Dark Blue us pace

LostFanBoy · 16-07-2009, 1:08 PM

TNT Dark Blue:

In Dark Blue,Dylan McDermott is Carter Shaw, the leader of our crack undercover team of police officers whose relentless pursuit of LA’s worst criminals has cost him any semblance of a personal life; Omari Hardwick is Ty Curtis, a recently married cop who struggles to maintain his dual existence; Logan Marshall-Green is Dean Bendis, a shoot-from-the-hip officer whose activities make fellow team members question his loyalties; and Nicki Aycox is Jaimie Allen, a green patrol cop with a hidden past.

looks promising

Razor · 16-07-2009, 1:10 PM

Is it a true story?

raigraphixs · 16-07-2009, 1:13 PM

Got the first ep, be watching this tonight hopefully.

LostFanBoy · 16-07-2009, 1:14 PM

of course its true

dont forget Leverage Season 2 started as well last night

Razor · 16-07-2009, 1:15 PM

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Originally Posted by LostFanBoy

of course its true

dont forget Leverage Season 2 started as well last night

Excellent I will give it a punt then.

DICKIEDUVET · 16-07-2009, 2:18 PM

Is this based on the Kurt Russell movie of the same name ?

LostFanBoy · 16-07-2009, 2:23 PM

i dont think so

Starburst · 16-07-2009, 4:52 PM

Another US cop show, always willing to give them a go

mrapbp · 16-07-2009, 5:29 PM

Looks good will give it a go (Leverage also looks good!)

Razor · 16-07-2009, 5:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mrapbp

Looks good will give it a go (Leverage also looks good!)

LostanBoy told me this was good a while ago, I just kept on forgetting to watch it.

I think I will also give this a punt now as there isn't much on.

raigraphixs · 17-07-2009, 12:26 AM

Episode 1 - 7/10

Not great, but not bad. Has a lot off action in it, ala Heat. I enjoyed it, though has some silly bits in it, and they tried too hard with the shock value at pointing guns at people's heads and pulling the trigger, the dialogue seemed corny at times. One point a cop says he saw his partners face up on a balcony and he showed no remorse, etc, this was in the dark over a huge distance! The problem was the story was too predictable, no originality, or twists. Still it was only ep 1 and usually series get stronger as they go, so i look forward to the next.

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Lalonde · 17-07-2009, 9:50 PM

Seems a fair assessment. I also thought the female cops character was poorly written. One minute she's on the gun range, next thing she's had her secret blown, joined a deep undercover unit, been shot in the chest as part of a sting, shot her first bad guy and she's still got a smile on her face at the close - almost as if she's just had a nice day at the shops? Where's the drama?

That said I thought Logan Marshall-Green's character was good though, and the actor has a bit of screen presence. Also liked him in The OC. The black cop was also pretty good.

I'll give it another go but it's no 'The Shield' or for that matter 'The Beast.'

enablerbro1 · 19-07-2009, 9:41 AM

Quite weak opener, agree with the above, not very well written, which seems pretty usual these days, but worth watching again to see if it improves.

raigraphixs · 24-07-2009, 12:22 AM

Episode 2: Guns, Strippers and Wives - 7.9/10

Better than last week. But still ran down a predictable path. Seems like Dylan McDermott's will give out wise words to his crew every episode

mrapbp · 24-07-2009, 7:13 AM

How did you get to a number of 7.9??

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Originally Posted by raigraphixs

Episode 2: Guns, Strippers and Wives - 7.9/10

Better than last week. But still ran down a predictable path. Seems like Dylan McDermott's will give out wise words to his crew every episode

raigraphixs · 24-07-2009, 9:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mrapbp

How did you get to a number of 7.9??

The score for Episode 2 - i did not think it was a 7.8 or less or higher than a 8. Its just the way my brain works i guess

Lalonde · 25-07-2009, 9:19 PM

Much better 2nd episode. Tension, drama and some nifty gunplay.

Would have liked to see them execute the guy at the end who was about to kill the wife, but hey I'm blood thirsty and I guess they are cops not a death squad.

LM-G's character would have made a good No.5 on the Strike Team, the guy's a killer.

Also funny how the bad guy was scared of an Armenian nut job. Made me instantly think of Margos Dezerian, the Jesus lookalike psychopath from The Shield.

raigraphixs · 31-07-2009, 12:19 AM

Episode 3: Purity - 8/10

I can't believe they did not check Ty for a gun when he was sitting there with the drugs, then it all kicked off, with the lawyer thing

At the end, went Jaimie went into her dance mode, im guessing what? she was drifting back into her previous life, or just wanted a good time

So many lies within the Dark Blue crew, she never told Carter she snorted to get the deal done, but confessed about the entrapment, he blew his top, if only he had know. He did get a bit mucho with her earlier by shouting her down in front off Ty & Dean.

