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Some four months ago, when NBC ordered The Mysteries of Laura to series, I wrote on the SpoilerTV article that broke the news: "This one might be interesting." Oh, how I was wrong!
Let's first explain the premise. The Mysteries of Laura is about Laura Diamond, an NYPD detective who has a funny way of solving cases. More importantly, however, is the fact that Laura is a mom to her twin sons. Sadly, these aren't exactly sweet boys, but are in fact quite a challenge to Laura. What's more, her husband Jake is taking another approach at handling the boys. While Laura tries to be strict with her children and punish them for the tricks they played, Jake doesn't care much about punishing the boys and instead gives them all hugs and presents. Also, Laura and Jake are set to divorce, but Jake is unwilling to sign the divorce papers, something that heavily bothers her.
In the pilot, the NYPD tries to solve a homicide case of a man who is about to bring a new phone on the market. Laura and her boss were present in the house right before he died, so they are able to prevent any suspect from leaving the crime scene. This leads to somewhat of a Cluedo investigation, although apparently all the suspects are let go. If you look closely at the promo, you might find some hints as to who is the killer.
Meanwhile, Laura's sons cause trouble at their school, leading them to be expelled from school. Laura tries to find a new school for them, but her sons aren't very cooperative. And of course, Jake doesn't care that much either.
I don't know what this show is trying to be. The show's stars have billed as a mix between drama and comedy. However, it fails as a comedy. I can't remember laughing once during the entire pilot, and I've seen it yesterday so it's not that long ago. The case of the week did not hold my interest either. The characters too are hard to connect to, they don't come off as very likable characters. I must say that I do feel sorry for Laura for being in this mess, but other than that, I don't really care. I don't know half the secondary characters so it's difficult to give my opinion on them too. There does appear to be another NYPD agent who is established as somewhat of an antagonist to Laura, though nothing of that is actually explained or developed in the pilot.
Conclusion: While some people might like The Mysteries of Laura, I am not going to have a weekly appointment with it. In fact, I don't think I will check out any other episode besides the pilot which I've already seen.
In the SpoilerTV pilot ratings table, I gave this show a 6 but I think I've been too generous. The more I think about it, the worse it gets. I think this show deserves a rating of 4.
Watch the promo for The Mysteries of Laura below. The Mystiers of Laura premieres Wednesday September 17 at 10 pm on NBC following America's Got Talent finale. The show will settle into its regular Wednesday 8/7c timeslot the following week. Will you be checking it out? Share your thoughts in the comments!
About the Author - Daniel
Daniel is a Dutch university student studying Psychology. On SpoilerTV he is a reviewer of NCIS, The 100 and the upcoming shows Madam Secretary, Battle Creek and Odyssey. He also enjoys Arrow, NCIS: LA, Nikita and The Blacklist. Recently gotten into LOST which he really loves. He is excited for the new shows Stalker, Scorpion, NCIS: New Orleans and a bunch of others.
