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TV Review: FBI
Just Doing their Job!
In the past few months, I’ve been watching five seasons of another Dick Wolf creation called “FBI.” In the later hours of my day, I like an episode or two.
This police drama follows two main protagonists, Maggie Bell and Omar Adom, who are FBI field agents working in New York City. They chase down terrorists, embezzlers, child abductors, drug dealers, bad cops, organized crime leaders, etc.. Each episode moves from the original crime scene to the resolution.
Often episodes put a supporting character or two on the front stage, giving the audience a nice variety of storylines and characters. This approach kept this TV watcher engaged. Let me say the actors and writers are great!
The characters come with obvious flaws. And yet they somehow work around those flaws to “do their job,” which is a common expression in this series. “Doing their job” often means the characters facing a moral/ethical dilemma. This TV series shows that the world is more complex that what simple solutions can provide. This show will make you think!
Just about every episode involves gun battles. I don’t think this is a daily occurrence of real FBI agents. And given the number of gun battles these TV agents face, they should not survive five seasons, regardless of their training or experience. The law of…
