Angie Tribeca

I thought this series was a drama until I watched the commercials again. Rashida Jones plays a Los Angeles police detective. At first, I took her seriously. This series is spoofing and parody of crime dramas. That's one of the reasons I enjoy it so much. I'm tired of crime dramas that become redundant. Angie TriBeCa is an entertaining show with Jere Burns as her boss. There are familiar faces too like Kerry Kinney, James Franco, and others as well. Dean Cole is funny as her partner. They solve murders, ferret smuggling, and other crimes. It's a show that gives plenty of laughs and mocks the crime dramas. Nancy Walls and her husband Steve Carrell are executive producers too.

This show is so funny that I have, lit'rally, lost my breath from laughing so hard. This show is a farce of the highest level. It should not be taken seriously by anyone at any time. The great thing about it is that the only ones that do take it seriously are the characters in the show that don't know they're in a farce. They think they're in an episode of Law & Order:Criminal Minds New York...Blue. And any topic is fair game. From the autopsy procedure with M.E. Dr. Scholls to the extreme stereotypes in every cop partner relationship with Tribeca and her partner, Jay Geils, to the secondary cop whose partner is a German Shepherd that barks like a dog but is understood like a regular human. Add to that every double entendre in the book and insanely bizarre and outrageous undercover scenes. Oh, and since this is a commercial free binge-a-thon, the blatant product placement is a riot in and unto itself. I love it, and this is just 5 episodes in!!

This is a TV comedic series in the fashion of movies such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun.

The jokes cover a broad range of humor, from subtle to caustic to plain ridiculous.

Most of them are idioms or metaphors that the characters meant literally (like "-This case stinks. -No it's me I ate garlic."). Lots of spoofing and puns delivered in deadpan face.

Sometimes you have to really pay attention to get the meta-humor like in the 8th episode where around 4:00 the series does some very deliberate continuity goofs to mock single-camera shows where the 2 characters talking change clothes, background action and even the ...actors (by exchange them with lookalikes) from one edit-cut to the next.

If you know Brooklyn-9-9 (which by the way might share the same police precinct/stage) Angie Tribeca is 100 times more quirky and surreal.

The cast is capable but in my opinion Alfred Molina's performance is the one that stands out, in a small but funny role, playing an M.E.

There are some well known guest stars including Bill Murray and James Franco but they seem like haven't got too much (of a script) to work with.

The first 3 episodes seemed like more organized and inspired. Later the writers turned to a rhythm one-joke-every-second that might be overwhelming for most viewers.

Overall: Like the movie genre which is the inspiration for this (The Naked Gun franchise) you either love it or hate it. Personally I will keep watching.

The first huge mistake was taking this show out of the police station and making it a mobile unit, with several new and poor characters.

Their next mistake was letting Geils go. The show wasn't the same without him.

Their final mistake was replacing the writers with new ones in season 4 (I am assuming, from its lack of humor and painfully awkward scenes sometimes).

Watch seasons 1-3 and skip 4.

If you didn't grow up in the 90s with PoliceSquad and Naked Gun this might be new and innovative. It's so close

to both that I suspect a tribute more than a knock off. The deadpan humour still works. Maybe not material to fill 10 seasons; it definitely is a good laugh.

Jones will always be hilarious. The drawback of these kind of shows is that the style becomes a one trick pony of situational humour and word games. Once you figured it out it becomes predictable. Until then it is absolutely still worth it as a 80ies tribute.

Having had my share of Flying high, naked gun and police Squad it's a little too obvious.