King

I just caught this series in basic-cable syndication. Amy Price-Francis was perfectly cast as a smart, humanly flawed wise-ass detective. The crimes were solidly written; her team was mostly a plus, even though "Martin" was used too little.

Those elements would have warranted a higher rating and a longer run but for all the romantic subplots that burdened our star, and often exhausted my patience. Will she and Danny get pregnant? Will his gambling prove their undoing? Will one of her other admirers become hubby #4, or a steppingstone along the way? ALL those dangling tendrils detracted from the main stories and diminished Price-Francis' character.

I hope Ms. Price-Francis has been featured in more worthy vehicles since this one ended. I'll be looking for them.

The filming of this was well done with good montages that made it more interesting visually. There were some funny technical issues with the home DVD release that were in my opinion significant. My newish version of this program caused my DVD player to seize up and freeze. I'm thinking due to a low quality pressing. Stuff like that makes most people-myself included- not pursue watching the other discs. I've never seen such a serious technical issue before and I've watched hundreds of things including DVD's that are quite old-relatively speaking. The lead actress is strong but the rest of them are perhaps just not given much to demonstrate their acting skills adequately and as a result the show suffers from a certain amount of blandness despite the clever use of artsy colorful montages. I thought it was 'not bad' but could have been better-maybe not hugely better-but it could have had more humor-there wasn't much humor in it which rendered it kind of astringent viewing at times.

This is the cringiest show. Not the actual storyline, but the characters. The King character is this ridiculous woman who acts wise-assy and dresses like a clown. I guess the writers are trying to make her seem edgy and cool, but she comes off as cringy. She (Amy Price-Francis) is, in my opinion, a below basic actor. All of the supporting characters are also silly. The writers of this series also suck. The scene in S1 E1 where she is first introduced to the new task force, that she is in charge of, after spending over a year answering phones, is so stupid. They're all discussing the case, when all of a sudden, personal questions/ comments are being made about King's marital status. I can see why this series died. And I'm only 20 mins in on S1 E1. Lol. I'll watch another episode or two to give it a fair chance, maybe it will grown on me....

Homicide detective Jessica King (Amy Price-Francis) is sharp and great at her job. She has been ostracized for rooting out corruption in the force. Her personal life isn't much better. She and her husband are having marital problems; getting pregnant, outside love interest, and his gambling problem. She's taken back to create Major Crimes Task Force to deal with special cases. The constant visual joke is her height. She's always wearing heels no matter how much it hurts, and she towers over the chief in charge. That always brings me a smile.

It's a pretty good procedural. Amy is a good solid actress. She commands the screen, but other than a few others, there is a lack of solid actors. It lasted 2 seasons. For a Canadian production without any US support, it's probably as much as can be expected.

Too many eggs in one basket. As enticing as Amy Price-Francis was in this show.. she was left carrying the weight of the entire series. And the 'relationships' with her several husbands, and a subordinate were never going to be enough to secure interest for a long time run for the series. Cop shows by nature are all pretty standard stuff.. the ones that survive through multiple seasons usually have numerous characters that the audience can latch onto. King never achieved this kind of storyline or character development, and was so one dimensional as to become unwatchable. Would really like to see Price-Francis again in a much more developed work, as she most definitely has the necessary allure and talent.