Title changed to 'Wanted'

... and will be rushed off the air and never shown again by 11:00 July 31. Look, the concept isn't bad, BUT, another LA based cop show? Couldn't anyone think outside the box and base the show in a city that hasn't been filmed a zillion times? And what is a "staunch" LAPD metro officer? If the guy is so "staunch," he would never of left Metro (SWAT). If he was ordered out of metro to head this elite unit, he'd be sour and appeal to the union. At the very least, he would take a few of his metro brothers. And in what world do Feds allow their most elite members to be detailed to a local Agency and report directly to a local officer? Feds will assign agents to work WITH locals on a task force, but very rarely will they actually be assigned directly to a local agency let alone report to a local agency's officer. And speaking of task forces, the truth is task forces are usually dumping grounds for underperforming officers or agents. UNLESS the task force is high profile. SACs and Chiefs would never cough up their star performers to work somewhere else for somebody else.

So the show will fail for a few reasons: (1) bad research. The public is too savvy. For the above stated reasons, I'm guessing some lame brain is writing the scripts. It just smells unoriginal, stale, and needlessly gimicky. If you hired a "police consultant" fire him or her. And without a "hooker with a heart of gold" in the cast, why watch? (2) LA-based. Boring. We've seen cars blow up in LA a million times in the news and on tv and in the movies. (3) you stacked the deck. If everyone in this elite unit is the best at what they do what chance does some idiot-murderer have at escape? Believe it or not, most vioent criminals aren't brain surgeons, or Hannibal Lecters. They're violent and "lucky." Catching fugitives is almost always a matter of luck. Skill certainly doesn't hurt, but come on, do they have to be "elite."

So in conclusion I have two words: Karen Cisco. If an appealing babe like that couldn't distract from predictable unoriginal story lines, Gary Cole has zero chance.

I'm not cynical about police work. I am cynical about badly portrayed, unoriginal police shows.

Don't shoot the messenger, just bring this missive to the post-mortem.