"Keen Eddie" (2003) TV series 2003-2004

User Rating:

8.8/10   

Creator:

J.H. Wyman

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

3 June 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

New York cop. Kicking London arse.

Plot:

A wisecracking N.Y. cop with no respect for authority, finds himself a fish out of water when he ends up being assigned to a police precinct in the U.K.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Fish Out Of Water | American In The Uk | Quirky | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Mark Valley	...	Det. Eddie Arlette (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Sienna Miller	...	Fiona Bickerton (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	Insp. Monty Pippin (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Colin Salmon	...	Supt. Nathanial Johnson (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rachael Buckley	...	Carol Ross (12 episodes, 2003-2004)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Frequency Films

Quotes:

Fiona: Get out.
Eddie: Out of the kitchen?
Fiona: Out of the kitchen, out of the flat, out of London, out of the world. It's full. Get out.
Eddie: I can't get out of the world. I didn't pull the kind of math grades you need to qualify for the space program.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005)

Eddie's awesome, but not Fox...

When I flip through the channels and see nothing but crap, I wonder what's so wrong with people that makes them ignore such great shows like Fox's "Keen Eddie". When it first aired, I was happy to discover that maybe TV could actually become intelligent again. The acting was well done, the plot clever, and altogether the show was very enjoyable. However, 90% percent of America chose to ignore Eddie and his crew because they were either too dumb or too lazy to deal with thinking and laying on the couch at the same time. OH GOD! NOT THAT! So, of course, they smothered the bright light of Keen Eddie and replaced it with awful shows like "Stupid Behavior Caught on Tape" (quite funny, really - it showed a day in the lives of Fox executives). Bravo mercifully picked it up, but didn't continue with a second season. It's a shame that a funny, smart, original (kiss my a**, o retard who called it a copycat show) program like this ended up so badly off. At least we've got the DVDs to look forward to - but until then, don't expect anything more. We've just been let down too many times.