Review by JAM
Premiering on A&E in the summer of 2010, The Glades is another new cable drama that has found its way on to my television screen and into this review as well. Much like many of this reviewer’s favorite cable dramas, The Glades has its strength in interesting characters with back stories and drama within their own lives, even as the drama unfolds daily in this sleepy Florida borough. Detective Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore) leads the drama as a former Chicago cop falsely accused of canoodling around with his boss’s wife. His reward for this false accusation is a shot in the ass and a hefty settlement to move himself down to lazy Florida. Of course, lazy Florida does not stay that way for him.
Working for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Jim is assisted in his cases by Dr. Carlos Sanchez (Carlos Gomez) a forensic pathologist that seems to spend as much time out investigating Jim’s cases as he spends in the lab, Callie Cargill (Kiele Sanchez) a pseudo single mom that assists Jim with the female perspective and with her abilities as a nurse in medical school, Jeff Cargill (Uriah Shelton) Callie’s son who looks at Jim as a big brother type, and Daniel Green (Jordan Wall) a grad student who often provides even more brain power when the quips and quirkiness needs a geek’s touch.
So hitch a ride down to Florida and check out the alligators, the golf, and the goofiness and goodness of The Glades.
JAMS Ink on The Glades
This is one of those shows that I cannot really put my finger on why I enjoy it so much. It’s not the best crime solving show, not the best forensic drama, not the best relationship toting hour on television, but it has a little of all of these and that makes it a fun show to watch. Matt Passmore makes for a really likeable main character who is smarter than he should be, yet not always as smart as he thinks he is. And Kiele Sanchez is someone who I remember since she was on Related, and as the fiery nurse on Sam Axe’s recent Burn Notice movie, and here she rocks as well. Her conflicted character is interesting to watch and keeps the drama going in the drama.
Favorite Episode of Season One – Episode 11 Booty Pirate treasure, treasure hunters, murder on the high seas… It all makes for a really cool episode in which Jam and Callie learn a lot about each other and partake in a search for true pirate treasure. It is off the beaten path for a cop show, yet fits well in the Florida Glades. It is a fun quest for booty alongside two characters learning how to trust each other.
EXTRAS
Grab a few audio commentaries, some deleted scenes, a gag reel, and a couple of featurettes to tie them all together and you have a small package of extras that are a good addition to the release as a whole. The gag reel is pretty fun and the featurettes are cool overall. I like the Sunshine State of Mind: Casting The Glades, showing a little insight into the actors that were actually cast and what they were bringing to the table. The Location For Murder is a pretty good look at the locations involved, and that is an important thing as the location is nearly as important as the characters themselves.
The Glades: Season One from Twentieth Century Fox comes from the swamp on DVD on June 14, 2011. Do not get caught in the muck and grab a copy!
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