The ability to suspend disbelief is critical to watching this series. It's definitely not a crime drama, but more fantasy, like Medium. Season one had substantial chemistry between Jess, Brooke and Sunny. It felt like they had developed a real respect and camaraderie for one another early on, eventually building a true partnership between Jess and Brooke and a strong team of four including boss Alan Coyle. The actors and writers did a good job with character development which allowed me to care about what happened next. You got to know each of them through individual and defining character arcs throughout the season. The loss of Gloria Reuben, Justina Machado and even Dean McDermott forced you to start over. There was absolutely no continuity. It was as though Caterina Scorsone kept her character but changed shows, like some sort of thrown together at the last minute spin off. The chemistry never returned. The supporting cast that played Jess's family, an integral part of her life, just faded away as well. The show was okay after that but I never managed to get invested in the characters. They had no depth. The acting was average, the writing was average. The only reason season 2 & 3 pull a 6/10 was Scorsone's solid performance. Justin Louis did as good a job as anyone could with a basically one dimensional character, Consuelos was cute and Fox was enthusiastic, but it never got close to season one. Someone did a disservice to the fans when they gutted this show and it never recovered.
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