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It’s Tyr fault! She said “it is a cop show but with supernatural”. So I tried…

Infos
A series for NBC, based on a mix between Police Procedural dramas US (Law and Order, CSI, NCIS, …) and the brother Grimm’s tales.
Created and written by: Stephen Carpenter, David Greenwalt, Jim Kouf

Cast
left to right, back line first, then front line
Silas Weir Mitchell: Monroe
Sasha Roiz: Captain Sean Renard
Reggie Lee: Sgt. Wu
Russell Hornsby: Hank Griffin
David Giuntoli: Nick Burkhardt
Bitsie Tulloch: Juliette Silverton
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Summary
Portland, Oregon, USA. Nick Burkhardt is a detective in homicides, when he suddenly gets what he thinks are hallucinations. But his aunt, terminally ill, comes to visit with news and information. He is a descendant of the Grimm, the same of the fairy tales, and it is now his job to regulate non-humans whoever they are. And naturally, to help, he is supposed to keep it secret, and manage personal life, job in the police, and Grimm descent.

My advice
A good mix of plausible detective stories, legends and tales of all genres, humour (yes, really, Sgt Wu’s jokes, for example…) and personal life. While you must not expect a deep series (“races” names have mistakes in German [and Latin, says Tyr], there are Captain Obvious moments, or alternatively “but why are you loosing time doing… when you should be doing…”, and some unrealistic things, etc.), but a good series to watch with no hassles. And I have a soft spot for the captain, in the “I like mysterious characters on the good side of the law but with a but…” sense

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Official [EN]
Fiche IMDB [EN]
Trailler [EN]

(Images source: official site)

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