I hate lawyer/cop shows. I make exception for CI. Vincent D'Onofrio plays Detective Robert Goren with a touch of class and detailed knowledge of obscure facts worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle most famous character Sherlock Holmes as grand eloquently played by Basil Rathbone. There is a cheerful playfulness that Vince D'Onforio adds to the Goren type of police character that Basil Rathbone lacked.
Goren's Watson is very much unlike the bumbling muttering Dr Watson played by Nigel Bruce. Kathryn Erbe plays the role of Detective Alexandra Eames as an equal, equally tough and so straight that she'd impress Sir Arthur and even Basil Rathbone himself.
The two detectives are often assisted by A.D.A. Ron Carver played by Courtney B. Vance who is quite the fashion plate of the conservative look.
Their occasional Moriarity is Nicole, an Australian homicidal maniac who manages to elude them at every turn. I'd like to see more of Nicole. Said Basil Rathbone of the bay-guy in a film: The bad guy has character that the heroes lack. We see in him //her// all the human faults with which we can identify.
CI takes embellished versions of some of the most fantastic crime stories that appear in the tabloid and deals directly with sensitive issues such as the integrity of federal under-cover probes but always treats with them with the series' signature touch of class.
The series may have been inspired by the old Columbo TV movies but I see more of Basil Rathbone in the three characters Gorn - Eames - Carver than Peter Falk's Columbo who played out the wisdom of Sherlock Holmes with the bumbling manner of Dr Watson.
I am sorry to read that D'Onforio has tired of the role but so too did the archetype of the police detective Basil Rathbone who refused to make more films even though the series was still popular.
Goren's Watson is very much unlike the bumbling muttering Dr Watson played by Nigel Bruce. Kathryn Erbe plays the role of Detective Alexandra Eames as an equal, equally tough and so straight that she'd impress Sir Arthur and even Basil Rathbone himself.
The two detectives are often assisted by A.D.A. Ron Carver played by Courtney B. Vance who is quite the fashion plate of the conservative look.
Their occasional Moriarity is Nicole, an Australian homicidal maniac who manages to elude them at every turn. I'd like to see more of Nicole. Said Basil Rathbone of the bay-guy in a film: The bad guy has character that the heroes lack. We see in him //her// all the human faults with which we can identify.
CI takes embellished versions of some of the most fantastic crime stories that appear in the tabloid and deals directly with sensitive issues such as the integrity of federal under-cover probes but always treats with them with the series' signature touch of class.
The series may have been inspired by the old Columbo TV movies but I see more of Basil Rathbone in the three characters Gorn - Eames - Carver than Peter Falk's Columbo who played out the wisdom of Sherlock Holmes with the bumbling manner of Dr Watson.
I am sorry to read that D'Onforio has tired of the role but so too did the archetype of the police detective Basil Rathbone who refused to make more films even though the series was still popular.