This started out as something different. Yes, it's a cop show. But it wasn't so boringly formulaic as the standard stuff. The international element, and the creation of the "team of experts" made it fun. Although some of the original cast were acting-challenged (and some were subsequently killed off because of it), the series had a charm and a magic that made it fun to watch. There were good episodes, marginal ones, and a few duds. But overall, it was good enough to get at least a 7 rating out of me.
Now, in season three, they completely changed the show. It's like the network finally noticed they had something good and stepped in to fix it. They did fix it. Like a prize bull being turned into a steer. They added big-name actors (other than Sutherland) and then proceeded to ruin the show.
The team is now boring. There are no Sherlock Holmes styled experts (except the computer geek who is thoroughly unbelievable, but that's always the case with Hollywood). The plots are straight out of the normal Hollywood playbook and are therefore dull and unbelievable. The plots are formulaic and are straight out of NCIS or any of another dozen shows. There is now nothing fresh here at all. It's very stale. I'll give it one more try, and if they fail in season 4, if they get a season 4, then i'm done.
It is very sad that they took a good show that just needed a bit of refinement, and turned it into something that would not have made it past the pilot if it had started out that way.
Now, in season three, they completely changed the show. It's like the network finally noticed they had something good and stepped in to fix it. They did fix it. Like a prize bull being turned into a steer. They added big-name actors (other than Sutherland) and then proceeded to ruin the show.
The team is now boring. There are no Sherlock Holmes styled experts (except the computer geek who is thoroughly unbelievable, but that's always the case with Hollywood). The plots are straight out of the normal Hollywood playbook and are therefore dull and unbelievable. The plots are formulaic and are straight out of NCIS or any of another dozen shows. There is now nothing fresh here at all. It's very stale. I'll give it one more try, and if they fail in season 4, if they get a season 4, then i'm done.
It is very sad that they took a good show that just needed a bit of refinement, and turned it into something that would not have made it past the pilot if it had started out that way.