Sheriff Country

Has a capable and experienced cast. Halfway through watching the pilot I really, really wanted to shut it off. Thought it had to get better. Nope. By the end of the pilot I wanted to look up the writers names to I could mentally banish them from any future television experience in my home. Not certain how this got green lit by CBS, but know it won't last a full season.

This isn't a COP SHOW! I don't think it's selling itself that way either. It's a soap opera in sheriff's station. That's ok.

There is nothing about this show that will garner an award. This show is a spin-off of Fire Country, obviously. And THAT show isn't particularly great either. Watched the 1st season, then gave up because it talked too much while fighting fires. Literally stood around talking while fighting fires. About "feelings" bleck!

At least with this "cop show" they're SUPPOSED to be talking! They GET to talk about things, it's how cops and perps and victims and witnesses and....get the job done. So, talking is fine.

The scripts are really really basic though. Seriously, it's like they gave a plot to chat AI and it spit out the script...very...scripted. Nothing special, nothing spectacular, nothing to win an award with.

But the acting is good. The scenery is good. The story-lines are pretty basic but acceptable for cop stuff. So, it's good too.

This ISN'T A COP SHOW! Not by a long shot. Not sure it's selling itself that way either. It's a SOAP OPERA set in a sheriff's station. Period.

For that? It's great. It's good for lazy saturdays, while folding laundry, not digging in too deep or setting the world on fire entertainment. So, it earns a 6 for just existing.

I'll watch as long as it's not too stupid.

Whatever could go wrong with a show, Sheriff Country manages to do flawlessly. The writing feels like someone spent an afternoon prompting ChatGPT and went with the first draft.

The cast? Every single one is overacting like they're trying to win an award no one's giving. It's the kind of performance you see when an actor isn't actually living the role-just imitating what they think acting looks like.

Directing... if it's happening, I couldn't tell. The whole thing is built from platitudes and clichés, but even the cookie-cutter approach would've been an upgrade. Somehow this is worse.

I forced myself through the first two episodes. That was enough. I won't waste more time on this level of lameness. Some shows take a few episodes to find their rhythm-this one never even tuned the instrument.

Hard pass.

Good cast, and a great mixture of procedural police drama and family dynamics. Always like Matt Lauria and his work. Lots of tension with characters introduced. Like the pot selling dad and the troubled daughter. I did not like that they brought Bode from Fire Country for a scene as he is a horrible actor.

I have watched the first four episodes of Sheriff Country, and really wanted to like the show. I like the photography; some characters are interesting and attractive, it seemed there were too many soap bubbles in the plots.

As a police procedural, the show gets both the police and procedure wrong. I rated it a 6, but think that it is working hard to get to 5. Baccarinn is attractive, but her acting is almost as wooden as her walk. The actions taken by characters would get most of them fired, and probably jailed.

The small-town premise, attractive cast, and some occasional good acting show potential that regularly is overwhelmed by unrealistic, cliché story lines.