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91They honor the job without trivializing it, or turning it into melodramatic entertainment pap for the masses.
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90It is, in its artfulness and drama, a smashing pilot and--from the evidence of the next episodes--a reliable indicator of the quality to come.
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75The series, written by Price and produced by Robert DeNiro, has NYC cred, and it, like its characters, grows with each episode.
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75It boasts at least a whiff of the grittiness to be found in creator/writer Richard Price's 1992 novel about drug dealer, Clockers. [13 Apr 2012, p.79]
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70While the broad strokes tend to remind you that you're watching a fiction, the finer details are well done - the bits and pieces are satisfying, even as you note the rivets and seams that join them.
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63It's a well-done, somewhat sleepy ensemble drama about newbies on patrol. [7 May 2012, p.46]
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60The first episode is not a courageous start, despite good acting from the ensemble cast, generous location shooting, and a quirkily realized context.
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60Some of the bits are awfully predictable, like tough-guy Sands mellowing into a big-brother type for a young street punk who (amazing coincidence alert) has a hottie older sister. Others are more interesting, particularly a debate between Goldberg and Marte over whether warring on drugs makes any sense.
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60The dialogue is crisp, no scene lasts too long, and despite the large cast, we can follow what's happening. What's not clear yet is whether this show has its own style and vision.
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58NYC 22 feels like the TV version of the show it wants to be.
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50The show is pretty much a by-the-numbers cop show.
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50NYC 22 isn't the best or worst show you'll ever see.
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50The scripts are efficient. The acting is decent. But you're likely to find yourself just waiting for the familiar crises and character complications to come along, and sure enough, they do.
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50When it comes to most of the rookie characters and the plot, nothing in the pilot of NYC 22 jumps out as being particularly original or interesting.
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50It's better-acted than some shows, less grating than others. Its greatest flaw is it's too familiar and predictable.
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50While the show's vision encompasses a touch more character than the average procedural, this latest case of the NYPD blues is hardly a reason to start spreading the news.
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50In short, nothing really jumps off the screen here.
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50NYC 22 (for the 22nd Precinct in Harlem) is pretty average, which is to say: Nothing to write home about and probably nothing that you'll stick with very long.
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40NYC 22 is very much a prototypical CBS show--it lacks ambition but it's not terrible.
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30NYC 22 isn't even trying. It's not too too, it's too little.
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25TV this dull should be outlawed.