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Title: Unrealistic Policing
Review: Whomever researched for the writing and/or scripting of this series doesn't know anything about police administration or detective work e.g. the tte-à-tte in the police offices and elsewhere were ridiculously unbelievable if not sophomoric. The detective's failure to intelligently think through or anticipate problems including threats were just plain dumb. Even if he is intended to succeed through dumb luck it's still dumb. The acting is wooden (except Sewell has those mannerisms that in a primal communicative way can carry a scene but still a step down from his exceptional Dark City role). Anyway, the dialogue is also sophomoric. The show exists because of the actor's appearances and the usual tiresome romantic triangles. Nothing in the plot structure indicates to me any creative storytelling - it's all too predictable. On the positive side the English and background Italian set backgrounds were well conceived.It all reminds me of a cheap paperback romance-suspense novel.
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