I love cop shows

[George K]

I'm addicted to good cop shows. There are so many out there which have sucked time from my life. I think I got hooked with "Foyle's War" which introduced me into the genre.

Shows I've enjoyed:

1) The Shield
2) Foyle's War
3) Line of Duty
4) DCI Banks
5) Morse
6) Lewis
7) Unforgotten
8 ) The Sinner
9) Longmire
10) Justified
11) Bosch
12) Goliath

I'm sure there are others I've not included.

There are others I've watched that I can't remember at the moment. So many people rave about The Wire, but I just couldn't, after two tries, get into it. Perhaps I should give it another shot.

I've tried Endeavour, but it's just too obscure for me as it progresses. The slow introduction, which introduces so many people - one of which might be the bad guy - is baffling. As I watch, I find myself thinking, "Wait, did I see that guy?"

Are there some that I'm missing?

[Copper]

Car 54
CHiPs
Gun smoke
Hill Street Blues
Barney Miller
Andy Griffith
Sledge Hammer!

[George K]

@copper said in I love cop shows:

Car 54
CHiPs
Gun smoke
Hill Street Blues
Barney Miller
Andy Griffith
Sledge Hammer!

Yeah, thanks.

How about something from this century?

[Doctor Phibes]

A really good one from the end of the last century is Prime Suspect, with Helen Mirren. Not sure what it's streaming on - it was on Prime for a while, but was taken off year ago or so.

[Axtremus]

Castle.
If you consider that a "cop show," then that's probably the only cop show I watched more or less in its entirety. :man-shrugging:

[George K]

@doctor-phibes thanks!

I watched the first one yesterday and was a bit put off by the emphasis on Tenison’s position and angst as a woman. That was put on the back burner in the second episode.

I’m enjoying so far.

Hulu has it now.

[Doctor Phibes]

Another British one Mrs. Phibes and I enjoyed was River, which is on Netflix - it's slightly odd, in that one of the characters is dead, and is basically a figment of the main character's imagination.

I know, it sounds like Randall and Hopkirk (deceased), but it really isn't - it's very good.

[George K]

@doctor-phibes thanks.

On Amazon Prime.

Added to my list.

[Jolly]

A different approach...How about something to listen to while walking?

Johnny Dollar is an investigator for different insurance companies. The premise of the show uses his expense account to narrate the plot.

Link to video

[Aqua Letifer]

Jesse Stone, man. The books are just fun, and the movies are great, too. They're shot in a Hallmark movie kinda way but the stories are well-done.

Bonus: a dog is a central character.

[Catseye3]

@aqua-letifer said in I love cop shows:

Jesse Stone, man.

I could never buy Selleck as Jesse, though. He was just too . . . I dunno, Selleck.

It was like trying to buy Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra. Her Elizabeth Taylor-ness was too intrusive.

[Aqua Letifer]

@catseye3 said in I love cop shows:

I could never buy Selleck as Jesse, though. He was just too . . . I dunno, Selleck.

I thought he did an excellent job as Jesse. Magnum P.I. the show ain't, in every way.

[Catseye3]

@aqua-letifer

Well, your opinion is stupid.
^

[Aqua Letifer]

He did a good job. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[Mik]

I agree with Aqua. Thought Selleck was good in the Jesse Stone pics. Like him in Bluebloods as well.

[Jolly]

@aqua-letifer said in I love cop shows:

Jesse Stone, man. The books are just fun, and the movies are great, too. They're shot in a Hallmark movie kinda way but the stories are well-done.

Bonus: a dog is a central character.

Haven't yet found a really good Spencer, though...

[Catseye3]

@jolly said in I love cop shows:

Haven't yet found a really good Spencer, though...

No, Robert Urich didn't work for me, either. Neither did Avery Brooks, come to think of it.

I'd like to have seen Stacy Keach in the role.

[Jolly]

Thought he did a good job as Hammer...

[jon-nyc]

NYPD Blue

[jodi]

There is one that takes place in the islands above Scotland (which is named for them) and I can’t remember that name either…