My wife and I were very impressed with season 1, episode 1, very smart writing, good acting, we thought, "That was great, but they can't possibly keep it going at that level." Ah, but they could! Every episode in season 1 is better than the one before it. How is that even possible?
Two mis-matched cops, one country, one city, are paired up after separate tragedies they didn't cause, but have to deal with. Other cops in Montreal's 19th Precinct are competent or better, their sergeant is experienced and dynamic. The commander is an unpromising weasel. Police work is mostly reacting to what criminals do. A lot less gunfire and fewer car chases happen than in U. S. cop shows,
Most police work isn't exotic. Innocent persons sometimes need help, and call the police. A lot of crime is unsophisticated. Fights by drunks in bars, or on the streets. Theft, robbery and assault. Even murder. Alleged criminals have to be apprehended and booked into jail. Investigations have to establish who did what to whom, and when. Prosecutors have to be briefed, and testimony offered in court. Not everyone arrested is a criminal, or guilty of a particular crime. Accidents and mistakes mislead and complicate all human stories.
There isn't a murder in every episode. One story starts with a homeless man the city cop has seen before, found poorly sheltered outside an office building, with a sub-freezing night on the way.. In another story, the partners go to a highschool in response to an active shooter. Alcohol stands behind a lot of foolishness, but not all of it.
On our most binge-ing day, we watched 5 episodes. With breaks for meal preparation.
Its about people, innocent, cops and criminals. Awful things happen, or happened in the past, .PG-13 or older, sometimes. Persuasively written and acted.
Two mis-matched cops, one country, one city, are paired up after separate tragedies they didn't cause, but have to deal with. Other cops in Montreal's 19th Precinct are competent or better, their sergeant is experienced and dynamic. The commander is an unpromising weasel. Police work is mostly reacting to what criminals do. A lot less gunfire and fewer car chases happen than in U. S. cop shows,
Most police work isn't exotic. Innocent persons sometimes need help, and call the police. A lot of crime is unsophisticated. Fights by drunks in bars, or on the streets. Theft, robbery and assault. Even murder. Alleged criminals have to be apprehended and booked into jail. Investigations have to establish who did what to whom, and when. Prosecutors have to be briefed, and testimony offered in court. Not everyone arrested is a criminal, or guilty of a particular crime. Accidents and mistakes mislead and complicate all human stories.
There isn't a murder in every episode. One story starts with a homeless man the city cop has seen before, found poorly sheltered outside an office building, with a sub-freezing night on the way.. In another story, the partners go to a highschool in response to an active shooter. Alcohol stands behind a lot of foolishness, but not all of it.
On our most binge-ing day, we watched 5 episodes. With breaks for meal preparation.
Its about people, innocent, cops and criminals. Awful things happen, or happened in the past, .PG-13 or older, sometimes. Persuasively written and acted.