randian

Sounds like he was pushed out. Never a good sign.

DJariya

From some of the comments in the story from people who claim they work on the show, it sounds like he was butting heads with Bochco.

Neil M.

I read that Bochco had an illness and had little involvement with the first half of this season other than creating the story arc for the season.

johnnysd

Show is so much different than last year but I like it quite a bit.

writer106

I liked last night's episode and I don't mind the added drug deal storyline or the friendly fire one.

Neil M.

The only thing I didn't like about last night's episode was just about every scene with Molk. It's a little too obvious that he's a red herring. It doesn't make much sense for English to give him the list of possible suspects in the first place but the fact that he gave a name and then they find that person dead just reeks of a poorly constructed red herring. The strip club scene was just strange and obviously a build up to make Molk look suspicious.

DJariya

Caught up with the show coming into tonight's new episode.

The friendly fire/dirty cop storyline should be interesting how it plays out. I agree the show is quite different compared to season 1. Funny thing Lt. Koto was missing for most of episode 1, the entire episode 2 and most of episode 3. They probably did that because he's a pretty big character right now on Hawaii Five-O and they started shooting the new season when he was still working on that show.

Neil M.

So did anyone watch the season finale? I thought it wrapped up the main storylines pretty well. I was happy to see James Cromwell return. It doesn't look like the show will come back which is disappointing but at least it didn't end on a cliffhanger.

johnnysd

Why do you say it won't be back?

Neil M.

Just a guess. Ratings are down and it didn't seem like they were quick to renew after the first season. I'm hoping it will come back.

johnnysd

yeah, they are down quite a bit. Too bad, this season was much better.

Noonan

I think this show did a great job with this season considering they couldn't use the same gimmick as season 1. Good cast, too. I hope to see a season 3. I got a Wire vibe from this season, with how it bounced from one character/story to another.

One question about the ending...

whotony

I remember seeing him talking to Taye in the diner maybe twice.

DJariya

Finished the season last night after binging the last 5 episodes.

I liked it overall and it wrapped the season story arc, but it felt very low key compared to season 1's arc. Season 1 was a murder mystery, while season 2 was more about Terry and Hildy bringing down a group of corrupt within their division. They did a good job of keeping the school shooting in as a minor focus the rest of the season. I figured that arc wasn't enough to sustain for 12 episodes.

I'm also glad that they kept Terry and Hildy platonic as opposed to moving them into some kind of relationship.

I wouldn't mind this coming back next summer, but I wouldn't cry if it didn't considering the season was wrapped. They would have to start a new arc for another season.

cdoug57

It sure was. The stories were timely and much more accessible and interesting than last year.

Hope it does get renewed.