This show has it all. It has a far bit of grit and some grime to go with it. It's got the necessary components and acting that usually are included in shows such as Law and Order and the old classic Hill Street Blues. There are a few iconic actors and formulaic characters played by the fabulous bases-loaded veteran Jimmy Smits, street wise character actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson and the iconic Richard Kind who plays the lovable precinct savant. Those three basically keep this thing afloat. Then we have a couple of newly established mainstream stars such as Darien Sill-Evans (typecasted) and the leading lady Amanda Warren pretty ho hum and "too beautiful" to be chief. Personally I enjoy the fresh faced rookie played by the young Olivia Luccardi. Episodes 1-8 or 9 I was thinking this is just too good to be true. A solid binge series! But as we all know when something seems too good to be true it generally is. After episode 9 this morphs into a jungle of cliches and the formulaic aspects advance and it become overwhelming. It's now cheesy, boring, and romantically bludgeoned . It's not believable not that being realistic was ever a pre-requisite but if you are looking forward to the next episode before the present episode ends and then all of a sudden the momentum drops off of a cliff and the series becomes a soap opera. Well, you know it was too good to be true. The show starts off like "Hill Street" but dissolves into something more like "Power".
Review of East New York
