What makes this series unique is how Goren's character is able to empathize w/the criminals in order to see things other detectives might overlook. In a really great episode, you simultaneously sympathize with and loathe the criminal in equal portions. It's easy for a show to get you to hate someone or to portray them as a good person caught in a bad situation but it takes a rare talent to both feel sorry for someone and be be utterly repulsed by them at the same time.
They rotated detectives in episodes to use Goren sparingly, think of a football player who is great at rushing the quarterback, you can't play him on every down. At first I was put off by this but I grew to like Mike Logan the more I saw them. I also grew to like Danny Ross who replaced Don Carver a very solid performer. I did find the rotating parter situation with Mike Logan a bit jarring but what are you going to do. I liked this more than the original and put it on a part w/SVU.
They rotated detectives in episodes to use Goren sparingly, think of a football player who is great at rushing the quarterback, you can't play him on every down. At first I was put off by this but I grew to like Mike Logan the more I saw them. I also grew to like Danny Ross who replaced Don Carver a very solid performer. I did find the rotating parter situation with Mike Logan a bit jarring but what are you going to do. I liked this more than the original and put it on a part w/SVU.