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Terriers (2010)
Great start, poor finish
After 4 episodes of this show I couldn't believe it got canceled. After 10 episodes I was getting the idea why it was canceled. By the final episode, I had to force myself to watch it. What started out as a fun show about two shabby private detectives trying to make a buck (a show I would watch - a bit NCIS-ish), with a good back story and very likable actors, quickly evolved into a sloppily written and poorly executed moralizing Eco-warrior yawn of a show. For me, what defines a good show is when all the bases are covered and every angle explained. You can't watch a show where the leads keep doing stupid things over and over again, when there are viable and much better alternatives present and obvious. You can't watch a show where the actors keep spewing clichés with very little conviction. Admittedly, the two male leads are actually the best part of the series and deserve a better show and the two female leads are not too shabby either. What betrays them is the writing, over and over again. This is a show that would have gone over well in the 80s and early 90s, but today, with so many awesome, complex and morally ambiguous shows available, not so much. I vote for a redo, with better writers and a much narrower focus.
One for the Money (2012)
Very little Jersey, very few laughs, not much to see here.
The Stephanie Plum book series always hit me as a humorous take on Jersey and the Sopranos, starring a toned down Fran Fine as the title character. The film, sadly, gives us no feel for the place, making New Jersey and Stephanie Plum as bland and All American as possible. If you base your movie on a book that roots itself and its humor in over- the-top antics of the locals, local patriotism and local mores, and then take away the locale, you are left with a bland but admittedly pretty actress doing bland lines in a very bland movie. There are worse films, don't get me wrong. I just can't seem to remember when I last saw one so devoid of character or idea.