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After three episodes, I give a tentative thumbs-up to "New Amsterdam", on Fox on Monday nights at 9pm. It's an episodic police detective show, which generally doesn't thrill me. But the premise is intriguing, and so far they've been pulling it off.
The main character, John Amsterdam (not his real name), was magically granted immortality in the 1600s by a Lenape woman whose life he saved. Except, not quite—she said he will not age or die until he meets his one true love. So, he's a 400-year-old guy who looks like he's 35. The episodes are structured like "Lost", with a present-day story interleaved with a flashback from his (long and eventful) life. It could be corny, but so far it's been done pretty well; we're slowly learning interesting tidbits about his history, and his 400 years of experience is almost like a superpower to help him be a good detective (which is only the most recent in a long line of careers). There's a bit of Groundhog Day in that, and also in the goal of finding the woman who will break the spell.
Watch the first three episodes on the Fox website (or Bittorrent), or at least the pilot, directed by Lasse Hallström (although some important things don't get revealed until the second episode).
The main character, John Amsterdam (not his real name), was magically granted immortality in the 1600s by a Lenape woman whose life he saved. Except, not quite—she said he will not age or die until he meets his one true love. So, he's a 400-year-old guy who looks like he's 35. The episodes are structured like "Lost", with a present-day story interleaved with a flashback from his (long and eventful) life. It could be corny, but so far it's been done pretty well; we're slowly learning interesting tidbits about his history, and his 400 years of experience is almost like a superpower to help him be a good detective (which is only the most recent in a long line of careers). There's a bit of Groundhog Day in that, and also in the goal of finding the woman who will break the spell.
Watch the first three episodes on the Fox website (or Bittorrent), or at least the pilot, directed by Lasse Hallström (although some important things don't get revealed until the second episode).
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The multiple plot threads seem interesting. You've got the murder-of-the-week, the ongoing love story, and the flashback to prior experiences. And I particularly like how he's able to figure things out quickly, or come up with surprising insights, because he's almost literally seen it all before. No real superpower, but close.
I'm surprised he's so constantly upbeat, though. After 400 years, I'd imagine myself getting REALLY cynical!
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there's been a consistent joke between diana and me regarding omar and using his children as sidekicks.
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It's like Angel meets Dresden Files meets How I Met Your Mother. If only the woman on the subway had a yellow umbrella.
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Coolkit