"Big Apple" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

David Hugh Jones
Matthew Penn

Writers:

Stephen Adly Guirgis (writer)
Bernadette McNamara (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1 March 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The FBI and the New York Police Department battle to keep the mob from taking a bite out of the Big Apple.

Plot Keywords:

Justice | Law | Order | Law Enforcement | Badge

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Ed O'Neill	...	Det. Michael Mooney (8 episodes, 2001)
Kim Dickens	...	Sarah Day / ... (8 episodes, 2001)
Michael Madsen	...	Terry Maddock (8 episodes, 2001)
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Vincent Trout / ... (8 episodes, 2001)
David Strathairn	...	FBI Agent Will Preecher (8 episodes, 2001)
Glynn Turman	...	Ted Olsen (8 episodes, 2001)
Titus Welliver	...	FBI Special Agent Jimmy Flynn (8 episodes, 2001)
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Chris Scott (7 episodes, 2001)
Pavel Lychnikoff	...	Mitya (6 episodes, 2001)
Samantha Buck	...	Brigid McNamara (5 episodes, 2001)
Frank Pellegrino	...	Howard Klein (5 episodes, 2001)
Michael Rispoli	...	Swenson (5 episodes, 2001)
Kevin Squires	...	Lead Surveillance Technician Steve (5 episodes, 2001)
Sebastian Roché	...	Vlad (4 episodes, 2001)

Runtime:

60 min (6 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Paramount Network Television Productions

Quotes:

Terry Maddock: Ricky, thanks for being so bad at that thing you call your life.

NYPD Blue meets The FBI

The creative strategy behind this show is so similar to NYPD Blue, that I'm not sure it will attract enough viewers, as it doesn't really offer much that is different. Ed O'Neill plays a boorish character heavily borrowed from Sipkowicz of "Blue," but without some redeeming qualities.

Also, the show is very dark (visually and thematically) and humorless, to the point where it becomes tiring. Perhaps this will change with time. So far (2 episodes), there's been a lot of plot to cover.

The relationship between the younger FBI agent and his informer (also a childhood friend) is the best thing about the show, as well as the low-key intelligence that David Strathairn brings to the role of the director of the NYC office of the FBI. Unfortunately, the show is more geared around O'Neill than Strathairn, who is relegated to a Sam Waterston type role (and not the Waterston of "Law & Order."). He deserves better.

I don't think this one will make it. Milch's previous CBS outing," Brooklyn South" had a more engaging group of characters.