SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

ElessarAndurilS This show caught my attention on Netflix because Kyra Sedgwick is so peculiar in the first season I had to see it through. Watching her eat her ding dong in episode 1 = the same in season 1's finale, and in conjunction with her character showing what I consider some dynamic acting ability in becoming Brenda the flake who may border on genius in her job lacks in the personal relations department tremendously.After 3 seasons though I think it is a good show that I'm assuming will grow since it ran for as many seasons as it did. I will likely update this review when I've seen the whole series as who knows where it might land. If each season simply plods along where we are I will downgrade my rating as there is plenty of room for growth. But how they achieve it will determine that and I have to experience it to rate it.So far I think the show is good and has moments of showing potential for better but will just have to hope to enjoy the ride as I watch the rest of the seasons (hopefully!). But if your pondering watching it, do so, it is what having Amazon Prime worth the money (getting to watch the prime video movies and shows for a price competitive with Netflix but higher quality and more dependable).Grain of salt. Amazon took the show off Prime just after writing this, so... no idea where the show led to.

A_Different_Drummer Yes, I know, we have all heard the stories about how this show made a star of Kyra Sedgwick "late in her career," and we tend to remember the series mainly for that reason. Wrong. This show is one of a very small number of TV series that completely nails the "Holy Grail" of television which is, the secret of doing a weekly series week to week. to be at the same new and interesting yet paradoxically familiar and comfortable. (Another show that nails the formula is the original CSI, not the bastardizations that followed with cast changes). Another way to explain this would be to riff on the old notion of "if you were to be stranded on a dessert island, and could only bring 10 books/videos, which would you bring?" Given that you would be watching the same material over and over (and over) you would want to think very carefully. This show, pitch-perfect in every detail, is surely a candidate. Kyra Sedgwick is brilliant, but so is the whole cast. I especially enjoyed watching Mary McDonnell, whose big break was DANCING WITH WOLVES, playing mental chess with Sedgwick as an occasional character. If there is a HALL OF FAME for this kind of show, I nominate it. Funniest line was in an episode that opened with a casket falling down a flight of stairs and popping open. Under the deceased (older male) is another body (younger female and barely dressed). Says one of the detectives, just before the opening credits, "I guess you CAN take it with you." The last episode of series was wonderfully understated -- all the tiny plot threads from earlier episodes nicely resolved, Sedgwick solves one last murder. And that's how we will remember the character. A closer.

SnoopyStyle Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (Kyra Sedgwick) is a former Atlanta police officer and CIA-trained interrogator. She leaves Atlanta under a cloud, and is hired to run Major Crimes group of L.A. Police detectives by her former boss and ex, Assistant Chief Will Pope (J.K. Simmons). She is meant to alleviate the corruption and inappropriate police practices of the old system. And the cops around her is not happy to see her in charge.At its core, this is Kyra Sedgwick at her best. She creates an unique memorable character. Around her is a balanced cast anchored by G.W. Bailey. This procedural is simple enough. There is a crime. Brenda investigates the crime. Then she gets a confession from the criminal. It is rock solid as a procedural, but it is the group dynamics that is fun to watch.

winstonfg The characters and the acting, that's how. Kyra Sedgwick has managed to pull off that rarest of things - an anti-hero with pathos. Think Ralph Fiennes in 'Schindler's List' or Michael Caine (*not* Sly Stallone) in 'Get Carter', and you may get the idea.While Detective Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is not quite in Amon Goeth territory, she is undoubtedly one of those people who you're glad is 'on your side', and who you probably wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley, let alone on the other side of an "interview" table at Parker Center.As far as I'm concerned, she is a murderer (quite possibly a serial one), and my 'voice of conscience' tells me that the Philip Goldman character should nail her to the wall...in court. On the other hand, the Devil at my other shoulder (and, I'm sure, the producers') wants her to tear his slimy face off. And that's what makes good television.Of course, most great shows are the result of team-work, and this one is no exception: I've seen G.W. Bailey I don't know how many times, yet to me he is now Lt. Provenza; and the show has now been running long enough to get under the skin (as much as TV allows) of all the characters in the squad. I wouldn't be at all surprised if some spin-off wasn't spawned based on him and Lt. Flynn (or indeed Det. Sanchez); and I'd certainly check out the first few episodes.My favourite character of all though is Captain Sharon Raydor - one of the best 'introduced' characters I can remember in a TV series – and I look forward to the battle of wits between her and Goldman (and maybe Johnson herself).I hope by now you can tell I'm a fan; and although I still think Brenda Leigh and her delicious "Thank you so much" should be on the other side of her own interrogation desk, it makes for great viewing.Keep 'em coming.