crime shows

The Blacklist – (2013 show)

2016-02-14

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
https://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist

A bad guy blackmails the good guys because he likes this one good girl.

My impression from the first few episodes was:

Seems “ok”. Unless this has a more interesting story-arc, I won’t consider this particularly good. The predictable and episodic nature of television bores the shit out of me. It makes a series only valuable only the course of multiple episodes and individual episodes become the shit I have to slog through.

My later impression, from the end of the second season:

Characters were slow and stiff until they were developed more fully. When they were, a broader story arc took hold, making this show quite a bit more interesting.

My final impression:

It gets repetitive and annoying.

Avoid cliffhangers: Watch more when it’s part way into the next season.

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The Frankenstein Chronicles – (2015 show)

2016-01-04

British-accent shows, crime entertainment, crime shows, dead, disliked, entertainment, fiction, reviews, Sean Bean, shows, the past, TV-MA rated

The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015-) poster

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4206804/

After a stitched-together corpse is found, it is determined that children have been going missing.

Featuring a Sean Bean who is restrained from acting, this plodding may as well-be documentary features people with an English accent doing stuff and caring about things. It is neither captivating nor even interesting.

Inspired by Frankenstein – (1818 book), by Mary Shelley

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Fargo – (2014 show)

2016-01-04

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TODO – I haven’t started watching this yet, but it’s next up for a quick peek.

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802850/
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/fargo

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River – (2015 show)

2016-01-04

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258440/

A detective is haunted with hallucinations that include his dead partner, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.

I think some would find this movie slow and boring, and I did at first, but it very quickly revealed a depth and character that I haven’t seen in any television show before and I doubt I will again.

This isn’t a classic cop-and-mystery show. All I can say is give this a good chance, at least until the end of the second episode.

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Castle – (2009 show)

2016-01-01

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219024/
was https://abc.com/shows/castle

Though an author tags along with the police because a particular detective is particularly hot, it turns out he’s actually helpful.

I adore this series, even though it gets repetitive later on.

If I get to re-watching things, I’ll add notes.

Abandoned – ABC doesn’t list it any more.

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Gotham – (2014 show)

2015-12-08

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(on Wikipedia)
was https://www.fox.com/gotham/

The early days of Gotham City.

This loiters on all the named characters, trying to explore their backstories. I didn’t like it.

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The Last Panthers – (2015 show)

2015-11-27

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4075386/

Driven by De Beers‘ manufactured value of diamonds, the story follows a robbery being investigated by police and an ugly insurance woman of some sort.

Maybe it gets better, but it’s slow and boring. Maybe I needed to see an extended-length pilot episode. This has John Hurt, but that’s not good enough for me. Maybe I should have given this more of a chance, but .. I’m not going to.

Has scenes spoken in the French language, with English subtitles. It takes place in France, so there are a lot.
Has scenes spoken in the Serbian language, with English subtitles.

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Mr. Robot – (2015 show)

2015-09-27

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The show was cancelled after two seasons, at which time I stopped caring enough that when I learned it had been un-cancelled I continued to not care.

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/
https://www.usanetwork.com/mr-robot

A psychologically-disturbed young man’s fantasies spiral out of control as he pursues a lunatic’s dream for economic anarchy.

Fast and loose. This is one of those shows which tries to cash in on this generation’s theme of general discontent. It generally fails. More-or-less entertaining.

For everyday people this is somewhat recommended. For fans of psychological stuff, and anti-corporatism, this is somewhat recommended. For people who know enough about computers but don’t like psychological stuff or anti-corporatism, I do not recommend this.