Anyone Watch Watching The Good Guys?

[sdelmonte]

For reasons I can't quite explain aside from a few good reviews, I watch the pilot for Fox's new cop show, The Good Guys. It's silly and ludicrous and halfway between the sort of cop show I grew up with and a total satire of such, and it really should not be very good at all.

And I really liked it. Great productions values, a surprisingly strong script, and great acting. Better than the show's premise deserves, perhaps. I don't if even quality acting can carry this show and its formula for long, but I am willing to try more just for the heck of it.

Never mind that Colin Hanks is almost a clone of his Academy Award winning dad, in looks and voice and mannerisms. If you always wanted to see Tom Hanks in a goofy police procedural (or loved him in Turner and Hooch or Dragnet), this is as close as you can get today.

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

We watched the beginning of the first episode, and we're liking it. I think we're going to try to put this on our schedule.

But Bradley Whitford's mustache has got to go. :-)