'Mozambique' bears a couple of action scenes - all of them with the show's signature intensity - but it's the quiet character moments that really make this interesting. To that end, Regina King's story stands out; and it says something that, with all of the street mayhem, the drama of recovering a wayward infant steals the show from shootouts and chase scenes.
Something that seems odd is the character of Sal, who we've pretty much just met and already we're knee-deep in his extramarital goings-on (we haven't even met his wife yet). On the other hand, it does firmly establish him as a hard-line policeman father within the household. This isn't the last we'll see of him, but it's an odd start.
This is fresh off the pilot and the backstories of major characters are being doled out in highly-controlled pieces. That's the thing with this show; there's no spoon-feeding.
7/10
Something that seems odd is the character of Sal, who we've pretty much just met and already we're knee-deep in his extramarital goings-on (we haven't even met his wife yet). On the other hand, it does firmly establish him as a hard-line policeman father within the household. This isn't the last we'll see of him, but it's an odd start.
This is fresh off the pilot and the backstories of major characters are being doled out in highly-controlled pieces. That's the thing with this show; there's no spoon-feeding.
7/10
