Painful
Why does this show try so hard??
It's painful to watch, we gave it 4 episodes too get going. A bit disappointing because it has some good actors
We? Who's we? Is this a case of multiple personalities?
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shareYou and yours may not like the show but the rest of us love it.
Looking forward to tonight's episode @ JudeDeveraux ;o)
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Me too!!!!! @ mrlpratt & @ JudeDeveraux
Cheese fries...next time.
Yeah but the episode tonight is the season finale...so not exactly looking forward to it...I'm going to miss Common Law.
So many of my fave new shows on cable this season are all having their season finales this weekend....so depressed now...
I know what you mean @ JudeDeveraux. I'm hoping they play repeats while they're shooting the second season so I can at least see them in the interim.
I've found when I rewatch episodes I catch little stuff I may have missed the first time, which gives me more insight into our boys' character, as well as the other characters on the show.
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The show is enjoyable, to some extent, but the storylines are almost entirely implausible. For example, solving the case in the pilot because the "numbers were backward" and that indicated that the perpetration was "dyslexic" because "dyslexia is inherited" (SO MANY errors in that storyline). For another, the whole Hudson storyline - a K9 would NEVER be turned over to a non-K9 officer for use in police business (that's according to the US Police Canine Association, not my personal opinion) was also completely implausible. But for every wholly implausible storyline, there plausible threads leading to the conclusion, so it only requires a suspension of disbelief for the entire show in order to be able to watch it.
Also, the entire premise of the show (that two heterosexual male cops would ever be sent to "couples" therapy) seems a bit stretched.The two leads don't really seem to "hate" each other that much - it seems kind of like a forced Felix-and-Oscar vibe.I also can't imagine any couple that is legitimately in couples' therapy would want this pair in their group.
The characters are kind of interesting, but I'm surprised that there hasn't been more of a commentary from actual law enforcement (Hollywood does liaise with actual law enforcement for storylines and procedures, you know).
I don't love the show, but I don't hate it either. To me, it's fluff, not to be taken seriously.
I just don't get the people who whine about implausible storylines. Was Gilligan's Island plausible? Or All in the Family, or Seinfeld? Oh, what about Get Smart? If you want plausible and realistic, watch the History Channel. Better still, get rid of the TV and go read a history book or some law books. Stories are supposed to be entertaining. Plausible and entertaining are not always the same thing. As to the actual law enforcement angle, I find it very foolish. Nobody who is actually a law enforcement officer is going to be learning police procedure from a cop comedy, especially not this one. It isn't supposed to be taken seriously and I'm rather bemused by people who think it is.
http://thinkingoutloud-descartes.blogspot.com/
"Nobody who is actually a law enforcement officer is going to be learning police procedure from a cop comedy, especially not this one."
People who are actually in law enforcement are not watching this show. I have a whole side of family in law enforcement and NONE of them watch it. Deliberately.
How bemusing it that!
"People who are actually in law enforcement are not watching this show."
Did you survey everyone in law endorcement to be able to make such a claim? Or do you have a link to that information? I'd be quite interested in reading up on that since I have friends in the medical and legal profession who watch those types of shows, even though the shows aren't 100% true to the profession.
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"People who are actually in law enforcement are not watching this show."
People I know who are actually in law enforcement are not watching this show. Deliberately.
That's cool.
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"Why does this show try so hard??
It's painful to watch, we gave it 4 episodes too get going. A bit disappointing because it has some good actors"
"We? Who's we? Is this a case of multiple personalities?"
Me, Myself and I
I just don't get people who talk about other people who are "whining," when we're simply posting legitimate views and thoughts.
Implausible scripts are one thing for a show like Gilligan's Island, which was played strictly for its comedy. It set the characters in a fantastic (i.e., "fantasy," not "wonderful") situation and gave them problems to deal with.
Implausible scripts that present themselves as a realistic version of everyday life, however, are something different. When you watch Gilligan's Island, you clearly know that it's fantasy, that it would never happen like that. When you watch a show like Common Law, there is an expectation that the characters and the situations are at least plausible in real life.
It's the literary difference between "fantasy" and "fiction," a distinction you should have learned by the time you finished high school.
Common Law is not meant to be a realistic version of everyday life. Do you seriously think two cops could get in a fistfight in the station, breaking a window as they plunge through it, and still work together? There are legitimate areas for discussion among people who like a show, and then there are the people who come to a board for no purpose but to trash the show and the people who enjoy it. Like it or not, I am allowed to show disapproval of the latter.
http://thinkingoutloud-descartes.blogspot.com/
I see so many putting this show down, but there are long running shows recycling scripts and their fans eat it up.
Give me original any day.
SciFi-for those who understand the space outside the box is less crowded.
I see so many putting this show down, but there are long running shows recycling scripts and their fans eat it up. Give me original any day.
Me too!
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disappointing because it has some good actors
I agree OP. I think Michael Ealy is outstanding, and I especially love what he does with this role. It is a shame the writing is disappointing but maybe it will get better next season.
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Common Law
Network: USA
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: May 11, 2012 – present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
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It's a shame that the best script of the season was the season finale. The whole premise of the show was that Travis and Wes hated each other, hence, why they're in "couples therapy." Turns out that the issue was a lot more complex, and the viewer never really got that through the entire season. Contrary to what another poster (above) said, I do think the show is intended to be taken as a somewhat plausible portrait of real cops - yes, an imaginative stretch, but characters that "could" be real (again, the literary distinction between "fantasy" and "fiction"). Although I couldn't take most of the scripts seriously, I did enjoy some aspects of the show, but couldn't quite identify exactly what it was. Too bad the only script that really gave us any insight into the characters was the last one, and, given what other posters have said here, it might have been the last show, period.
shareI predict it will not be canceled. Also, I don't think we were ever meant to think they hate each other. They had exceptional chemistry, and were literally the yin and yang to each other. I always knew the gun incident would be more complex than what was presented, and I think there's no way, based on all the scenes of the first season, that you could come to the conclusion that they hated each other. Each has said good things about the other out of ear shot, in addition to really caring about each other while together. They each have a lot of issues with themselves they need to work through.
http://chriscolleytvblog.blogspot.com
Of course they didn't hate each other. They actually cared a lot about each other, only their partnership got screwed up by the death of their friend at the hands of dirty cops. Wes went WAY out on a limb to save Travis from himself. It took Travis too long to appreciate what Wes did for him, but in his heart he always knew that he could count on Wes. I look forward to even better things next season.
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I didn't actually come to the conclusion that they hated each other. That information was in various press releases and media reports, and it seemed to have taken off as a viable premise. But no, I never thought that.
shareYears later, I'm watching the show again (on amazon instant video) and loving it! More than the first time around, even. How did that happen?
The dialogue is funny, the acting is good - the only quibble I have is with the cheesy background music.
It is a pleasure to watch it.