New York Detective Jack Larsen (Dylan McDermott) relocates to Los Angeles and joins a special squad led by icy Detective Beth Davis (Maggie Q) which investigates serious cases of stalking. The two don't exactly hit it off but quickly come to respect each other's expertise in hunting stalkers.
Where the show diverges from a normal police procedural is in exploring personal habits of each protagonist which evoke behaviours of the people they deal with on cases.
Larsen is stalking his ex Amanda (Elisabeth Rohm) and her son which he believes to be his. This is the reason for his transfer from one coast to another. He has followed the woman and her child to Los Angeles but has, for obvious, concealed his true motives to the police department and his new partner Davis.
Davis is less overt with Larsen and with the audience but it seems pretty clear she was the victim of a stalker. Her victimization has had the effect of giving her empathy with victims of such crime whilst also giving her darker impulses the motive to victimize stalkers by means both legal and illegal.
Unlike most network shows we have edgier heroes in this series which make it more like a cable show - audiences of which network TV is struggling to win back. Much of the hyperbole and vitriol directed at the comes in reaction to the violence and the darker aspects of the main characters.
It would be cynical to suggest that allies of opposing TV networks might formulate a campaign to discredit the show on the grounds that the gender of many of the victims could invite accusations of pandering to misogyny.
Cynicism is normal in considering both why some shows are on the air and why some get the criticism they do. The viewer can judge for themselves rather than avoiding programs based solely on the assertions presented by others.
Where the show diverges from a normal police procedural is in exploring personal habits of each protagonist which evoke behaviours of the people they deal with on cases.
Larsen is stalking his ex Amanda (Elisabeth Rohm) and her son which he believes to be his. This is the reason for his transfer from one coast to another. He has followed the woman and her child to Los Angeles but has, for obvious, concealed his true motives to the police department and his new partner Davis.
Davis is less overt with Larsen and with the audience but it seems pretty clear she was the victim of a stalker. Her victimization has had the effect of giving her empathy with victims of such crime whilst also giving her darker impulses the motive to victimize stalkers by means both legal and illegal.
Unlike most network shows we have edgier heroes in this series which make it more like a cable show - audiences of which network TV is struggling to win back. Much of the hyperbole and vitriol directed at the comes in reaction to the violence and the darker aspects of the main characters.
It would be cynical to suggest that allies of opposing TV networks might formulate a campaign to discredit the show on the grounds that the gender of many of the victims could invite accusations of pandering to misogyny.
Cynicism is normal in considering both why some shows are on the air and why some get the criticism they do. The viewer can judge for themselves rather than avoiding programs based solely on the assertions presented by others.