I really enjoy this series. Most genius... I still wondering why they cancel it.

I was so upset when this show went off the air, just seeing that 2 years ago a spin off is in the works. I can't freaking wait if that is true. I got Netflix just to binge watch the show. I absolutely love this show. Great writing and acting.I think my favorite season was 2, had no idea that it was 23 or so episodes. That almost blew me away like when does the drama end. I forgot why Mekhi Phifer left, but I like him as the FBI agent.

This show was pretty good. I think it lost steam and was canceled because of the turn to focus on the character's personal life and less so on the cases, which I agree was a bad choice: one that would be good in a movie but not in a series because people watch for each episodes individual story-line and case (think: house, law and order, etc). But I have a different complaint: the facial expressions in this show are so exaggerated. I am very observant and I've never seen anyone make the expressions that the characters make in this show. It's so exaggerated. A character will be very obviously scrunch their face up in disgust when asked about someone they "like," and then lie and say they like them, and then he will be like "aha oh why are you disgusted with her" and the character is like "what? No I'm not?!" And it's just like.... That was obvious. No one talks and uses the expressions the way they made the characters do in this show. It was so unnatural and exaggerated. This would be easy to overlook if it wasn't the whole premise and didn't happen like 10 times in every episode. It ruined it for me.

I have watched all of season 1, which totally blew me away. Absolutely brilliant, lovely, entertaining, educational, interesting, exciting, funny, with one surprise after another.I am just now finishing season 2, which I am sorry to say in my opinion the show starts heading for a nosedive. Strangely, I have read other reviews saying seasons 2 and 3 were BETTER than season 1, so that made my disappointment a bit more poignant. I was expecting better.Rather than getting "better," it got more "action" and "action-suspense" driven, with plenty of violence with "wilder" stories (wilder as opposed to more fascinating).I still like the show enough to continue watching and expect to finish through all three seasons, but if season 3 is anything as "action-devoted" as season 2, I'll be doing a lot of fast-forwarding (like I eventually had to do with season 2 in order to get myself to even keep watching). So many trashing "cheap thrills" from serial killers to prostitutes -- which I would much rather see their faces when Cal and the others are questioning them rather than "on the beat." This is a show that was fascinating WITHOUT the action-adrenaline rushes, Why did they have to ruin it? What happened? Did they lose key writers from the first season? I do not know. If season 3 actually starts to veer up toward the high quality of season 1 I'll update this review later to let you know!