Once again, I've spent the day grading papers, so I'll keep this brief.
"Prime Suspect" doesn't disappoint. Here's what I liked best about the premiere episode: The show opens with Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney (which, I guess, sounds less Helen Mirren-esque than Tennyson?) jogging around the Central Park reservoir and rapidly running out of breath. She's just quit smoking, you see. Later on, in the climactic scene, Jane has to chase down, on foot, a fleeing suspect. What would normally just be a standard chase scene becomes, thanks to clever and unobtrusive foreshadowing, quite thrilling, not so much because we're wondering whether she'll catch the perp (there's plenty of backup in the vicinity) but whether her lungs will explode before she gets him. Anyway, check it out.
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