New Tricks (Serial)

I suppose it says something about the amount of entertainment being consumed these days that I am now reviewing a Series (not a season or episode). This British cop drama/comedy delivers 12 seasons of fun. And although over the course of the series the individual characters move on, it is not until the last season that it feels like something is missing in the chemistry. The premise is set on a special unit of the metropolitan police being set up to investigate cold cases. The squad includes one DCI and several retired police who are now civilians. They are cheap, but experienced. This plays out as a British version of a cross between The Streets of San Francisco and Monk. Eccentric personalities all held together by the DCI, who begrudgingly and ultimately with affection, guides her  charges to solve every case they pick up. This is not a binge-fest, but instead something comfortable that I came back to regularly over the past 6 months. Well worth adding to your library.

4 stars (out of 5)