
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The show-runner has always been phenomenal. The best season of NYPD Blue, IMO, was when she was there its debut season. Primal Fear is one of my all-time favorites movies and Southland is as gritty as non-premium TV allows.
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That episode where he was interrogating the baker who who killed a cab driver, fully cognizant of the facts in the case, but aware that it would be difficult to prove, . . . where he holds the guy's hand throughout every stage, then comes back time after time to bemoan how things aren't 'adding up' until the guy has spilled everything is as good a performance in a single episode of TV as I can recall. It's like Milch, Mamet and early David Wolf were tasked with penning the ultimate episode of police procedural fiction. Though I must admit that Schwimmer as 4B [and Greendale alum Guzman as Nic's brother] was some weak sauce.
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Oh, and it's great to see Stephan Bauer act again! The guy was a badass but had a serious drug addiction. It's great to see him clean and onscreen again.
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I just don't get this John Vought character. Its crazy.
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John Voight? The dentist who sold his car to Costanza?
I binged on the first four episodes during a plane flight yesterday. Great show, though the most recent episode was the weakest IMO. Whenever they drift into the family life it's still good, but not nearly as strong IMO. |
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