"Blind Justice" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Creator:

Steven Bochco

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

8 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Blinded in the line of duty. His partners don't respect him. His wife lacks faith. Nobody believes in Jim Dunbar except himself.

Plot:

NYPD Detective Jim Dunbar returns to work after being blinded in the line of duty.

Plot Keywords:

Partners | Police | New York City New York | Murder | Police Work

Cast

Ron Eldard	...	Detective Jim Dunbar (13 episodes, 2005)
Marisol Nichols	...	Detective Karen Bettancourt (13 episodes, 2005)
Reno Wilson	...	Detective Tom Selway (13 episodes, 2005)
Frank Grillo	...	Detective Marty Russo (13 episodes, 2005)
Michael Gaston	...	Lt. Gary Fisk (13 episodes, 2005)
Rena Sofer	...	Christie Dunbar (13 episodes, 2005)
Saul Rubinek	...	Dr. Allan Galloway / ... (7 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Hungary:16 | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Trivia:

In 2003, Steven Bochco, the writer/producer of "Blind Justice," wrote a mystery novel called "Death by Hollywood". In it, the main character shows a friend of his a short story that he wrote about a guy who gets telepathic messages from his dog for movie and TV show ideas, and one of them was about a detective who gets blinded in the line of duty and goes back to the force with a guide dog. Steven Bochco decided to use that idea for this TV series.

Quotes:

Detective Tom Selway: I'm just a well-rounded brother from East Flatbush.
Detective Jim Dunbar: You're black?
Detective Tom Selway: Get the ...
Detective Jim Dunbar: No, are you serious? You're a black man?
Detective Tom Selway: Jim! You didn't know?
Detective Jim Dunbar: No. How would -
[gestures to his eyes]
Detective Jim Dunbar: I ...
Detective Tom Selway: You just thought you was working with Eminem for the last four months? How could you ...
Detective Jim Dunbar: No, I just ...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: David Spade/Jack Johnson (#30.14)" (2005)

Justice is blind

Justice is blind. That's what I would have had for the tag line. Blind Justice is a different kind of cop show. Jim Dunbar's a cop who's blinded in the line of duty. Three months earlier, he and his partner are called to the scene of a bank robbery. The bank robber's armed with an AK-47. He's wearing body armor. Three cops are cowering behind a car out of ammo. Dunbar tells his partner to take the shot. Dunbar tells tells his partner to take the shot. Dunbar tells his partner to take the shot. Dunbar tells his partner to take the shot. Why did I repeat it four times? Because that's how many times Dunbar told his partner to take the shot. Dunbar finally takes the shot and kills the bank robber, takes a bullet in the eyes, and is blinded for life. Dunbar's offered a desk job or early retirement. He refuses. He sues the NYPD for his old job back. He wins. The department gives him his old job back. He's assigned to the Eighth Precinct in Brooklyn. Nobody, not even his wife, believes in him. As part of his settlement with the city, he's ordered to go to psychiatric counseling. Nobody wants to partner up with him except for Karen Betancourt. His first day back, he's thrust into a serial murder case. Now Jim and his wife are going into couples therapy. This should be fun.