If there is an actress on TV that I have a mixed relationship about it is Debra Messing. Which is weird because I love her but I don’t always love the shows she is on :cough cough SMASH cough cough::. So that being said, I wasn’t sure how I was going to like her new show The Mysteries of Laura because it seemed sort of out of character from the other roles I’ve seen her in. That being said, let me tell you this….I LOVE this show so far. I mean you have Debra Messing who is a fantastic actress in the lead role as a strong, smart, working mom that juggles being a full time parent with an ex-husband who acts like he wants to be the best friend instead of a parent and still works full time as a homicide detective. It’s not even what I would call a normal cop drama, in that everything has a very dark feel to it. This has a lot more humor and color and life so to speak than something like Law and Order or NYPD.
Like I mentioned earlier, Laura (Debra Messing), is a homicide detective but also a ‘single’ mother to her twin boys. She is in the process of divorcing her husband Jake (Josh Lucas), who is also a cop, because she was tired of his philandering ways. Jake though doesn’t want to divorce her because he loves her and yet he doesn’t seem willing to help in the raising or discipline of their boys. On the job she is partners with Billy (Laz Alonso), there is Max (Max Jenkins), the information gatherer for the division, and Meredith (Janina Gavankar), a stickler for the rules. The show is witty, funny with a slight predictability to it, and full of shenanigans that no cop could probably get away with in the real world. But you know what? I don’t care because we need more female roles like this on TV so that young girls can see how badass women can be no matter what.
For a pilot episode it wasn’t all that bad either. You get the understanding right off the bat that this isn’t going to be your typical cop drama and you see a blend of the cop and mom. She is taking down criminals, she is trying to wrangle her sons into behavior (especially since they got expelled from preschool), and all the while trying to solve a murder. The mystery itself isn’t one that I could solve right away because the show is good at keeping the cards close to its chest till they want to reveal everything. It gives you a good idea of who all the cast of characters are and you start to get to know them and figure out how you feel about them. I’m definitely looking forward to see what else this show has to offer and I really hope that it will last.
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