A Televisual Feast

I’m looking up synonyms for “limp” to describe this close to the first series. Instead of concentrating on the case–hell, the crack detectives who can’t get out an APB (I mean, the British must have something similar) also ignore a third murder suspect, but who cares… since they’re closing up the mystery from the first […]

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According to IMDb, “Touching Evil” is a miniseries. The second episode lends some credence to that category assignation… but not much. Sure, there are unresolved plot threads–a couple anyway–and it does pick up immediately following the first episode (and I was right about the read on the conclusion of that episode), but it’s not really […]

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I’m trying to figure out the hook for “Touching Evil.” It’s well-acted and decently scripted–if way too long in the tooth–but there’s no hook. Robson Green’s dedicated cop is, at least in the pilot, just another dedicated cop. Sure, he’s got a seemingly psychic ex-con friend and a good relationship with his ex-wife and her […]

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