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Just binge watched the first season, I was impressed, though not perfect this thinking action cop series excels where many bigger, bigger budget shows failed. First they trust that the audience is sharp enough to get the non-tropes storyline despite very sharp shot dialogue. It's sort of the anti-"Breaking Bad" in that way. While Breaking Bad had great stories and wonderful natural feeling dialog, Rogue has clippy stylized (not overtly though) dialogue,that would be suitable for graphic-novel based characters - but it doesn't feel graphic-novel-ish as dialogue goes on, it just feels sharp, and you can look at as many layers of meaning or implication as you do, or do not want. Whether you're a high school drop-out, or have university degrees up and down your sleeves, you can get a rise out of viewing the show.

The characters -some particularly good ones in the main and supporting cast, the strong characterizations (all the leads) are very good, and the few less strong ones (the Police Lieutenant is an uneven portrait)don't drag it down that much. Between great casting strong writing Big kudos to the Show-runner! (For the Brits, that's Yankee for "Executive Producer") - for those interested, in the movies "Executive Producer" is a relatively lame title demanded by everyone of the sister of the person who held coffee for someone who helped bring a bit of money, or was in the chain of people who helped secure a big star feels a self important need for an "Executive Producer" credit. Well, 3 out of 4 of them don't deserve it. In television (in North America anyhow)it is the opposite, the "Executive Producer" heads the writing room, is often the "creator" of the series and the title normally signals real creative and writer-ly responsibility.