>cats are bringin up some good points in this post...

Oh, absolutely... let's keep the discussion going...

I would just add that this show wouldn't have lasted 6 episodes on network television... even if you have one of the TV God showrunners executing it, like a Steven Bochco, or a David E. Kelley, cats who have a lot of stroke in the TV game... it's just too dense a story that requires too much patience, not only from the audience, but from advertisers who undoubtedly would have wanted more gun battles and sex...

On the other hand, this show could have easily found a home on a basic cable network like FX (which, like HBO, doesn't rely on ratings and advertiser dollars... they also get their money from the cable companies)... I mean, if FX can have a show that has featured all of the bawdy wildness of a Nip/Tuck (where last night's episode featured a man who had sex with furniture, and we saw his bare ass on a couple of occasions), and the grittiness of The Shield, then this show would have been right at home...
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