It is completely unacceptable. All television shows featuring more than two characters who are ostensibly unrelated must include at least one person "of colour."

Looking forward to this. I admit to being something of a "lad's lad," but even I don't want to see another Breaking bad formula remake just now.

"Intelligence" (the Canadian series of this name) had some pretty good "Canadian mobsters" in it. Also a bit unconventional-seeming, as I think on it.

And even more impressive in that you're not likely to be talking about a small number of people when contemplating the category: "tramp-stamped paralegal in Florida"

Ha ha, tries to correct error in a phoned-in review. +1 for heart, -1 for naivete.

I'd go with "the knob who TEACHES the first-year creative writing class" instead, as Todd's little opus was at least somewhat polished in a technical sense. But yes.

And I bet he snipped Dana Brody and her "dull/normal" 70 IQ-esque level of enunciation a bit short too after that whole angle got roundly panned.

As to Gansa.

Both Sepinwall and Andy Greenberg at Grantland were out today with utter and complete demolitions of this train wreck of a show. AND episode. Opinions differ, of course, but how the authors of this review came to such a different conclusion just utterly amazes me.

What they are doing with Clarke Peters as big chief Lambreaux is some of the most affecting, moving stuff I have ever seen on television.

Oh, also, when Brody is up on the scaffold my two expectations:

The World's Worst CIA Agent (TM) gets made into the youngest Station Chief in Agency history after a record of insubordination, borderline (?) treason, psychological problems (and lying about same), attempts to undermine ongoing operations, getting romantically involved with potential/actual/probable terrorists, etc.

If not arrested and put 24/7 into the waterboarding machine for about the next 20 years.

All I can say is: "why did I like this show originally?"

My thoughts exactly

I have always like Happy as a character

Great comment. A much better breaddown of this show and its characters (and the deficiencies of same) than anything our reviewer has ever mustered with his chronic and repetitive whinging.

Clarke Peters. Holy shit. Always knew he could seriously bring it, but DAMN.

Indeed - non-compete clauses infest just about every part of the business world. I'd think they would be even more widespread and prevalent in the whole "chef" miliue.

Plus DJ Jubilee in the background at one point if you fancy a fantastic bounce track.