Gang Related [Fox - US]

Richard Dower

Not a bad cast, i know its a trailer....but tbh this kinda show dosent interest me. Bit too NCIS meets Golden Boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnW09t6wTZ0

Watched the first episode and it's entertaining in that way that many big budget blockbusters are. The entire thing feels like it was written after a quick flick through Crime Shows for Dummies and there's not a single moment here that hasn't been done a dozen times before. The most interesting aspect is the family and the many strands of it, it could make for fascinating TV but sadly were saddled with a cliched and incredibly generic good/bad cop who must decide who he wants to be.

I'd put money on there being a scene at some stage where our hero finds both his phones ringing at the same time with a father figure on either end and he has to make the decision as to what kind of man he wants to be.

fiddlechic

Have a huge amount of boring data entry to do, so TV on in background for last few weeks. Gradually worked through multiple crime shows that were low on complicated plot lines.
Watched first 3 episodes of this yesterday, and it's not too bad. The "family"/gang angle, the conflict, the special effects are all good. There's plenty of eye candy and moments of standard indecision.

Paddy@CIRL

I've been keeping up with this lately, and have been really impressed that it continues to get better and better with each episode. The last episode in particular (episode 9) was very, very good.

JohnK

Agreed, its getting stronger with each episode and well worth a watch for anyone who has bypassed it so far. Looks like things are about to really ramp up now as well so looking forward to more.