"‘Deputy’ Review: Fox’s Cop Drama Leads with Its" Topic

…Badge, Its Gun, & Stephen Dorff's Charisma.

"Deputy comes at you like a '78 Ford Bronco smashing through your living-room wall just to respectfully request that you abide by the local lawn-watering restrictions during the drought before tipping a cowboy hat and bidding you a good day. It's got all the trappings (and tropes) of traditional cop dramas but without the teeth of hit cable shows like The Shield or gritty feature films like End of Watch and Training Day. Deputy desperately wants to play in a higher class of cinematic storytelling but is held back by its broadcast network restrictions.

That's not necessarily a bad thing. Despite the rah-rah nature of Fox Sports or the insane neoconservative ramblings of Fox News, the flagship Fox network has a history of airing edgy, subversive, and alternative programming. Deputy, perhaps surprisingly, fits into this trend. Rather than settle into a tired, black-and-white, "good guys vs bad guys" police procedural, which is the territory of CBS if we're being honest, Deputy centers on the no-nonsense Bill Hollister as he takes literally everyone around him to task, be they fellow cops, career criminals, or his very own doctor-wife. Stephen Dorff absolutely delivers as the charismatic sheriff; it just remains to be seen whether or not the show's narrative will loosen up its reins and let him run free…."

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Armand

I've watched the first two episodes and thought it is a good police procedural, albeit with a quirky sense of being. The new sheriff's driver and security deputy is a smart, tough lesbian who takes no gruff off of him and puts the bad guys down with well-aimed shots. His wife is a no nonsense ER doctor. And his best deputy buddy is a tough former Marine sniper who is fostering tough Hispanic kids after he killed their father who was a big bad guy.

Definitely an "edgy, subversive" program but very enjoyable with a number of laughs as the new sheriff in town gets up on the establishment.

Jim

Thanks!

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Armand