The Good Ones

Its definitely not deserving of a 1* anymore than it is of a 10* Not a very fun or entertaining episode of B99, while I understand the reviews calling it necessary its not why I watch this show or indeed can watching this show on random shuffle when doing other things.

Its not surprising that they released 2 episodes back to back like this and that the following episode is more instep with what people have come to expect from B99. I'm not sure if not doing so would have hurt viewing numbers but this way I think it solves possible issues and keeps the drama down.

The discussion around policing has changed a lot in the last ~10 years and rightfully so. Obviously a show taking place in a police department would have to deal with that. Unfortunately, this episode feels like a very one-dimensional take on a very complicated issue.

Characters are simply split into "good" and "bad" groups and they fall into the most predictable, stereotypical camps. People that agree with the politics will give it a 10, people who disagree will give it a 1. Personally, I think the problem is not with the politics, but with how poorly the themes of the episode are woven into the story. It feels like the show is trying to tell me how to think and that feels a little uncomfortable, even if I *do* ultimately agree with the message being presented.

Some might say that it's not the responsibility of a comedy show to deal with such serious issues, but I disagree. Other shows have managed to bridge social commentary and comedy premises and we should be holding comedies to higher standards.

It just doesn't click for me. Hopefully the next episode is better.

The episode just felt like the writers addressing the elephant in the room. The plot lines didn't feel natural, and the bits were incredibly unfunny which isn't consistent with the rest of the show. I get they had a message for this episode, but the execution was really... really... bad.

It was really just them apologizing for being cops on tv and it's all awkward, barely any jokes. Really hope the next bunch of EPs are better, hate for the series to go out like this.