philosophyguru

Yet one more police procedural brought to us by Dick Wolf of Law and Order fame. Too much cut and dried police procedural like the old Law and Order. They have even recycled a few of the actors from Law and Order.

I enjoyed watching the old Law and Order for 20 years. I'm ready for something different. I keep watching FBI because it's not bad. I don't make a special point to watch FBI because it's not that great.

I noticed that many of the less than great reviews are based on just watching the pilot, or a few episodes. After watching the first few episodes I wondered where it was heading, and was not yet hooked. But as I keep watching, every episode make me like it more. There is the weekly murder mystery, as well as the ongoing backstory.

While some people might compare this show to Criminal Minds, it's different. With Criminal Minds it is more of a good guys catch bad guys type of show. The last show I like as much as this was The Mentalist, the main character had a way to get into people's minds, and is not afraid to take it to the extreme. With Prodigal Son, much like the Mentalist, the main character has a perspective on the criminals based on personal tragedies.

I do not watch much television. Every year there are only a few shows that I make a point of watching. Prodigal Son has become one of those shows for me

This was one of the best individual episodes of a show on network television I have seen in years. This show and this episode was twisted in so many ways, but in a way that tells a intriguing story.

Without giving too much away, saying this episode was a shocker is a twist on one of the themes of this episode, as well as referring to the shocking twists at the end of the episode.

So much on television are the same old stories recycled. Criminal Minds for example is a serial killer of the week where good guys catch bad guys. So far every episode of Prodigal Son offers a new twist beyond the typical themes.