King & Maxwell

Sadly I just learned that King & Maxwell was cancelled. I thought it was a great adaptation of Baldacci's books. Edgar being my favorite character portrayed wonderfully by Ryan Hurst. Jon Tenney has never disappointed and I felt Rebecca Romijn worked well with Tenney. The comic banter is done quite well and we were just getting to see inner personalities develop. The writing is well done and set choices appropriate. Perhaps if we viewers are lucky someone else will pick it up. We are being inundated with idiotic reality shows like the new Chrisley show, its embarrassing to watch people make fools of themselves. THere are some pretty dumb fictional shows as well. What audience are they polling because no one ever asks me or anyone I know, and I hear people complain all the time about the volume of intelligence insulting reality shows.

I've read all the books from David Baldacci about these two. Great books by the way. The series is good but really needs to be about 2 hours long for more in-depth story line that these two deserve. The first episode was not that good. The 2nd was better as was the third. The fourth one nailed it. Hence the summary…give it another try…it's a lot better as they move along. Jon Tenney as Sean King is very in-line with Baldacci's concept. Rebecca Romijn as Michelle Maxwell is even better!! Ryan Hurst as Edgar Roy makes this even better as they explore his past and he helps Sean King deal with his past...you have to check out the fourth episode as it becomes more interesting!

Jon Tenney fresh from being an FBI agent and married to Kyra Sedgwick in The Closer and Rebecca Romjin fresh from being married to John Stamos in real life co-star in a new television King&Maxwell. The two are former Secret Service agents who had two tragedies break on them while on the job. Now they're private detectives and in addition Tenney is a lawyer.

Being both a PI and an attorney opens up a whole lot of story possibilities. Tenney can be a lawyer and he can have Romjin do his investigating and occasionally lend her a hand. On The Closer Tenney was a recovering alcoholic and he continues in the same guise here.

Romjin and Tenney looked comfortable working together. Working out of WAshington, DC also opens up all kinds of possibilities for political intrigue in their cases as well.

I hope the show finds an audience.

Ton Tenney and Rebecca Romjin made very good co-stars in this short lived series. They seems to gel quite well and with time even more chemistry could be found.

Interesting stories, well directed and acted. It would have been nice to give this series a bit more time.

Recommended.

It's probably unfair to be comparing a series that's 8 episodes old with one that's past the ton, but it's probably inevitable considering its niche.

So far, as a crime comedy series, it seems nice and perky. Nothing wildly challenging; but then again it doesn't take itself too seriously, so it would be churlish to be super picky - although the writers do sometimes go overboard with the "cutesy" dialogue.

The leads are good - it's nice to see Jon Tenney in a lead role, and Rebecca Romijn is a pleasant surprise as the feisty, competitive Mrs-Peel-for-the-2010s - but the real standouts are the satellite characters of Edgar (Ryan Hurst) and Benny (Dichen Lachmann). I certainly hope they're developed more.

I also like the gradually emerging subplot of the mystery behind the assassination that got Sean kicked out of the SS (interesting initials those - and actually used that way in the program); but I hope they add a bit more depth to our heroes, and maybe explore the possibilities of "enhanced friendship" between Sean and Michelle.

So: Not bad - I've certainly seen worse - but not quite in 'Castle' territory yet.

7/10 right now; and I hope it gets better, because I'll be watching.