blsflnthng13
What a terrific show... from the start, the humor, the characters, even the plots made this show hard not to watch. Yet, as always, producers never know when to say "enough." they felt the need to replace J.Espo with.... HEATHER LOCKLEAR?!?! what the hell were they thinking!!!! As if that wasn't enough though, they actually had to turn the main relationship of focus away from Nicki (Who was, by far, the best match for mike character-wise (and also significantly more bearable to watch)) and focus it on the Blonde Bimbo who couldn't act her way out of a paper sack (and, my god, is she annoying to watch). Yet nonetheless, i watched further onwards until the moment came for Michael to say goodbye, and i thought to myself, "well, at least they're ending the show before it could lower itself any more..." WRONG!!! Here comes Charlie Sheen, with half the cast (I feel betrayed) and none of the charisma, and in case you didn't know, They switched filming to Los Angeles!!!! My advice to these producers for the future "Recognize Necessary Limitations!!!" Still, i will never stop watching the first 4 seasons... best show in the last 10 years, and my best to Michael J.
fkdurrani
Well i have read many comments here describing this is Michael J Fox show or this is Charlie Sheen Show. I would like to say that this was a unique show where every actor played his or her part very well and we have wonderful 6 years of joy and happiness. For me it had three different phases. Phase 1: First three season of Michael J Fox and the team. Every body did play their part very well and a wonderful chemistry between Mike and Nikke made me forget about Ross and Rachel.Phase2: Season 4 with the entry of Heather Locklear and her interaction with Michael J Fox. I was sad as Michael had to leave but he did a great job in holding up and if some characters were not involved in the later season..i have to say i was not at all surprised.Phase 3: Season 5 and Season 6....wonderful performance from Charlie, Heather and the rest of the team..especially the Mayor and Carter as they have much more stronger screen presence and they all did their job very well and provided us two wonderful seasons.So folks...if you watch it and then watch it for what it is..not like Mike is gone..it is not going to be the same...etc etc. For me it was like a fun ride though different stages and once you make your mind you love it for what it is...My vote..10 out 10....have fun with the show!!!!!!!!!!!
ecw06
This fantastic American sitcom is just to put it mildly simply AWESOME. From 1996-2002 it was the best sitcom on TV. better than Frasier, Becker, drew Carey show and certainly much better than the over rated and disgustingly over hyped FRIENDS, thats not to say those shows weren't good (save for friends)but spin city was refreshingly different. Michael j fox in the seasons he played the arrogant but caring deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty were some of the funniest TV performances i have ever seen and he thoroughly deserved his Emmy awards and of course who can forget the supporting cast... just brilliant. Stuart Bendeck (ALAN RUCK)i personally believe should have got a spin off show the man is such a perfect comedic actor his sexist remarks and facial expressions are just priceless, Carter Heywood (MICHAEL BOATMAN) as a gay rights activist and the only person who seems to be totally sensible and is yet just as neurotic and wacko as the rest is superb,The sexy as hell Nikki (CONNIE BRITTON) oh my god the thoughts I've had about her.... anyway another fantastic cast member who was MJFs love interest from the first season till MJF left in 2000 was totally superb and much sexier than any of the female cast in friends put together, and of course how can anyone forget Paul (RICHARD KIND)a lazy, offencive, crazy yet lovable press officer. some of his scenes especially with James (ALEXANDER GRABHAM) were just genius. of course i could talk about the other cast members most notably (JENNIFER ESPOSITO) and of course The mayor (BARRY BOSTWICK). They were characters i will never forget. Of course the introduction of Heather Locklear raised a few eyebrows and i for one was sceptical of the decision to bring her in, i don't know why maybe it was because the show was working really well that it didn't needed to be tampering with, but apparently the powers that be thought otherwise but never the less she proved herself to be an adequate acquisition even though it meant some of the cast that had been so brilliant in support was more or less moved to the background and when MICHAEL.J. FOX left in 2000 because of his Parkinsons disease i don't think it came to much of a surprise that a few cast members Ir, Nikki, James, Stacey etc. Getting Charlie Sheen in as MJFs replacement as the equally arrogant deputy mayor Charlie Crawford was another inspired piece of casting and he was more than a able replacement for MICHAEL J FOX and he was able to Carry Mike Flahertys traits and personalities and manifest them into his own selfish, egotistical way quite superbly. This show was for 7 years the freshest, sexiest and downright funniest show on TV. It was a damn shame that it got took of the air in 2002 and that the TV producers had decided to stick with friends (im sorry but i just think that show is so corny and syrupy and is nowhere near as funny that or people like to think it is)or Frasier etc, etc as entertainment, not that there was anything wrong with Frasier it was just time for them to call it day and thankfully not long after spin city ended it did. I personally feel that SPIN CITY can still be a success now as it was when it finished if some people just had a lot more believe in CHARLIE SHEEN. I personally don't think there was a better person to carry SPIN CITY in what was ultimately its final years than CHARLIE SHEEN so its good hes went on to even more success in the equally hilarious TWO AND A HALF MEN. God bless SPIN CITY. I give this 15 out of ten
policy134
Spin City was an average show with only a few chuckles here and there. Michael J. Fox carried the show with Alan Ruck and Richard Kind as strong supporters. The rest of the cast were simply amateurs. Michael Boatman (Carter) is a good actor but he is lousy at comedy and Alexander Chaplin (Gaberman) whatever his name is just sucks. Barry Bostwick (The Mayor) could have been a real comic invention. Instead they made him into a bumbling fool, most of the time anyway. It would have been nice to see an actor in the same league as Al Pacino in the role and see how he would have handled it.Michael J. Fox became too ill to perform on the show and you could see it on later episodes. His exit was one of the more memorable in TV history where at the end he came out to take a bow with his fellow co-stars and you could feel the emotions from the set right out of the screen. Remarkably, the show was not canceled but they recast the lead, not as the same character but a new one called Charlie (his last name shall go unmentioned because we all know who I am talking about). Earlier they added Heather Locklear to the cast and there was a storyline involving Michael and her character Caitlin in a romance. They sparred well off each other, but when she was paired with Charlie it wasn't as involving or funny. The only reason why, was because both of them are just too attractive, so it wasn't such a good gimmick to have them romantically involved as Michael and Caitlin. Michael is leagues behind in the looks department. He gets by by his charm, I think. Charlie hasn't got that charm and Heather Locklear comes off as the same character she played in Melrose Place when she squares off with him. So I think what finally canceled the show was a lack of writer invention, not necessarily because of the cast changes. You can't say that Michael J. Fox was better than Charlie or that Heather Locklear isn't talented, but you can say that new stories are hard to come up with in any fictional show and the writers finally were finally out of ideas.