The opening scene is amazing! We are thrown into a high-speed "improvised" dialogue that took at least 20 takes to film... per actor. Then we see Desmond Hume being nervous about being 3 million dollars short for Ukrainian kidnappers. They get the money and his hotsie companion get the "package" and are on their way to the... Office. We are transported into a posh room where Desmond Hume and Richard Castle's crazy ex-wife are eating something with chop sticks and discuss some serious things nonchalantly. By the way, the "package" was a baby who was SILENT all the way to the office and up until the moment his mommy took him and thanked them all in Polish... go figure.
BREEEEEATHE. EXHALE. We are introduced to the "team". The baby lawyer. (Someone teach Columbus Short how to wear suspenders with expensive suits.) Richard Castle's crazy ex is the "investigator". Desmond Hume is "the lawyer". Blah-blah-blah, we are THE TEAM. And they are led by a barely 30 bimbo with connections of an 80-year-old senator, who previously had "the muscle of the White House behind her". They are... GLADIATORS IN SUITS, can you believe that?! WOW!
Oh, and their "tech guy"... remember that shorty Mexican enforcer in Weeds? Yep, Guillermo Diaz. He's now A TECH GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There just isn't enough Ls and Os to desribe how I reacted to that. What, Vinnie Jones was too busy playing a gay neurosurgeon? Should've called Lenny McLean.
Now, the biggest question. Should I keep watching and laughing at this crap? Or should I try to find crap that is at least slightly believable. Stay tuned.