The first episode of "Raines" really surprised me. I was expecting the usual procedural formula with contemporary spice & sadism tossed in to please the blood and flash types. Not so. The show is based on a genuinely sophisticated premise: Namely, a cop haunted by "ghosts" of his crime-fighting past. This device worked beautifully. Goldblum and the guy who plays his boss were excellent. This show is probably too subtle to be very popular, but I sure hope it hangs around. I'm really looking forward to episode number 2. Oddly enough, another show that I consider excellent (namely "Numbers")is on at the same time as "Raines". I would never have seen "Raines" had not the NCAA Basketball Tournament pre-empted "Numbers". Now "Raines" is Numero Uno. "Numbers" (that excellent show about detection through higher mathematics) is - well - Number Two. That's just the way it goes.
In fine - well done indeed.
In fine - well done indeed.