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Topic: Murder in a Small Town (2024)

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Karl Alberg is a detective that moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work, but this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets, and Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore.

Was really looking forward to this show. I like the concept of small town cop shows.

Unfortunately with two episodes watched, if I had to describe this show with one word, it would be "flat".
There is absolutely no suspense-building with the cases they are working on. You don't feel the impact of any of the revelations.

I get what they were trying to do with Karl Albergs character. But he just comes off as boring and set in his ways.
The other (regular) characters are just OK, no one really standing out.
And the humour, which is important for a show like this, is barely existing.

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Cassandra is more interesting then Albert and she is a "librarian" ! - from the poster I thought she would help solve the crimes, consultant-style. So far she is just the girlfriend for Karl, really hope they are gonna do more with that character.

I don't know what they were trying to do with Edwina. At the beginning of Episode 01. She just starts working at the police station, they even mention she was part of a task force who took down a cartell....and then they do absolutely nothing with her character. In Episode 2 it even feels like she has always worked in this small town and nowhere else ever.

Apart from Cassandra and Phyllis I don't think any other character so far had really tried to be funny.

James Cromwell on the other hand played his character absolutely brilliant in Episode 01.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: Murder in a Small Town (2024)

Episode 03 was not good at all.

It comes down to bad writing and awful directing. Editing is also garbage. Whoever cut EP03 has no idea what they are doing.

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The best example for how bad this is, is probably after those two guys threatened Zoe and she called her brother. Then they make a hard cut to the police station and boom he dead.... it's hard to describe but when you watch this part you feel like you missed something.
Usually inbetween those two scenes is where you build up some kind of suspense but there is just nothing there.

In my opinion this show is better not watched.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Re: Murder in a Small Town (2024)

Forgot to remove it from Watchlist, decided to give it one last chance with EP04.

Those cuts, those horrible horrible cuts....goodbye show.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier