Dark Blue: Season 1 (4 Disc)

I use to watch this series when it came on TV. I really hated when they cancelled Dark Blue after 2 seasons. The show was fast paced however I think that some parts may have been unbelievable to some viewers. No matter what the dilemma was we always knew McDermott's team would prevail.Despite some of the unbelievable story lines, it was great to have so much eye candy on network television in one show. Dylan McDermott (one of the most versatile) will probably be a more visible actor than his Dark Blue co-stars. His lead role in The Practice was the reason that I watched Dark Blue in the first place.Omari Hardwick (easy to typecast as a sex symbol for some) was brought to my attention in the movie Miracle at St. Anna. After Dark Blue, where he plays a married undercover agent he had roles in the movies I Will Follow, For Colored Girls and Sparkle.Logan Marshall-Green who plays Dean, a sly, unattached and unemotional character to my surprised has played in three TV series, 24, The O.C and The Traveler. I have never watched those but because of him maybe I will.Nicki Aycox, the only woman in the secret undercover crime fighting quad has appeared in other TV shows, such as Providence, Ed, Over There, Supernatural and Cold Case just to name a few. Her character in Dark Blue annoyed me, but for me that means her acting was good.Her character was the only one that made me actually talk to the screen (well yell actually).

The dialogue and interaction is laughable, random words chosen without care sandwiched between two slices of "it's all about me" bread. NO WAY intelligent and street savvy special teams members would talk, work or not work with each other in this way. The token girl is definitely IQ challenged. That doesn't seem to be of concern. But her tops and jeans, on the other hand have been chosen with care. The esteemed producer is hell bent on giving the boys a tits and ass show. Let Jamie 'razzle dazzla 'em' and Dark Blue will be a hit. So not now, no back when, so boring.As for the men, how can anyone take Dylan seriously. It's the hair. The hair! He looks ridiculous. What is he thinking! I think our Dylan has decided that if goes with a black mop of hair and if he never smiles, and if he never shaves, and if he never looks anything, but dirt-bag disheveled, well, we got ourselves a serious cop, man. A team leader and a bad dude serious cop. Did I mention stare darkly? Always stare darkly is his blackboard mantra. That's part of his act and that's what he is. An act, not an actor.As for the other two guys. Now they have the looks and they have the attitude. There are moments when they are working on it and 'smokin hot and that may be enough to keep Dark Blue 'in the paint' for a while longer. Helpful Hint: Bring in some writers, the ones who do dialogue, not 'toughy' words written for a class project out of the L.A. Film School. Lose this boring girl and bring in intelligence. Smart is sexy, guys. Yes it is. And get Dylan to a blackboard where he will write 1000 times: "Authenticity comes from within. Authenticity comes from within." Dark Blue goes downhill in 'boring' so fast, the remote becomes your lifeline. But, but, but, the two guys are worth saving. There's energy there, no wigs, no trying for hardcore tough. They gives us something called 'being real.'

Dark Blue: The Complete First Season This is what an action-packed and suspense-laden cop and bad guys show is supposed to be like. The bad guys are so evil that I actually got stressed up during each scene where it seemed that the undercover cop was about to be discovered. I actually got scared that the cop would be badly hurt. The scenes tightly follow each other to give you a feeling of non-stop rollercoaster action. Dylan McDermott used to show compassion in his previous attorney character in the Practice series. Here, he is all driven to put really bad guys out of business. He never gives his own cops any leeway for any compassion or personal issue to interfere with catching the bad guys. Sometimes the undercover cops get close to the people they are building cases against. They become torn as the arrests are about to be carried out. I watched the first season of Dark Blue as it was being shown on cable. I liked it so much that I bought it on DVD's. When the second season is available on DVD's, I'll buy it too.

Season 1 was marvelous! Exceptional characters, damaged and gritty yet you still feel empathy for them. A claustrophobic look into the dark world of deep undercover cops on a special task force that is sanctioned to bring down the worst of the underworld. They are pushed to go the extra mile and then pushed even further. The damage it does to their lives as they become fully immersed in the gangs and organizations that they penetrate, month after month and year after year. Everything becomes lies and betrayal with the singular goal of getting the job done. Some of them begin to question who the real bad guys are, even as their personal lives outside of work deteriorate or fall away entirely.Season 2 saw writing and casting changes that diluted it into a conventional "cop" show.That pretty much killed it.Apparently someone at network thought it was too "edgy" and decided that a vanilla cop show was the way to go.I really do hope that exec was fired.

Total Hollywood bubblegum but with what I think is mainly a well-cast core of characters who are of the school that less is definitely more, which a lot of other actors would do well to take note of.I hope they give Dark Blue a few more seasons yet to establish itself and stretch the characters.

started watching into 4th episode really good storyline, top actors, can't wait to watch rest of this season, would recommend this dvd