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Karen Sisco

  • TV Series
  • 2003–20072003–2007
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Carla Gugino in Karen Sisco (2003)
CrimeDrama
The adventures of U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco in Miami.The adventures of U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco in Miami.The adventures of U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco in Miami.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
855
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,668
323
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    • Creator
      • Jason Smilovic
    • Stars
      • Carla Gugino
      • Bill Duke
      • Robert Forster
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    • Creator
      • Jason Smilovic
    • Stars
      • Carla Gugino
      • Bill Duke
      • Robert Forster
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    • 9User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Carla Gugino
    Carla Gugino
    • Karen Sisco
    10 episodes10 eps • 2003–2004
    Bill Duke
    Bill Duke
    • Amos Andrews
    10 episodes10 eps • 2003–2004
    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Marshall Sisco
    10 episodes10 eps • 2003–2004
    Jeffrey De Serrano
    Jeffrey De Serrano
    • Edwards
    6 episodes6 eps • 2003–2004
    William O'Leary
    William O'Leary
    • Phil Kavanagh
    5 episodes5 eps • 2003–2004
    Frank Pesce
    Frank Pesce
    • Sonny
    5 episodes5 eps • 2003–2004
    Robert Deacon
    Robert Deacon
    • Mordecai Jones
    4 episodes4 eps • 2003–2004
    Obba Babatundé
    Obba Babatundé
    • Daniel Burden
    3 episodes3 eps • 2003–2004
    Jake Mailey
    • Jethro
    3 episodes3 eps • 2003–2004
    Kate Walsh
    Kate Walsh
    • Sgt. Marley Novak
    2 episodes2 eps • 2003–2004
    Gary Cole
    Gary Cole
    • Konner
    2 episodes2 eps • 2003
    Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    • Charlie Lucre
    2 episodes2 eps • 2003
    Patrick Dempsey
    Patrick Dempsey
    • Carl Wilkens
    1 episode1 ep • 2003
    Billy Burke
    Billy Burke
    • Merle Salchek
    1 episode1 ep • 2003
    Tim Guinee
    Tim Guinee
    • Derwood Edson
    1 episode1 ep • 2003
    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • Nicholas Pell
    1 episode1 ep • 2003
    Omar Benson Miller
    Omar Benson Miller
    • Fuzzy Bear
    1 episode1 ep • 2003
    Jim True-Frost
    Jim True-Frost
    • Lestor Porter
    1 episode1 ep • 2003
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      • Jason Smilovic
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    • Trivia
      Shares the character Karen Sisco, played by Jennifer López in Out of Sight (1998).
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    While all the pieces are there, "Sisco" never quite finds the right tone to reach the quirky crime series nirvana I hoped for
    Network: ABC; Genre: Crime/Mystery, Action, Drama; Content Rating: TV-PG (violence and some language); Available: reruns on Sluth; Perspective: Contemporary (star range: 1 -4);

    Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (1 season , 10 episodes)

    In 1998, out-of-the-blue, ABC delivered a criminally unseen and wondrously entertaining little (6 episodes) masterpiece called "Maximum Bob". "Bob" was a flawless translation, a free-roaming piece of quirky TV magic, better than just about every Leonard adaptation big or small screen to date. "Karen Sisco" is the network and producers Danny DeVito and Barry Sonnenfeld's 2nd attempt to wrestle an Elmore Leonard novel onto the small screen and the results this time are not nearly as impressive. "Sisco" spins off "Out of Sight" Federal Marshal Karen Sisco (Carla Gugino, "Spin City") as she tracks down parole jumpers in Miami, Florida.

    Compared to "Bob", "Sisco" restrains itself into a TV crime/mystery template and for the most part lacks the wild non-linear storytelling and, with the exception of "Dumb Bunnies" (featuring DeVito, Rhea Pearlman, Kevin Dillon, a series of gruff henchmen and a grenade), the quirky hobby pre-occupied characters of a Leonard novel. For such a light, colorful series, "Sisco" remains flat pretty consistently. It is too serious to be quirky and too quirky to be serious, a balance that it never comes to grips with. The mysteries aren't particularly clever, the action routine, the dialog uninspired - although you wouldn't know that just watching Robert Forster who gives a wily performance as Karen's retired father Marshall. Yes, Marshal Marshall Sisco. Credit also goes to Gary Cole and Xander Berkley who guest star in memorable, colorful characters.

    Propping up the series is Gugino who lends a casual sexiness – that smartly isn't too played up - to Karen's tough-gal attitude. But the show makes the death-blow mistake of under-writing our lead which makes Karen a pretty dry and uninteresting heroine. The only way the show can think to humanize her is to end each episode with a moment of bonding between her and her "daddy". Forster and Gugino sell the hell out of the chemistry but I can't shake the feeling I'm being manipulated into a happy ending for all the families out there. "Sisco" follows "Alias" as another show with a butt-kicking heroine who needs her in-the-business dad's shoulder to lean on.

    Maybe I'm wrong to be so tough on "Karen Sisco". It isn't bad. It just never revs up. It never quite finds itself, and wasn't on the air long enough to reach the quirky crime series nirvana it should have. I expected so much more and was, personally, profoundly disappointed.

    * * / 4
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    • Release date
      • October 1, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • ABC (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Карен Сиско
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jersey Television
      • Eighty D
      • Universal Network Television
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      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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