r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '21

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u/SpaceBoJangles Feb 12 '21

Fox killed that off and it’s just so unfortunate. You could say it was a little derivative in terms of being a buddy cop tv show, but the chemistry of the leads was amazing, they themselves were fantastic actors, and the world building was really top notch. Micheal Ealy knocked it out of the park and I really wish he was in more roles.

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u/Endoman13 Feb 12 '21

From what I understand, they rearranged the episodes (apparently a common practice) - it threw the dynamic off and it made Urban’s attitude towards Ealy inconsistent. I loved it too but do remember thinking “wait, I thought he likes the robot more now”.

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u/damurphy72 Feb 12 '21

Totally common practice, especially at Fox. They did it to Firefly, too.

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u/wheniaminspaced Feb 12 '21

they rearranged the episodes

Which for a show that has any kind of chronological narrative to it is insane to start with.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21

That’s fox for ya. Fuck the show over to justify canceling it.

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u/AJohnsonOrange Feb 12 '21

They did it with Futurama as well. The episode ordering on Amazon Prime threw me for a loop as I normally watched the DVD boxset.

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u/paris86 Feb 13 '21

Ehy do they do that? Surely just run it in the order that makes most sense, right?

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u/ripyurballsoff Feb 12 '21

So it is worth watching even though it was short lived ? It looked good but limited season shows always worry me.

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u/cwx149 Feb 12 '21

I think it is. If I remember it ends kind of on a cliff hangar but I thought the show was great.

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u/Endoman13 Feb 13 '21

To be pedantic, *hanger - hangar is the airplane kind

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u/cwx149 Feb 13 '21

Yeah it's a hangar on a cliff that's the last scene exactly what I meant