quincy-white
When this show came on it blew my mind. It was dark, gritty, and at first better even than 24. David Paymer was a classic cold-blooded villain and Leslie Hope was great against type of her 24 character, nail-tough.In one episode, everything changed. It was when the FBI was pursuing a criminal pregnant woman, who ultimately abandoned her newborn in a dumpster. The baby was found alive and well and the episode had a warm, happy ending. No, I am no sadist who enjoys the sight of dead babies, but the whole point of a series like this is to show us what we do not want to see, along the lines of Saving Private Ryan.With each successive episode it lost its edge, the fate of so many good shows. In less than a season, really half a season, it went on the journey NYPD Blue took over the course of a decade, throwing in curse words and partial nudity to appear gritty, but really becoming all too soft. I loved the show, then I was glad to see it canceled.
Jim
In general, the acting and story lines are below average. A lot of the roles/castings are not believable. The best acting/role combination is by Brian Goodman as Donovan Stubbin (Malloy's right-hand man). He's very businesslike and believably violent. I think Leslie Hope is a great actress and is very intense, but the role she plays is not believable. Her character seems to be a little out of control to be in her position with the FBI. Still I think she's quite a good actress.I like David Paymer as an actor, but as a mob boss? Sorry, I can't see it. He's no Tony Soprano. (Why is he the mob boss again?).The rest look like the cast of a daytime soap opera...and the acting...also from a soap opera. Leslie Bibb (as Paige Van Doren) in particular, looks like a lost little girl. If you're going to play a cop, then act like a cop. I don't think she'll ever be able to pull it off. She is not a cop by any stretch. Anson Mount as Roy Ravelle looks like the leading man of the soap. He's really boring. He is not a cop by any stretch either.I'm going to wait a while though. What else is there to watch on network TV?
SuperBeca
Now, the advertisements for this show made me laugh. I am a college student in Richmond, Virginia. Although once the murder capital of the United States, and right now, we are currently the STD and AIDS capital, (something to really be proud of). Richmond has never experienced an underground mob, nor do we have many FBI agents wandering around. Richmond's life revolves around the three large state universities in the heart of the city. Nothing as interesting as Line Of Fire ever happens here. However, I do find myself watching each week in order to catch glimpses of places I recognize. Odd how the background of thier publicity photo is the same thing I see out of my window each day. This is my second year in Richmond and I've seen many large movies being filmed here. Never has a show stayed to be filmed in Richmond. I look forward to starsearching. ;)
Miles-10
It is like HBO's "The Wire," or past TV series about the intrigues of cops and robbers like "EZ Streets" (1996), "Wiseguy" (1987) or, to a lesser extent, "Big Apple" (2001). The trouble is that so far it looks better than "Big Apple" but not quite as good as "The Wire" (though it is probably easier to follow) and not as good and lyrical as "EZ Streets." The point is that, except for "Wiseguy" and the one on HBO, the most recent of these similar series have been canceled after very short runs. I would like to see more of this show before deciding, but the pilot seems fairly good. I just don't see why, if viewers didn't watch a show like "EZ Streets," they would watch this one. I agree that David Paymar is an unexpected choice to play a villain. I don't think he's played one before. He is a good actor, though, and seems to pull it off so far.