The Chicago Code - season 1 (1 Viewer)

[Greg_S_H]

I missed last week's episode, so I just got caught up. This week's was excellent. Yes, the wording about a "two part finale" was very ackward. I figured my DVR skipped the second half, but the promos confirmed it will air next week. It did deserve more of a chance, but if they wrap everything in the final show, I'll be okay with it.

 

[Dave Scarpa]

It's too Bad FX or TNT would'nt pick up the 2nd Season, show Deserved it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Originally Posted by Dave Scarpa

It's too Bad FX or TNT would'nt pick up the 2nd Season, show Deserved it.

I agree, shows like this one and Detroit 1-8-7 need time to build their audiences.

 

[WaveCrest]

Was The Chicago Code getting higher ratings than Fringe?

 

[TravisR]

Was The Chicago Code getting higher ratings than Fringe?

Way higher. However, Fringe is produced by Warner Brothers (so it's cheaper for Fox to air Fringe than produce and air The Chicago Code), it's on a different night when ratings expectations are lower and it doesn't have House for a lead-in like The Chicago Code does.

 

[WaveCrest]

Ah I see. I was certain The Chicago Code had been getting higher ratings than Fringe, but thought it was best to ask here before posting my thoughts on Fringe and The Chicago Code's ratings.


Watched the pilot episode last week. Very good it was (it made me think of Early Edition, which was set in and filmed on location in Chicago as well). A shame the show can't be shown on cable with Detroit 1-8-7. Even though they were on different networks, I would have loved to have seen a crossover between the two series.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I thought both Chicago Code and Detroit 1-8-7 were solid shows that deserved a second season to find their audiences.








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[Joe Bernardi]

I will miss Chicago Code, but the jerky hand-held camera in Detroit 1-8-7 gave me headaches, so I quit watching after the second or third episode.

 

[WaveCrest]

Episode 2 was as good as the pilot episode, perhaps even better. Well written, shot and acted show.

 

[NeilO]

Just finished watching it. Shawn Ryan was right. I liked how things wrapped up. They tied up the season very nicely.

 

[Greg_S_H]

He was right, and it's almost a positive that this is the end. They would have either had to have broken a new story next season, which would have been fine, or it would have been Gibbons fighting and maybe wriggling out from under it all. I maybe wouldn't have cared for that so much. With this ending, we're left to assume that he absolutely got his.

 

[ScottH]

I enjoyed the finale but thought it felt extremely rushed and I didn't like how the whole thing with his brother having the evidence tied everything in a neat little knot. If it was a case where the show creators knew it was the end and wanted to have some closure then I can understand, but I didn't think they knew that early on.

 

[NeilO]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottH

I enjoyed the finale but thought it felt extremely rushed and I didn't like how the whole thing with his brother having the evidence tied everything in a neat little knot. If it was a case where the show creators knew it was the end and wanted to have some closure then I can understand, but I didn't think they knew that early on.

It was a mid-season show on FOX - the creators knew this and acted accordingly.

 

[WaveCrest]

Does this apply to FOX, or does it apply to all other US networks? It sounds like mid-season shows are supposed to end early.

 

[TravisR]

^ Yeah, mid-season shows usually have 12 or 13 episodes. The last episode did feel a little rushed but it would have been the same episode whether it was the end of the season or the series.

 

[WaveCrest]

Originally Posted by TravisR

^ Yeah, mid-season shows usually have 12 or 13 episodes.

The last episode did feel a little rushed but it would have been the same episode whether it was the end of the season or the series.

Sorry, what I meant was.....are mid-season shows supposed to end early, in terms of being cancelled, and that only full season shows should be renewed?

 

[TravisR]

Sorry, what I meant was.....are mid-season shows supposed to end early, in terms of being cancelled, and that only full season shows should be renewed?

Mid-season replacements end at the same time as most shows with a full season but they generally start in January or February. By starting later, they only need a dozen or so episodes to make it to May/end of the TV season.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Originally Posted by ScottH

I enjoyed the finale but thought it felt extremely rushed and I didn't like how the whole thing with his brother having the evidence tied everything in a neat little knot. If it was a case where the show creators knew it was the end and wanted to have some closure then I can understand, but I didn't think they knew that early on.

It depends on when they filmed the last episode.

Edit: An additional thought is they filmed some extra footage allowing them to edit and bring closure if it looked like the series was getting cancelled which would explain the rush feel of this last episode.

 

[Greg_S_H]

It didn't feel that rushed to me. It felt like when you're finally on the verge of finishing something and all of this crazy stuff is flying together at once. It was a little convenient to have the brother's murder be the key, but I think the brother was tied in in a logical way. Plus, it was poetic justice that Gibbons' final manipulation was the one that did him in.

 

[TravisR]

It was a little convenient to have the brother's murder be the key, but I think the brother was tied in in a logical way.

That's basically where it felt rushed to me. In the span of about 10 minutes, Killian gets murdered and their case is dead but they get lucky and uncover evidence that Jarek's brother had against Gibbons. It just seemed like a lot to put in such a short time but I'll take 'rushed' over a cliffhanger.