Detective Jarek Wysocki, one of Chicago's toughest cops, struggles to clean up the town's violence and corruption. Series follows the vendetta between an honest (female) police superintendent, Teresa Colvin and a corrupt Alderman named Gibbons, as she tries to prove Gibbons has ties to some criminals. And at the center is Cole's point man Jarek Wysocki, probably the most honest cop in the Chicago PD, who tries to clean up the city as well. God-awful acting on some parts, with the superintendent "Teresa Colvin" being by far the worst one. Not far behind is the undercover cop "Liam Hennessey". After the first few episodes I always cringed when they came up, sadly they are some of the main characters. To a lesser extent the other female cop "Vonda Wysocki" also performed weak. From the cop duo "Caleb Evers" is the better one.<br/><br/>I did however "enjoy" Delroy Lindo as corrupt city official and Patrick St. Esprit in one of his typical Irish mob roles.<br/><br/>But its main flaw persists; the acting feels flat, uninspired and artificial.<br/><br/>The main selling points are the positive tone of the series, warm colors, and no tragic/graphic incidents, which makes for a kind/nice and relaxing TV experience. Shawn Ryan brought us the gritty, even sleezy, complex world of police corruption and drug wars in L.A. The Chicago Code lacks the complexity of The Shield, and also isn't the brilliantly realistic pinnacle of TV crime shows that The Wire was. Still, Jason Clarke from Brotherhood and a particularly macho outlook and action-oriented camera-work make the show attractive as an adrenaline rush. The corrupt villains are a little more sophisticated than we normally see on network TV cop shows, if not entirely believable. Delroy Lindo does great work as the villain the young, model-pretty (hey, this is TV you know) police superintendent has sworn, mostly quietly to herself, to bring down. Some of the subplots are a little chiche, such as hostage crises and mad bombers. Jennifer Beals is okay, but she doesn't do for The Code what Glen Close did for The Shield, so Clarke emerges as the driving personality here. All the other characters are mostly just attractive images without much depth, and might as well be video game avatars. Worth giving a long look, but it's unlikely to become your favorite cops and robbers show.
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