Intelligence - Canadian 24 meets Sopranos
Intelligence on CBC.
I don't know if anyone is watching this amazing (really!) show but I'm here to spread the word.
It's half-24, half-Sopranos, where the Canadian domestic intelligence agency is investigating a Vancouver, BC, gang. This show is remarkably interesting as the show doesn't seem to take a stance on who are the good guys and who are the bad guys (character motivations are unique and totally believable).
I haven't seen a more convincing gang-boss since early Tony Soprano and the cops are more concerned with bureaucratic infighting than they are working together to get the drugs off the street.
I can't say enough about the dialogue: most shows with the intel/ops setting get a little silly (see: David Mamet's "The Unit") where the writers try too hard with jargon (24's "I need you to open a socket on the breaker grid plus alpha blahblahblah"). But this is doing a great job of keeping the intrigue high w/o inducing groans.
It's on CBC, so most of you too far south of the border probably can't get it but if you can, it's worth an hour.
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