NYPD Blue

On a whim, I added the first season of NYPD Blue to my Netflix queue.

When the series first aired in 1993, I was 12 years old. I wasn't interested in this show. I was still watching cartoons after school like Batman: The Animated Series. Besides, I never stayed up that late on a school night and no one watched it at my house.

I have always heard it was the best police drama on TV. But that had also been said about The Shield. I watched The Shield because my husband was a fan of the show. The Shield was a fantastic show. The Shield ended in 2008. To this day, I still haven't watched the final episode. I made my husband tell me about it. Even though it was a TV show, I couldn't watch Vic Mackey turn on Ronnie or watch Shane commit suicide. You watch these shows for years and get attached to the characters. I just didn't want to see it end.

I have only watched half of the first season of NYPD Blue and I already love this show. It is gritty, realistic, has great writing and fantastic acting. In Season One, David Caruso is the lead actor on the show and you can tell. He always has the major story lines and the most screen time. Caruso has been excellent in the episodes I've seen so far. But I also know, he doesn't stay with the show too much longer. When Caruso leaves, the show runners decided to turn the show into an ensemble series. Which I think will be good. There are so many characters on the show. Some of them, we don't know too well.

I have the seasons 1-4 in my Netflix queue. When I finish with season four, I'm going to be out of luck. For some reason, the DVDs of the show were only made for the first four seasons. There are a total of 12 seasons. If I want to see the rest of the series, I'm going to have to renew my Amazon Prime Membership. If I don't renew, I could pay $1.99 an episode. But that will get pricey quickly.

I would rather watch NYPD Blue on my big television screen, but if I can only watch it on my Kindle that will be fine. I would rather continue watching an excellent television series over not watching it at all.