First, I'm a 30 year retired cop. This excellent screenplay and acting really set me back on my heels. This is a pretty accurate show on procedures and politics. In reality the norm is heads will roll if you push as hard as these two cops do. Pressure from the top would squelch any further digging into the main bad guy. He's connected and has his entourage of people connected. Keep in mind, this is t.v. but this is one well put together show. The underlying heat between partners of the opposite sex can and does occur and it's portrayed very well by the two main actors. Their mannerisms are very accurate also in areas of interviews and interrogations. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and hope it continues with the excellent writing and cast.

The series gave me a similar feel to my favorite TV drama – House. Perhaps it's the mystery genre (House's character is loosely based on Sherlock Holmes), or maybe it's the elaborate personal backstories among the main characters. I knew that I would like Detective Hildy Mulligan (played by Kathleen Robinson) from the moment she came on the screen. A hot, single, working mother who investigates homicides for a living? What a badass. The pilot episode opens with Detective Mulligan getting ready for her day, starting by answering a phone call from her ex-husband. She eventually tells him where to go – and the feminist in me is cheering my ass off for her.Thank you - happy reading!

Robertson and Diggs are terrific as English and Mulligan, in the same class as Brennan and Booth and Castle and Beckett. Direction is outstanding as is cinematography, both filling each episode with visual nuances that Diggs and Robertson perform flawlessly. Secondary characters are equally good, for the most part. So - Well crafted, well acted and a pleasure to watch.But, as always, detest repeat villains and drawn-out to the point of soap-opry-ness plots. And, it seems, the whole first season is going to be the Saga of Blunt. Wish they'd have opted for a more traditional episodic format.That said, I'll take it since, while tiresome, Blunt doesn't succeed in blunting (sorry, irresistible) the pleasure of watching all of the other parts mesh.One of those parts is Steven Weber, formerly of Wings and a short stint on Without a Trace, as Bill Wilkerson. MIF completes his trifecta; he's actually able to play out-of-control hysteria with understatement. Part of that nuance I mentioned. As is Tom Felton, who pushes Blunt right up to the edge of "strangle-him-on-sight", regardless of his guilt.Like Bones, Castle and, to a lesser degree, The Mentalist, the point is the interaction between the characters. For me, MIF matches the best while adding its own, unique style of getting there.

I agree with the previous reviewer. The writing is forgettable, trite. It seems to be a cheap take-off of True Detective, which was well written and mesmerizing. I was excited at first because the bad guy was almost a caricature of ultimate evil and spoiled brat. Then I realized they intended to drag it out to the entire season for one murder and I bailed. I don't think the acting is bad but why watch if the writing doesn't go anywhere? Someone else said that the feeling was dated and I agree.....a little too dark, a little too melodramatic, and way too same ole, same ole. Usually I like TNT shows but this one didn't do it for me.