elzombie I thought the main characters plus Edgar & Benny were acted excellently. As a person at age 72 and a military/political historian for over fifty yrs and a 28 yr active duty Vet, as far as firearms are concerned as the survivor of TWO shootings initiated by perps, who erred by bringing pistols to a shotgun fight and were terminated for their idiocy.And for the facts that over my life, there have been many incidents where the perps were discouraged by finding themselves facing either firearms or various edged weapons, to the point that they vacated the area with no damage to anyone.Plus knowing of one recent attempt at car-jacking that was ended when the perp became aware that the driver he had ordered to turn over the keys, was in the process of drawing a 1911 Colt .45. The alleged car-jacker disappeared quickly. This took place in a mall parking lot close to a market.In conclusion, only those who either never had any untoward events in their lives or those who did not survive, would allege that weapons, firearms or edged are not effective.

jojakio Great show, love the lead characters Kate and Sean as well as Edgar. Also like the continuation of exploring the past with Sean and Edgar continuing to blossom in role. Also really like the humor with mystery. Jon Tenney is so likable,strong and sexy. Each episode has been consistently interesting, with a surprise in each one. Not sure where going with delving into the shooting that caused him to leave Secret Service but would be great to see the mystery solved and his continuation as Private Eye. 10 lines of text for a review is a lot for me. Usually like to use quick comments of reaction rather than going deep into explanations of why I like something. I like this show, think the critics are wrong in panning it and look forward to watching this each week, along with Major Crimes. Like the Closer as well and Major Crimes is great follow up.

Erika-737-499686 The cast is talented. Baldacci characters are always so interesting, but the depth doesn't translate to the screen. I love the role of Edgar and he could be more developed. I think the writing (or perhaps the directing) doesn't lend authenticity to the story. It is like sitting in an audience when someone is making a speech, and watching the speech-maker lose his audience. It's uncomfortable. I joined IMDb for the first time simply to post this feedback for what it's worth. For example, the trunk scene and the bar scene were just painful to watch. I was not pulled in to the story, but instead felt uncomfortable that this was obviously being acted. IMHO there's too much going on and it needs to be simplified and the characters more developed. The actors are at times over acting to pull off the script. The good news is that the audience seems to really WANT it to work. Great recipe, please work on making it more realistic and credible!

backfencenetwork This is the first time I've written a review of anything on IMDb, but seeing the lack of reviews for this show, I decided someone needs to say this.The show is about two former law enforcement agents (former Secret Service and otherwise), King and Maxwell, who are trying to run a private investigative firm together and don't quite make enough money to pay the bills. Cliché.Their investigations cross paths with two officious FBI agents, annoying the viewers with weakly-acted accusations of either interfering with an investigation or perpetrating the crime, in spite of proving themselves time and time again. The word 'cliché' doesn't begin to describe the poor writing and acting of these two guys. If it wasn't for the strong acting of the leads, these guys would be a deal breaker for this series.A savant-of-sorts ends up joining the team to help them solve puzzles that are supposedly too difficult for anyone else to solve. This would be interesting if the puzzles weren't so mundane-- tracing phone calls, cracking an alarm system and (wait for it . . . another cliché) mentally absorbing their financial records and finding out that they need to make more money and that they owe taxes. The bad writing is acted out by Ryan Hurst. Given his performances in Sons of Anarchy, I would expect him to improve over time, but someone needs to sit the writers down in front of a real Savant or two. They can't decide whether the character is supposed to babble and grunt or use perfect grammar and pronunciation.It's difficult to judge a series based on the first two episodes, and it could get a lot better once the actors and writers find their feet and fill a few problems. But if they keep going the way these two episodes went, this show won't last long. I would rather watch someone scratching a chalkboard.