Doesn’t it feel great when a show just pulls it all together, and starts flying high? Well, six episodes in, and Dark Blue has the goods in spades. This is one hot property, and if you’re not tuning in, you’re missing out.

Sure, not everything’s perfect (more on that later). But something about last night’s episode just screamed hit to me. I’m excited; I feel like a part of something really special.

The biggest questions I continue to have are with the undercover setups, and with Ty. While the latter fits in with the rest of show in an ensemble, complementary sort of way, the former still really sticks out as being a thematic flaw that could one day bite Dark Blue in the butt. Read the rest of this entry »

(Season 1, Episodes 5-8)

I guess after three of four episodes with a “MythArc” element, the creators wanted to relax and go for some fun, non-connected episodes for awhile. So all four of this week’s episodes are of the “Monster-of-the-Week” variety.

5 – “The Jersey Devil”
(Original Air Date: October 8, 1993) The most disappointing thing to me was that the people from 1947 didn’t speak like 1940s movie stars. “What you got here, see, is da Joisey Devil. What’s it to ya?” You have to say it fast, and yes, that’s how I picture everyone in the ’40s sounding.

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