Yup. Wiseguy was the first show I remember watching that had discrete arcs. Hill Street and the like had great continuity from ep to ep, and character arcs, but no overall plot for the season.
Exactly how I remember it, and why I loved both so much. They were both also good at bringing the angsty goodness, and killed off major charcters in horrible ways.
They were both also good at bringing the angsty goodness, and killed off major charcters in horrible ways.
Oh, yes. I remember when they killed off Joe Wossname (Coffee? but that seems odd) so unexpectedly.
Joe Coffey.
The one that I remember most was when they killed off the small-timer that Belker was always busting, the one who would always give Belker a fake name ("Name?" "Curtis." "Last name?" "Interruptus"). Belker finds him shot in an alley, and as he's dying, he tells Belker his real name so Mick can tell his mother what happened.
Joe Coffee - yes! I was trying to remember his name. Also, I remember a cop who was taking payoffs, and had been a regular for a season or two, got stabbed and graphically bled to death on screen. I think the character was played by Ken Olin, but I could be wrong.
Joe Coffey.
Another thing I remember about that is that the actor had a twisted sense of humor, and invited his family and friends over to watch that particular episode.
He did not tell them or hint in any way that his character was being killed off.
Heh. The one time my aunt got to see my cousin film a scene in a movie (Beverly Hills Cop 3), he was shot by Eddie Murphy, pushed out of the getaway vehicle, and then run over by Murphy's car. (Okay, the last part was a dummy, but still.)
I keep having this conversation with my mother:
"ita, I think I saw that friend of yours on TV."
"Was he having sex with another man?"
"Yes!"
"Yeah, that's Colin."
But, no longer!
Does Jamaican TV not air More tales from the City, where he was one of the two men that weren't?
Does Jamaican TV not air More tales from the City
Heh. She hasn't gotten that far yet.
His other major streaks were "really bad pants" and "retro music management".
My mother? Always caught the boy on boy.
Bless him.
I keep having this conversation with my mother:
Have you seen that promo for Coupling? With the rotating bed thing?