"sometimes the things that make you a good cop screw you up as a human being" Great line uttered by skip sudduth in one of the early seasons of this fine drama. A large and varied ensemble casts includes outstanding character actors sudduth, molly price, michael beach, and kim raver.
The reruns are better than the newer seasons, depicted in adult non-melodramatic way the pressures felt by cops and firemen. Great, great, great depictions of troubled marriages and parental realtionships, as well as the dynamics of cop partnerships. Recently, the scripts have been dumbed down with fiery car wrecks, sex in the fire station, and female bonding. But you can tell despite heeding the pressure of the suits there are still rich artistic veins the writers are quietly continuing to mine (for example, how a near death experience changes a marriage and exposes long simmering resentments). Still worth watching though because of the fine character development. Interesting guest appearances from Ossie Davis, George Dzundza, Jack Klugman, and Roy Scheider.
An earlier reviewer noted some script fallacies in the numbering of the fire unit, the same is true of the precinct. It appears to take place in the Bronx, but they've used lower Manhattan in many episodes. Additionally, the highest concentration of Russian immigrants is in Brooklyn, so they've got that wrong as well. Still best show in its time slot
The reruns are better than the newer seasons, depicted in adult non-melodramatic way the pressures felt by cops and firemen. Great, great, great depictions of troubled marriages and parental realtionships, as well as the dynamics of cop partnerships. Recently, the scripts have been dumbed down with fiery car wrecks, sex in the fire station, and female bonding. But you can tell despite heeding the pressure of the suits there are still rich artistic veins the writers are quietly continuing to mine (for example, how a near death experience changes a marriage and exposes long simmering resentments). Still worth watching though because of the fine character development. Interesting guest appearances from Ossie Davis, George Dzundza, Jack Klugman, and Roy Scheider.
An earlier reviewer noted some script fallacies in the numbering of the fire unit, the same is true of the precinct. It appears to take place in the Bronx, but they've used lower Manhattan in many episodes. Additionally, the highest concentration of Russian immigrants is in Brooklyn, so they've got that wrong as well. Still best show in its time slot