I have been in law enforcement for over 30 years now. Only two shows really capture what it is really like: from the US, Homicide: Life on the Streets and the Canadian classic Da Vinci's Inquest. What sets this show apart from just about every other show is how true it is to real life. Life isn't always about good and bad; there are many shades of gray. Cases aren't always tied up in a neat bow. Good people have character flaws. Bad people are often good people with a single character flaw. Life goes on. I can't praise this show enough for realistic writing and acting. I think that I counted exactly one car chase in all the years that it was on--and it was a slow-paced car chase. The cops all smoked cigarettes and drank coffee out of Styrofoam cups. That may sound like a cliché, but I assure you, it's absolutely accurate. There were good cops, troubled cops, and bad cops. Justice didn't always prevail. Like the US show Homicide, I never considered this show as just a police procedural. It was a show about life.
Review of Da Vinci's Inquest
