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Murder in the First (UK Pace)
swingaleg
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Anyone watch episode 1 of this last night ?
New drama from Steven Bochko who brought us Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue
It's a 10 parter which follows a single murder case from the crime through the investigation, the arrest and the trial
I thought it was pretty good........good characters, easy to get in to, a couple of surprise twists, a nice looking female detective, some good station room banter (as per previous series mentioned above)........I think I can see the false trail that they're leading us along but we'll have to wait and see......:o
If you didn't see it the first episode is repeated tonight at 8.00 on Fox
A second series has already been made or is in production now
New drama from Steven Bochko who brought us Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue
It's a 10 parter which follows a single murder case from the crime through the investigation, the arrest and the trial
I thought it was pretty good........good characters, easy to get in to, a couple of surprise twists, a nice looking female detective, some good station room banter (as per previous series mentioned above)........I think I can see the false trail that they're leading us along but we'll have to wait and see......:o
If you didn't see it the first episode is repeated tonight at 8.00 on Fox
A second series has already been made or is in production now
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Ten episodes felt about the right length to tell the story. Had it been over a full 22/23 episode season then it would have felt too stretched out.
Any thoughts on 'whodunit' ?
I suspect it's not the internet millionaire even tho' we're being led by the nose to suspect him. That just looks too obvious.......they could have wrapped that up in episode one
My current main suspect is the Lawyer who was in The West Wing .........the brains......and that ex-cop as the brawn
But is that too obvious as well ?
I doubt Millionaire would do his own dirty work, could be someone wanting to bring him down. What about the the young guy who said he cheated him out of his idea?
Yes, it's certainly the type of show which benefits from a binge watch. At 10 episodes of 40-odd minutes each, I watched the whole lot in two sessions. I think I would have missed a lot if I'd only seen an episode a week. It might be worth people setting a series link and then watching it later.
But the first murder was done before that meeting !
........and that young guy probably wouldn't have been aware of the existence of the air stewardess
I'm pretty sure we can rule him out...........unless that's what 'they' want us to think......:o
Great to have Kathleen Robertson back on screen in a leading role after her fabulous turn in Boss and season 2 of Bates Motel, good actress.
Nice to see Richard Schiff back on screen after The West Wing. Love him. He seemed to drop off the radar after TWW i never knew where he wound up. If you want to see more of him he's also in the new Mark Wahlberg film The Gambler that's out on 23rd January.
However watching Malfroy from Harry Potter, ooops i mean Tom Felton being a total dick as Erich Blunt is probably the most enjoyable aspect of the show!
So the dead junkie tried to blackmail Erich and is revealed to possibly be his biological dad. That's one person dead. Then you have the air hostess who Erich was shagging and later fired and she 'falls' down the stairs and winds up dead too. This could be good!
PS. For those who have already 'acquired' and seen this, please no spoilers.
Yes, great to see him back. He brings a feeling of quality to everything he does. He has been in various shows as a special guest star over recent years but this is the first series I have seen him in since TWW.
I wouldn't dream of it.
I was bemused when in Ep6 they fastforwarded to '6 months later' and the case went to trial. From my interpretation i didn't expect there to be a trial and they would find the killer before a trial even commenced but it still makes for good viewing.
Quite a few twists and turns esp. the latest episode that revealed Ivana to be a bit of a nutter and wrote the fake suicide note. She has a seriously creepy looking face to boot! I was annoyed when English turned down the chance to find out if Ivana killed Cindy. I certainly would have asked! When Daniels was interrogating Hildy, i thought she played a blinder and defended herself extremely well against his questioning. Great turn from Kathleen Robertson there.
3 episodes left and looking forward to how it pans out in the end.
Hildy was pretty bad-ass in the witness box !.......:D
If she says yes, then that means their whole case is wrong and if the defense team found out she said that (and I guess she would tell them) then it could be brought up in court and help their case. Also, as he had violated her rights, he wouldn't be able to use that confession anyway. Better to not know.
I suppose you're right and would be more trouble than it's worth.
While I do hate the character, he's just not a good enough actor to carry the role convincingly IMO.
Saying that though, I'm still enjoying the show and will continue watching.
I just hope he gets jailed/gets killed/commits suicide, anything to prevent him coming back for S2.
I knew it was him and i'm glad he admitted it. All i want now is for Hildy and English to get him and get him good! This is better than Broadchurch!
As they said......they can't prosecute him again for the same crime
I wonder if they'll now go for him for the murder of his biological father as English seems convinced that the guy found guilty of it is innocent
As there's still 2 episodes left, that's 100% what I expect will happen.
Great show,,,you really feel the tension...looking forward to the last 2 episodes and season 2....Bochco has not lost his touch!
They can't and i don't think they will but i think you're right they'll try and get him for the murder of his dad. The guy in jail already for the crime admitted to English he didn't kill him and was co-erced into taking a deal. Having said that there were 2 eyewitness who place him at the scene so i expect more twists and turns.
Yeah, it'll be a brand new murder/case for Season 2. I doubt he'll be back, same for Richard Schiff and James Cromwell.
Hildy and English just have to link Erich to Erich's grandfather killing his biological dad and he goes down. Doesn't help that his grandfather blew his brains out last episode.
Loved the exchange between Erich and David when Ivana told Erich she was leaving to start her own tech start-up company with his rival. In companies worth millions and millions of dollars i imagine that gets said a lot!
Erich: File a lawsuit.
David: On what grounds?
Erich: Find something!