SummaryThe Good Guys is an action comedy about two detectives stuck in small crimes, though their "routine investigations" (Code 58s) often lead them into bigger cases and even bigger trouble. Jack Bailey (Colin Hanks), a cop who follows the rules but has an annoying habit of making enemies higher up, is paired with Dan Stark (Bradley Whitford)...
SummaryThe Good Guys is an action comedy about two detectives stuck in small crimes, though their "routine investigations" (Code 58s) often lead them into bigger cases and even bigger trouble. Jack Bailey (Colin Hanks), a cop who follows the rules but has an annoying habit of making enemies higher up, is paired with Dan Stark (Bradley Whitford)...
West Wing politico Bradley Whitford reinvents himself for this entertaining free-for-all, a loose blend of buddy comedy and police action that's also an affectionate nod to series like Starsky & Hutch.
Count me in. Nix knows you can't play the old cliches straight, so each shootout and car chase--and there's plenty of mayhem in the fast-paced pilot--is infused with an "oh, c'mon" over-the-top goofiness.
Why do so many great shows go off the air after a single season? They say that if networks were as draconian in their policies back in the day that MASH never would have made it because its ratings lagged for its first few years on the air; but the network saw the quality, believed in the show, and trusted it would catch on even if the word of mouth took time. No such patience today, so we have lost this great and unique show after only one season. Good Guys is real cop show with complex interwoven plots expertly crafted, and yet it's funny at the same time, playing the young Colin Hanks off his older partner who was a big shot in days gone by; insisting on using his gut instincts over "computer machines" apparently this guy is only still employed because 25 years before he saved the governor's son; and yet while hopelessly out of date in many ways (he's not sure he believes in DNA evidence), he also embodies nobler values than his careerist younger partner. As he says in the pilot after Colin Hanks complains that they are jeopardizing their careers, "In my day we didn't care about our careers; we cared about our partners." Wonderful show. Watch it.
The Good Guys, true to its genre, presents an opposition between order and anarchy and asks the audience to embrace the apparently crazy cop who, in the tradition of American pragmatism, cuts through the red tape to get things done.
As a quirky cross between Reynolds' Gator McKlusky and John Cazale's Fredo Corleone, Whitford pretty much hijacks the show. He's fun to watch, even if the show will knock your IQ down a few points.
Fox's newest buddy series relies too much on the '70's-style moustache of detective Dan Stark (Bradley Whitford) and too little on the chemistry he has (or doesn't) with his partner, Jack Bailey (Colin Hanks). Not that this is a bad thing, since the moustache is a better character than either of the above.
"The Good Guys" isn't really good but it is OK if all you seek from TV is bland, comfortable entertainment--the same type of program you were watching 30 years ago.
Do all programs have to keep you on the edge of your seat or keep your brain engaged in scientific or factual details? To simply sit back, laugh and go intellectually off for a few moments can be good for the soul. The Good Guys gives you this opportunity. Enough of politics, economics, crime and war, we need a break and Good Guys provides just that.
Here's the way it works, being 24 years old, this show should have nothing to do with me, but every Friday, I look forward to it more and more. The talent involved, including on many more than one occasion the guest actors, step far beyond their realm and make me laugh, and cheer out loud. PLEASE do not cancel The Good Guys, if Fox doesn't want it, I'm very, VERY sure that some other network can pick it up and run with this! I can literally go on and on about everything I like about this show. Whether it be the fact that it's out of it's time, or the acting, or the story-telling. Collin Hanks and Bradley Whitford deliver. As a fan, I can see how people would believe I'm biased, but I've sat people down my age and told them to watch, and at the end, we're singin' FOGHAT and throwing our fists in the air. I see the reviews about stereotypes and by-the-books cop comedy, and I think that maybe they haven't given the show a fair chance, this is hyperbole at it's finest. Anyway, beyond my glowing reviews, I have to give a shout out to Angela Sarafyan, she is gorgeous, and definitely on her way to bigger things. Samantha Evans (her character) was a breath of fresh air in the latter part of this first season, and she will be the reason I see my first Twilight movie. If I truly have seen the last of The Good Guys, I just want to take the opportunity to thank the entire cast for all of their hard work and dedication, I never gave up on you guys, and you never gave up on me. Thank you for making wonderful TV that made me laugh and cheer week-in and week-out. Now lets crank up some Foghat and crash a classic car through a building!
Yes, The Good guys is outlandish, **** at times and a bit cheesy - but that's the point! The show is supposed to be fun, and it is. Cop shows nowadays spend so much time trying to be overly dramatic and painstakingly scientific that they all kind of run together into a big dull blob. The Good Guys is good old-fashioned mindless entertainment, the kind that makes you want to sit down with a few friends and some beer and just have fun. Besides - how can Bradley Whitford NOT completely crack you up with that crazy 'stache and his Burt Reynolds-meets-Barney Miller persona? Critics won't like it, because they all take themselves too seriously, but pay no attention to them - The Good Guys is an entertaining show. It delivers exactly what it promises, and casts no aspersions about it's intentions.
All I can say is that line when they are going to the premiere of their movie - "Let's go tux ourselves!"...
is frigin hilarious
This show is pretty damn funny
I'm conflicted about The Good Guys: The funny parts are really good, but the dull points REALLY drag. As it stands, if I happen to be watching the show, I multitask on something else so I only have to pay attention to the good parts. I think it has great potential, but it has yet to be realized.