After seeing s few episodes in reruns on cable, I wonder whyi warched it for as long as I did when it was new on network TV.
First, the characters have no qualities that engage the viewer. They speak in choppy sentences, always on the edge of blowing up at the slightest perceived provocation, real or not. There is absolutely nothing about their personal lives to engage the viewer.
Andy Sipowicz: What a waste of a human being. He is angry all the time. He cannot speak in anything but caustic tones, like he is always looking for a fight. In the real world, he would have been fired or even jailed for his brutality and abuse of police power. His romance with Sylvia Costas is improbable and borders on the ridiculous, unless she is masochistic and enjoys hanging out with an ignorant boorish excuse for a man.
Bobby Simone: Halfway decent guy, but not very interesting nor engaging. He could walk into a room stark naked and not attract a single look. His picture is in the dictionary under the word boring.
Greg Medavoy: He looks like the kid who got beat up and robbed of his lunch money in school every day. He is about as wimpy as it is possible to be and still have enough courage to go outside. He has zero qualities that would make viewers interested in his story.
Sylvia Costas: Completely unbelievable as a district attorney. Between her heavy ignorant sounding accent and her limited vocabulary, I would not want her to represent me. She looks like she ended up in the DA's office because her position at the bottom of her law school class did not qualify her for anyting else.
I could go on, but I think I have made my point. These are almost the worst characters I have ever seen in a police drama. And that is saying al ot considering shows like "The Rookie", "Hill Street Blues", and other losers.
First, the characters have no qualities that engage the viewer. They speak in choppy sentences, always on the edge of blowing up at the slightest perceived provocation, real or not. There is absolutely nothing about their personal lives to engage the viewer.
Andy Sipowicz: What a waste of a human being. He is angry all the time. He cannot speak in anything but caustic tones, like he is always looking for a fight. In the real world, he would have been fired or even jailed for his brutality and abuse of police power. His romance with Sylvia Costas is improbable and borders on the ridiculous, unless she is masochistic and enjoys hanging out with an ignorant boorish excuse for a man.
Bobby Simone: Halfway decent guy, but not very interesting nor engaging. He could walk into a room stark naked and not attract a single look. His picture is in the dictionary under the word boring.
Greg Medavoy: He looks like the kid who got beat up and robbed of his lunch money in school every day. He is about as wimpy as it is possible to be and still have enough courage to go outside. He has zero qualities that would make viewers interested in his story.
Sylvia Costas: Completely unbelievable as a district attorney. Between her heavy ignorant sounding accent and her limited vocabulary, I would not want her to represent me. She looks like she ended up in the DA's office because her position at the bottom of her law school class did not qualify her for anyting else.
I could go on, but I think I have made my point. These are almost the worst characters I have ever seen in a police drama. And that is saying al ot considering shows like "The Rookie", "Hill Street Blues", and other losers.