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Talk Back: TNT's "Dark Blue"

You had the chance to read my advance review of TNT's Dark Blue yesterday, but now that the first episode has aired, I'm curious to hear what you thought about the series.

Did you dig the dark blue palette and almost oppressive visual darkness of the series? Were you intrigued by Dylan McDermott's maverick undercover cop Carter Shaw? Or did you think he was upstaged by Logan Marshall-Green's surprisingly magnetic performance as Dean Bendis? Did you buy into the gritty world of undercover cops in the City of Angels? Or did you think it was a never-ending slew of cliche after cliche?

And, most importantly, would you tune in again next week to watch another episode?

Talk back here.

Next week on Dark Blue ("Guns, Strippers and Wives"), Ty tracks down a gun trafficker and nearly blows his cover by seeing his wife on her birthday; Carter has difficulty raising $100,000 to save himself and Ty.

Comments

Jon88 said…
Sigh. Didn't buy McDermott as a cop for a second, and had to force myself twice to keep watching through purple patches of bad dialogue. Somebody let me know if the situation improves down the road, maybe I'll give it a second chance. In the meanwhile, if anyone can explain why Time Warner-owned TNT's HD channel has so many audio and video dropout problems on Time Warner-owned NYC cable, I'd appreciate it.
Kimberly said…
Enjoyed it for the most part...I mean I am a D. McDermott fan...ever since The Practice. He plays the pained 'Prince of Darkness' character very well...I love the part at the end when he's watching footage of his wife and it seems like he goes into a trance during her laughter...like he's trying to take himself back to that time when she was alive...great stuff. Another thumbs up for Dean - wow...he was really impressive. Worse performance was Jaime and Ty - in that order. I hope it survives b/c the concept is intriguing.
FastEddy said…
Love this show! Each episode feels like a mini-movie and I think it's only gotten better since the Pilot... and I really enjoyed the pilot. Tonight's episode was particularly good. Thought Jaimie was great! Can't wait to see where it goes from here...
Anonymous said…
Thank! Dark Blue is the most hardcore show on TV and an absolute must for an action junkie like me. Susanna

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