"The District" (2000) TV series 2000-2004

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creators:

Terry George
Jack Maple

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

7 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Despite having over 30 law enforcement agencies, Washington DC still has the highest crime rate in the US...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Washington DC | Police Station | Female Cop | Black Cop

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 12 nominations

Cast

Craig T. Nelson	...	Chief Jack Mannion (80 episodes, 2000-2004)
Jonathan LaPaglia	...	Kevin Debreno / ... (66 episodes, 2001-2004)
Roger Aaron Brown	...	Deputy Chief Joe Noland (51 episodes, 2000-2004)
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Det. Temple Page (51 episodes, 2000-2004)
Elizabeth Marvel	...	Off. Nancy Parras / ... (46 episodes, 2000-2004)
Wayne Duvall	...	Sgt. Phil Brander / ... (42 episodes, 2000-2004)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinemaline Productions

Trivia:

Based loosely on the career of NYPD Deputy Commissioner Jack Maple.

Craig T. Nelson makes this work!

It really is Craig T. Nelson and his unique character that carry this TV-series.

The different episode's vary from bad to extremely good! My favorite episode's are the one's that have nothing to do with the main storyline throughout the entire series. The main storyline itself was not always very appealing to me but did not distracted from what was the best part of the series; Craig T. Nelson.

The rest of the character's I never really cared much about. With the exception Ella Farmer and Deputy Chief Joe Noland. For some reason all of the character's are extremely moralistic and always want to do everything exactly by the book. It was really irritating at points, particularly Nancy Parras (Elizabeth Marvel) never seizes to irritate me.

No, the writing and dialog's were really a weak spot at times but for reason it doesn't bring the quality of the series down.

I guess the series should already had stopped with the death of actress Lynne Thigpen. The show never really got as good as it was before after that. They quite pathetically tried to bring in a new kind of Ella like character but it really was a miserable attempt. Nobody could take Lynne Thigpen spot and could create such a character as she did.

All in all, despite me sounding negative about it, really a perfectly watchable TV-series mainly and probably only because of Craig T. Nelson.

8/10