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- ABC
- Sep 21, 2010
- ABC
- Sep 21, 2010
- ABC
- Sep 21, 2010
- ABC
- Sep 21, 2010
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
63
52% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
63
52% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
What will remain is the terrific, admirably diverse cast; the tough-but-uncynical attitude; and, perhaps best of all, the out-of-the-TV-norm location. The show isn't just set in Detroit; it's shot there, which gives it an authenticity and a palpable sense of place.
Absent the overworked conceit of actors glancing at the camera to register annoyance or irony, this has turned into just another well-produced cop show with some excellent actors, like Imperioli or James McDaniel, who plays Det. Jesse Long and played Lt. Arthur Fancy on "NYPD Blue."
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.1
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 35 User Ratings
8.1
83% Positive
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
9% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Detroit 187, It will be difficult for the public to take your series as respectable. Being a professional in Saginaw and belieiving that the DPD are not on the take is as beiieving that ex mayor Kilpactrick was an alter server. The back ground is good you need to get, legit on the background and terror to be real and legit the gansta movement which is not romantic as the Italian ganster movement in Detroit. I as a Michigander believes that I am not secure in the tourist areas due to the poor protection I receive. Been to the Detroit Auto show and was asked if I had a concealed weapon and I denied the fact and I was not observed to have one and in fact I did to protect my family. This is what we as michiganers feel about our once great city believes!Make it legit as the other crime shows!!!!!!!The good guy does not win in Michigan. Make it a win situation, base it on true life as Law and Order
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SEASON 1
It's definitely worth sampling, but impatient viewers might not return to the scene of the crimes.
1-8-7 doesn't pop with the gritty-city dynamism of, say, The Shield, leaving us to wonder whether this is another perfectly fine cop show going by on the assembly line.
Despite a good veteran cast led by Michael Imperioli, Detroit 1-8-7 doesn't immediately set itself apart from a whole pack of competing cop shows.
Detroit 1-8-7 is not bad and not great, though, ironically, the characters seem to have come off a Detroit assembly line.
The rest of Detroit 1-8-7's cast is fill-in-the-blanks police fodder. The only two characteristics that separate this show is one, it is filmed wholly in Detroit (who cares, a soundstage looks just as convincing) and two, the cameras are handheld (who cares, that shakiness can become very annoying).
This show has the potential to be a long lasting police procedural drama, filling that long void that has been filled by the over the top CSI type shows ever since NYPD Blue signed off. I find the stories on Detroit 1-8-7 compelling, and the characters very interesting. Not to mention the Action. Imperioli is true Thespian. If you don't know, now you know. WATCH IT.
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SEASON 1
We love, love this show! Read somewhere that some of the filming occurs in Atlanta. We have mourned about the lack of a complete recording of NYPD Blue for years. If anyone can make that happen please do it! You would make money!!! Anyway we have been gratified to see this new show likened to the object of our missing older series... We felt that just a few minutes into the season opener. Can't wait for more! Natural, believable, immediately comfortable and intriguing. Keep it up!
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SEASON 1
Detroit 1-8-7 is a fresh addition to a stale, overdone genre. I was skeptical before watching the show because it looked like another crime show and though it is another crime show, it definitely offers a different perspective and the show itself has a great voice. Anyone who watches it will be pleasantly surprised and will most likely mark their calendars (if people still use paper calendars) to tune in for the next episode.
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SEASON 1
Yet another gritty cop show. I find it more depressing than anything else. The characters are so intense and multi dimensional you can't get interested in them. Baggage anyone?
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SEASON 1