Spoiler
Im guessing that the deal at the end and the case went FUBAR?, as they had nothing on Howard.

mr.magners · 31-07-2009, 8:52 PM

Well just watch eps3 and thats it for me......absolute pile of dog poo.

I think it might get cancelled....poor plots with so many holes theres enough to fill Albert hall!!!!

raigraphixs · 07-08-2009, 12:04 AM

Episode 4: K-Town - 8.9/10

Very good episode tonight, i knew it about Jaimie, the minx.

Ok Carter Shaw saw the boot, and Dean knew that, surely does not take a genius to know he will know who's it was when they turn up wearing them. Then again Dean might off thought is it any off Carter's business who he taps.
I liked the struggle with Ty and Dean, that all Ty's ideas and concerns were brushed aside by the team.

Lalonde · 08-08-2009, 7:43 AM

Eps 3 & 4 have been much improved and I'm starting to enjoy this. The episodes have been taut with enough nastiness in them to keep me happy.

The team are racking up the body count faster than the Strike team.

raigraphixs · 14-08-2009, 11:47 PM

Episode 5: August - 8/10

They questioned the woman hostage for about 10secs, she made no effort to describe the inside off the warehouse. But it was still a good episode, the only problem is you always feel the Dark Blue character in peril will get rescued every week. Plus going undercover, your going to get recognized soon in the criminal world, there are only 3 off them to share around, Cutter does not like to get dirty most off them time.

Lalonde · 18-08-2009, 6:23 PM

Good episode. The show has certainly cemented itself on my weekly schedule.

Another kill for the team this week.

I don't think they need to worry about being recognised when they slot half of the people their investigating.

raigraphixs · 24-08-2009, 12:53 AM

Episode 6: Ice - 8.9/10

Another good episode. The look on Dean's face when the bust was made. How quick good they raid places!. The Rippers were a smash and grab crew, alarms going off, not very subtle. I liked the Ripper leader, he had good presence.

raigraphixs · 28-08-2009, 1:15 AM

Episode 7: O.I.S - 8.5/10

Michael Biehn (Terminator) guest stars as Lt. Jay Fry, a bad cop that needs stopping.

krish · 28-08-2009, 1:40 AM

thought that was one of the best eps

btw what's O.I.S.?

wiki says ...

OIS may mean:
* Overnight indexed swap, a type of interest rate swap
* Object Oriented Input System, a cross platform input system
* Optical IP Switching, a computer optical network architecture
* Optical Image Stabilization, a technique to stabilize the image in digital cameras and camcorders in order to increase picture quality
* Ocular ischemic syndrome, a medical condition which blocks arterial blood flow to the eye
* Oxygen isotope stages of the Weichselian glaciation used in paleoclimatology
* Objective Interface Systems, a communications software and hardware company
* Oxford International School, an international English-medium school in Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Oulu International School, a small public not-for-profit international school in Oulu, Finland
* Örgryte IS, a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg

McNab · 28-08-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by raigraphixs

Episode 6: Ice - 8.9/10

Another good episode. The look on Dean's face when the bust was made. How quick good they raid places!. The Rippers were a smash and grab crew, alarms going off, not very subtle. I liked the Ripper leader, he had good presence.

I can't seem to find episode 6 in my usual places....

bubs999 · 31-08-2009, 8:23 AM

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Originally Posted by McNab

I can't seem to find episode 6 in my usual places....

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raigraphixs · 31-08-2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by krish

thought that was one of the best eps

btw what's O.I.S.?

wiki says ...

OIS may mean:
* Overnight indexed swap, a type of interest rate swap
* Object Oriented Input System, a cross platform input system
* Optical IP Switching, a computer optical network architecture
* Optical Image Stabilization, a technique to stabilize the image in digital cameras and camcorders in order to increase picture quality
* Ocular ischemic syndrome, a medical condition which blocks arterial blood flow to the eye
* Oxygen isotope stages of the Weichselian glaciation used in paleoclimatology
* Objective Interface Systems, a communications software and hardware company
* Oxford International School, an international English-medium school in Dhaka, Bangladesh
* Oulu International School, a small public not-for-profit international school in Oulu, Finland
* Örgryte IS, a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg

Maybe - Office of Intelligence Support

Office of Intelligence Support - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

McNab · 31-08-2009, 12:14 PM

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Newsgroups

I found it now. Turned up after episode 7.