This series started out slow and predictable, relying on the same old stereotypes that plague our city. With each passing show the stories are getting a little better and more interesting. The show is using the city’s uniqueness to add a different spin to the cop drama. My hope is that the show will blend in with the New Orleans scene like CSI has with Las Vegas. Disgarding the nasty stereotypes and using the city to it’s advantage.
I heard one reviewer claim that only the Police Captain is attempting a New Orleans accent. I say keep it that way. There have been so many bad attempts at actors trying to sound like New Orleanians that if you can’t do it right then don’t do it at all. There have been references made regarding po-boys, hot sauce and Voo Doo which were not totally accurate, but I think we should give K-ville a little wiggle room. Like any new series they need to find their groove and hopefully the one they find will be one that promotes a good cop show that is located in America’s most unique city.
K-Ville is not perfect, far from it, but I am willing to give it a chance. The crimes have gotten more interesting since the pilot, which was mediocre at best, and hopefully the show will only continue to pursue interesting storylines that keep us interested not just because it is our city they are talking about. It is a very big pill to swallow that one of the cops, Trevor Cobb, is a former residence of O.P.P. and I wish they could find a way to let that die. However, at this point, I am willing to give K-Ville an entire season to prove to me that they are not here to portray the same old stereotypes. Only, I hope they don’t mind when we laugh at them for the chase scene in the supposedly airport which was the cruise ship dock or the car chase scenes that seem to effortless switch from Westbank to Eastbank. We, locals, can only take suspended disbelief so far until we fall to ground in side splitting laughter.
