So far, watchable but not much else. Maggie Q is the star. Not her problem that Ballard has so little personality. Her sole passion is righting a wrong in the LAPD. She was assaulted (details vague as of episode 3) by Olivaras. Her partner didn't stick up for her. Now she's in the basement working on cold cases. Her partners don't provide much drama. Black woman, ex-cop. Intern, hispanic. Gay older white guy. Younger white guy who is a bit of a doofus. Cases: fraternity kid pushed off balcony: solved, scorned girlfriend is murderer. Frat had a "book" of all the female conquests. She found it, confronted boyfriend who laughed in her face. Whacked him on the head and pushed him off the balcony. Perlman's sister: councilman supporting the unit, wants this murder solved first. Yulia Kravitz: cleaned up in hotel where one murder occurred. Ballard visits the motel, the woman tries to co...
Bunuel . . . 2/3 finished. So far, not much. Catherine Deneuve is a frigid married woman, abused as a child. Unable to enjoy sex with her husband. She becomes a daytime prostitute, meeting up with men with strange sexual predilections. Not sure where this is going Finished, still not quite sure. Throughout the film, "fantasy" sequences are interposed. At the very end, there is a suggestion that the entire movie is actually a fantasy. Glad I saw it, but not a masterpiece by any means.