I have just found this and am enjoying the DVDs. However, very, very surprised it was cancelled after two seasons.Every character is a winner. A mix of broken eccentric people that somehow make it work. Except maybe Donal Logue, who plays exactly the same part in Gotham. He is obviously a one trick pony.NBC just don't know when they have gold. They cancel randomly, with no thought to the viewing audience. In 10 years, they have learnt nothing.

Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) is an LAPD cop who was framed for the murders of his friends. He is exonerated by DNA evidence and released after 12 years of brutal imprisonment in Pelican Bay. He has embodied a sense of zen and is given a large settlement. Four months later, he is back on the force as a detective. His senior partner Dani Reese (Sarah Shahi) is being pressured by their boss Lt. Davis to find dirt on him and is struggling with her own addiction problems. His friend from prison Ted Earley (Adam Arkin) is now his business manager. Robert Stark (Brent Sexton) was his beat cop partner during his arrest. Captain Kevin Tidwell (Donal Logue) is the new supervisor in the second season.Damian Lewis delivers an intriguing character. He has some of the Monk characteristics but he's nowhere near as fun. The labyrinthian conspiracy can be confounding. It's a bit messy and the show's flow gets disjointed. The two partners eventually gain enough chemistry. It is an interesting cop show that skews off-kilter but not with laughs. It's a little odd but well worth a watch.

This show's concept was brilliant. The cast was mostly awesome (especially Lewis, with outstanding supporting performances by Garret Dillahunt and Gabrielle Union). After the first episode, I thought for sure that this would be a 5-mug show. Unfortunately, over its 2 seasons, it turned out to be a mix of great creativity without the attention to detail and follow-through necessary to bring it to its full potential. The overall story lines and individual-episode plots were interesting, unique, and entertaining, and the dialogue was even pretty witty. I even liked the Buddhist voice-overs with lessons relevant to each episode. However, too many scenes seemed hokey and/or contrived. It felt like a bunch of effort and intelligence was spent on thinking up concepts for intriguing and entertaining characters and stories, but little effort was spent on fitting that creativity into a believable story. If your show is about police and murders, you should probably research some of that subject. For example, somebody needed to tell the directors and writers that it is not always appropriate for a policeman to draw his weapon in every circumstance. Although this series did not live up to its full potential, it was entertaining, and I did not feel that my time was wasted watching it.

I was every episode of this show while it was running on NBC; and I've since bought bought the the two seasons of the show on iTunes. I've all the episodes a few more times over the years; and it hasn't lost any of it's original appeal. In the last five to ten years NBC has been making terrible programing decision; which is demonstrated by their terrible ratings numbers on nearly every time period of nearly every day of the week. This was an excellent show; with a great cast, turning in great performances, helped by excellent writing. Damian Lewis and Sarah Shahi bring to life two quirky and fun characters. Damian playing man deeply affected by the years he spent in spent being brutalized while serving time for a crime he didn't commit. Add to his problems, the problems of Sarah's character who has burned many bridges on her job with the LAPD; and is stuck with Crews (Damian's character). They are backed up by a very deep and excellent supporting cast. Adam Arkin doesn't get a lot of screen time but adds a great deal to the series. Other supporting characters include Donal Logue ("Terrers", "The Knights of Prosperiety", etc.) who joins the show half way through the first season as Crews shift commander. And those are just a few of the members of this wonderful cast. Each episode was a new a new case; but there were a few on-going story lines that were woven into various episodes; that involved Crews looking the men that helped him get convicted and put in prison, his discovery of a many of the new things (small cell phones, flat panels, and many other new bits of technology and pop culture) that he has not seen before and has to get used to, his interests in new cars, his use of Zen to help him survive jail and survive the outside world. I won't go into details of episode story lines; but suffice to say this is a fun, moving, and some times gripping series. This is a show that should have lasted at least five seasons. NBC didn't bother to publicize this show anywhere near enough; and didn't give it enough time on a specific day at a specific time for this show to gain an audience. This is a smart, fun, cop drama that I can't imagine anyone, who gives it a chance, could possibly dislike. You can get all the episodes for a reasonable price on iTunes; it's a great return for your entertainment dollars. If your reading this, take my advice look this show up on iTunes and check out the previews, and buy yourself a season. Once you do; you'll be sorry there's only one more season to come by. I'd give it 15 stars if I could!!!