(taken from http://harrisontv.blogspot.com/)
This isn't a standard review, as to review such a show would be a pointless exercise. It isn't anything that leaves you thinking afterwards, it isn't anything that I am likely to debate, to think about in depth with friends, family or even myself.
So what is?
The answer is the reason why I want more people to give 'The Good Guys' a go. Because, after years of thinking about "What that dang Island is" and "When is that dang Doctor gonna go back to the Vicodin" or when those "dang and blasted Terrorists are gonna learn to not plan a Terrorist attack in the same city as Kiefer Sutherland" I've found something so different, so fresh that it blows my socks off. It's stupid, it's over the top, it's big, it's silly, but most importantly, It was funny. Very Funny.
The pilot took me a while to get warmed up. Its constant rewinding and fast forwarding scenes and gunshot noises at first were a little bizarre, but as the second episode set in, it all started to work. And it's total genius. I turned off for 44 minutes and let the ever-fantastic Bradley Whitford just let loose on the screen with a totally brilliant character in washed up cop, Dan Stark.
The Good Guys isn't like any other cop show I've seen. The most likely show I could think of it being like is Scrubs, and personally I wasn't a huge fan of that show, yet this just had me laughing at it's ridiculousness, and I found myself having a whole lot of fun.
I watched both episodes together, and I was dying for more, and now have to wait till next monday to get the next dose, and disappointingly, it's not started that strongly in the ratings, so we need to start getting people watching it, because before people realise what theyre missing, it will be gone.
What better way to spend you're monday nights than watching two cops uncover a Drug Conspiracy involving the 1st and 2nd best assassins (LOST's Mikhael), followed the week after by a Vintage Car Grand Theft Auto uncovered by a broken window.
You can't make this shit up :P
So what I'm saying is watch, give it a chance. Because it's genius. But not in a LOST detailed canvas kind of way. In a Big Moustache kind of way.
Adam
I've been missing the ridiculously over-the-top Bradley Whitford performance that he displayed in "Billy Madison." "The Good Guys" has that in spades. Whitford acting like a total jackass for 42 minutes is appointment television as far as I'm concerned. To top it off, the show has the lovely Jenny Wade from CW's "Reaper." It is, however, unfortunate that her southern accent is atrocious. Cringe-worthy even. Even so, "The Good Guys" is a great way to spend an hour this summer.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I was hanging out with my girlfriend and we decided to turn the TV on and leave it on mute. I didn't recognise the show at all and when I checked out my TV listings, I saw that it was a pilot episode of a new show. As I sat there watching show without sound, I thought that it looked ridiculous. I had hoped that it was more like a satirical take on the generic cop buddy genre than a serious show. I have yet to check it out, but your review amused me and I may do so shortly :). I also really like Colin Hanks.
ReplyDeleteFunny stuff man, I hope you write more things like this.
Cheers dude.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like my fresh approach to TV reviewing :P
Totally agree, really enjoyable show
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