Simply A Masterpiece

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Okay, I have read all the books and came to know about this TNT series when I was on my last book. I was pleasantly surprised that how good the show was. The chemistry between King and Maxwell shown in the show was very close to the actual chemistry portrayed in the books. It was a very good show and I would have liked to see a bit more of it so kind of gutted that TNT has already pulled the plug on it. They should have given it at least one more season because in this season we did see how Sean lost his job but there was not much back story on Michelle and how they became King and Maxwell. The episode with JT Maxwell was my favourite, it was not a storyline from books but still the addition of JT in the mix was very good. It is annoying to see that some shows are on air for multiple seasons but an entertaining show like this has already been axed. It was a great watch and to see two of my favourite book characters on TV screen.

I thought the main characters plus Edgar & Benny were acted excellently. As a person at age 72 and a military/political historian for over fifty yrs and a 28 yr active duty Vet, as far as firearms are concerned as the survivor of TWO shootings initiated by perps, who erred by bringing pistols to a shotgun fight and were terminated for their idiocy.And for the facts that over my life, there have been many incidents where the perps were discouraged by finding themselves facing either firearms or various edged weapons, to the point that they vacated the area with no damage to anyone.Plus knowing of one recent attempt at car-jacking that was ended when the perp became aware that the driver he had ordered to turn over the keys, was in the process of drawing a 1911 Colt .45. The alleged car-jacker disappeared quickly. This took place in a mall parking lot close to a market.In conclusion, only those who either never had any untoward events in their lives or those who did not survive, would allege that weapons, firearms or edged are not effective.

The cast is talented. Baldacci characters are always so interesting, but the depth doesn't translate to the screen. I love the role of Edgar and he could be more developed. I think the writing (or perhaps the directing) doesn't lend authenticity to the story. It is like sitting in an audience when someone is making a speech, and watching the speech-maker lose his audience. It's uncomfortable. I joined IMDb for the first time simply to post this feedback for what it's worth. For example, the trunk scene and the bar scene were just painful to watch. I was not pulled in to the story, but instead felt uncomfortable that this was obviously being acted. IMHO there's too much going on and it needs to be simplified and the characters more developed. The actors are at times over acting to pull off the script. The good news is that the audience seems to really WANT it to work. Great recipe, please work on making it more realistic and credible!

I enjoy Jon Tenney (better than on the Closer) and Rebecca Romjin is a more charismatic actress than her limited roles have provided her but the role which makes this series stand out if Ryan Hurst's portrayal of Edgar. He plays a brilliant but only barely functional autistic computer researcher. This is a recent theme in crime dramas such as Eric McCormack in Perception but nobody plays this role better than Ryan. I'm not saying that Edgar could be a lead character but he gives a unique perspective to this series. I can't wait to see what the writers will be doing with him. I would also love to hear how Ryan prepared for this role.