Today over at Obsessed With Film, I review the pilot of Canadian cop show SHATTERED, starring Callum Keith Rennie as a detective with multiple personality disorder, brought to you by the dealers of pot:
"Why aren't detectives normal people anymore? The days of Kojak, Columbo and Morse are long gone, with a few exceptions. Those sleuths were eccentric and quirky, but their descendents have become pure oddball: obsessive compulsives (Monk), tricksters (The Mentalist, Psych), body language experts (Lie To Me), near-autistic geniuses (Numb3rs, Sherlock), vampires (Angel), and even time-travellers (Life On Mars, Ashes To Ashes). Canadian cop drama Shattered is another addition to this strange subgenre, focusing as it does on homicide detective Ben Sullivan (Callum Keith Rennie), a man who suffers from multiple personality disorder..." Continue reading...