Coyote

Enjoying the theme and characters in first couple of episodes I have watched. Michael Chiklis is great.

I'm just on episode 1 so far so good . Apparently Mexico is a very violent culture and many women are forced into situations they don't like . These women try to escape into the USA illegally . So a newly retired boarder patrol Agent , who doesn't speak Spanish. ( obviously odd ) . Becomes the focal point of some of these illegal border crossers. Some scenes seem poorly planned but overall I enjoyed the performances would have given higher rating but some of the scenes seemed unbelievable.

I was wondering why this show had a lower rating than I'd expect. Then, I read the reviews. Can't we go 5 mins without bleating about the politics? Basically, the left thought it stereotyped race and the right though it normalised illegal immigration or some such rubbish. The rest of the low scores complained about the fact that the main character Ben couldn't speak Spanish (a fair point which is why I took off a point and settled for an 8).

Anyway, I found Coyote to be well paced with a nicely developing story that gets you quite interested in the characters. Although it's no Breaking Bad, I get the feeling that was where they were aiming.

So, I can thoroughly recommend this if you can leave your politics at the door and enjoy it for the fiction that it is.

Great show! Awesome to see Michael Chiklis back on television again. I just wish the season was a little longer. I knocked out every episode in one night. I'm definitely looking forward to season 2. Thankfully this was a great distraction from all the stuff going on in politics at the moment. 7 stars

Been looking forward to a decent show with Michael Chicklis ever since The Shield has it's days. He's not as badass as I would have liked, but it's nice to see a well produced show with a somewhat decent story.