“Come Monday…” is a
weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites,
movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may
tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured
that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy
Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject
to change, however. In fact, I would be
most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a
while. For rants promote change, and
change can be good—right? Therefore,
since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the
parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being
something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).
I
would like to think of myself as being fairly sophisticated, but I can certainly
understand where it can be argued that I am actually rather simple-minded. For when it comes to watching a show, I want to
see clearly-defined heroes and villains.
That
is especially true with television series.
For I do not want to become firmly in the corner of someone who turns
out to be a louse of the lowest order later on down the line.
In
other words, I want my good guys to be generally good. An exception to that rule would be [Det.McNulty], who wound up being kicked off of the force because of making up a
serial killer in order to secure the necessary resources to arrest a real drug
lord during a time of severe budget concerns.
No,
[Low Winter Sun] is not [The Wire].
Although, methinks the producers would like for it to be. For the general atmosphere to Low Winter Sun
is one of desperation—where everyone on both sides of the proverbial line are
just trying to do what is needed to survive.
The problem is that I cannot see where that line is drawn.
In
all fairness, I have only seen two episodes so far, and I have caught glimpses
of where the line between tarnished good and pure evil may be running through
the shadows. So, it might become easier
to see as my eyes become more used to the low levels of light, but…
From
what I have gathered so far, the best of the worst appears to be [Det. Frank Agnew], who participated in the murder of a corrupt cop at the very beginning
of the show. Yeah, nothing like easing
us into the action.
Helping
with that murder was [Det. Joe Geddes], who was the partner of the harshly
dispatched. Det. Geddes is played by
[Lennie James], whom we know from a recurring role on the [Human Target]
television series a couple of years back.
Another
familiar face on Low Winter Sun is [Ruben Santiago-Hudson], whom we know from
playing Captain Roy Montgomery on [Castle].
On Low Winter Sun, he is playing [Lt. Charles Dawson], who appears to be
above the fray, but one can never know until it is too late with a show like
this.
Another
Low Winter Sun cast member was not as familiar to us, but I thought we had seen
her in something before. After a little
digging, my suspicions were confirmed—twice, even! For had seen [Sprague Grayden] on [White Collar] and [Sons of Anarchy] (before we stopped watching it).
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Yeah,
a genuine manly man never really forgets a face like that. Hence, the reason why I suspected that we had
seen her before and Arlynda did not, along with more proof of my virility still
being in there somewhere.
On
Low Winter Sun, the lovely and talented Ms. Grayden plays [Maya Callis], who is
just trying to carve out a little piece of the American pie-in-the-sky dream for
herself by supporting her husband’s efforts to crawl his way to the top of the
pile.
Since
the pile is set in Detroit, it should not be too hard to imagine what it mostly
consists of, and in this regard, the producers of Low Winter Sun do not
disappoint. I just wish they would
insist upon the heroes taking more showers.
No,
we will not be tuning in for the third episode.
In fact, Arlynda barely made it through the first one, and she is
arguably a bigger fan of The Wire than I am.
Nonetheless,
it just might be what you are looking for.
Please, proceed with caution.
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