So, yesterday I watched the premiere of The Bridge (which if I understand correctly, my Canadian flist should already be well-versed in).
For those that aren't, or missed it, I can't encourage you to watch enough. It's a cop drama, and somewhat procedural-ish, but sometime around the 45 minute mark, it takes a complete U turn into cop/city government politics, the usefullness of an effective union rep, and generally becomes completely unlike any cop shown I've seen in recent memory.
It's not as in your face as the Shield, but it doesn't pull any punches as evidenced by the 2 suicides, one almost attempted suicide, and then the murder at the end (and no, I'm not really spoiling anything I think as I'm not telling you the circumstances).
Plus, for you Galen Tyrol fans out there, Tyrol is totally bad-ass in it and the lead character. \0/
It looks like Saturday at 8pm will be its regular time as it's summer fare of a re-aired Canadian show so you'll have to make an effort to see it, but I think it's well worth it. And I hope the rest of the season keeps the pace and promise of the first 1-2 episodes. I have to say, I spent half an hour thinking the plotting was a mess, but they pulled it together in the end and that time to get to know the characters was needed. I'm telling you, it blows Rookie Blue out of the water. Not quite Southland, but mostly just because it doesn't want to be Southland.
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