OK, first off with the negative stuff: The format was planted into a completely saturated market, and, with all the competition, the series is nothing terribly new. Had the creators maybe waited until "Castle" or "Rizzoli & Isles" had aired their last season, this series would have filled a great gap - the witty cop show that makes you feel better for watching it. Now the two aforementioned series have run their course, and "The Mysteries of Laura" has undeservedly tanked after two seasons (with nothing to replace it, really). Fantastic.As to the positive aspects - well, the characters are entertainingly written (and the actors do a great job bringing that to the screen), the cases themselves provide a decent amount of suspension, and it doesn't have a fundamentally depressing undertone to it (which makes for great serial classics like "Breaking Bad" or "Narcos", but sometimes that's simply not what you're looking for). If you like the type of cop shows that you can watch from the sofa while maybe eating a taco, just to have a good time - and don't want a format where every second episode involves chasing some super secret McGuffin that jeopardizes the security of the US and whatnot - this is for you.The series has quite a loyal small fan base in the German-speaking area. So fingers crossed we'll maybe get a DVD release.

This entertaining cop show is set in New York and follows the eponymous Detective Laura Diamond as she and her colleagues solve a variety of murders. Things are slightly complicated by the fact that her captain, Jake, is also her ex-husband and back home she has a couple of rather wild twin boys to look after.In many ways this is a very traditional series; there is a different case in each episode and we just know that Laura will ultimately solve the case. Thankfully that doesn't make the series stale; it has plenty of funny moments without feeling too forced and the characters are a lot of fun. Away from the cases there is the constant will-they won't-they regarding the possibility of Laura and Jake getting back together. Debra Messing is great in the lead role and is able supported by Josh Lucas as Jake, Janina Gavankar and Laz Alonso as fellow detectives Meredith and Billy and Max Jenkins as office boy Max Carnegie. There is a good chemistry between the characters in what is for the most part a feel good series; there are moments of tragedy though. Overall I'd recommend this to anybody looking for a cop show that isn't part of a franchise like so many current series seem to be.

I really love this show, it is real, down to earth and downright funny as well. As a working woman all my life with 4 children, women have it a lot harder than most men as their job doesn't end when they come home from work, it is just beginning. Debra Messing does a great job as a super smart detective, who gets the job done while still juggling all the chaos in her life. It's real life and funny. The cast works so well together, each with their own personality and dramas. My husband didn't watch it with me at first, but know he's also gotten into it as well and that is very unusual. Please consider giving it a chance at another season, it keeps getting better and better.

I was really looking forward to this show as I do love Debra Messing. The first episode had me confused and I could not understand who would put a show like this to air....so I thought it would surely get better??? I gave it another chance and it proved that it was just a terrible show. The plots are unimaginable and the script worse! Debra Messing drops her food to the ground to taser a crim, she then doesn't move from her spot, picks her food up off the ground and continues about her day. This is just not believable! Not to mention she drugs her kids with cough syrup to get them into a daycare/kindy. TERRIBLE!Please take this show off the air!