So I was having a grumpy old man tantrum last week, venting to a friend how there are no good cop/detective/crime fighter shows anymore.... lol
Network television is saturated with worn out procedural franchises (NCIS, L&O, CrimMinds, etc), pale empty reboots (Hawaii 5-O, MacGyver, etc) and eccentric/genius cop partners (Instinct, Castle, Elementary, etc, etc, etc). It all plays out very generic, formula and safe.
Where are the great shows I grew up with like the original H5O, or Homicide Life on the Street, or Hunter or Starsky and Hutch, or Equalizer or Mod Squad or Crime Story or Magnum PI or Spenser for Hire or The Wire or Luther.... shows that knew how to balance great character with drama and action? (note: Tom Selleck's JESSE STONE is excellent, but those are tv movies not series)
Shows where the crime is solved by hard investigative foot work and not by a magic computer or forensic sleuth?
Then I stumbled on to BOSCH!
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FANTASTIC SERIES!!!!!!
Based on the Michael Connelly novels (which I have never read) it is classic L.A. crime noir that perfectly balances gritty drama with solid complex characters and action and behind the scenes politics. Easily the best cop show I have seen in YEARS. Binged the first season of 10 episodes in two days.
Highly recommended. 10 out of 10.
Now to binge season two!!!!!