05-04-2015, 02:31 PM
My latest binge series has been BBC's Death in Paradise, which relies heavily on the Castle formula, arguably more so than the Mentalist did. The first two seasons are on Netflix.
It's set in a fictional Caribbean Island of Saint Marie, and has a bumping reggae soundtrack, which like RastaMouse, really sells it for me.
The lead is a nerdy but observant DI (like Castle) who is a transplanted Brit and always wears a suit and tie in the tropics, paired with a hottie DI (like Beckett), and two assistant cops, but instead of an ethnic macho vet and a milktoast goody-two shoes, it's an old cagey veteran cop and a young rookie. There's a commanding officer who always tells the investigators to be prudent. There's even a mom, although it's the hottie's mom, and she's not a ginger, she's French. Every episode starts with a murder and there are a lot of red herrings until the very end when the lead DI gathers all the suspects together and unravels the complicated murder plot. It's very formulaic that way.
Wikipedia gave me some spoilers about upcoming cast changes in Season 3, and the show went 4 seasons. The seasons are short, just 8 episodes. It has completely derailed my DareDevil viewing.
It's set in a fictional Caribbean Island of Saint Marie, and has a bumping reggae soundtrack, which like RastaMouse, really sells it for me.
The lead is a nerdy but observant DI (like Castle) who is a transplanted Brit and always wears a suit and tie in the tropics, paired with a hottie DI (like Beckett), and two assistant cops, but instead of an ethnic macho vet and a milktoast goody-two shoes, it's an old cagey veteran cop and a young rookie. There's a commanding officer who always tells the investigators to be prudent. There's even a mom, although it's the hottie's mom, and she's not a ginger, she's French. Every episode starts with a murder and there are a lot of red herrings until the very end when the lead DI gathers all the suspects together and unravels the complicated murder plot. It's very formulaic that way.
Wikipedia gave me some spoilers about upcoming cast changes in Season 3, and the show went 4 seasons. The seasons are short, just 8 episodes. It has completely derailed my DareDevil viewing.
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