Jinx
12-09-2014, 11:15 AM
Premiering January 2015
Towns, Detective
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Towns lives with his father, Towns, a very successful detective with his own agency. Daniel hopes to one day follow in his fathers footsteps as a detective and eventually take over the family agency. One day as he's walking home from school, Daniel Towns sees his father get into a car with three men and never return. No one knows what's happened to his father, so it's up to young Daniel to use everything he knows to find out what happened to his missing dad, where he is, and bring him home.
Fifteen years later, and Towns (who has dropped the 'Daniel' both to emulate his father and to leave boyhood behind) is a full detective and business has never been better, but he has become jaded as what little information he has found out about his father has given him more questions than answers. His personal life is one of debauchery; he sleeps with a different woman every night--often his clients, in a breech of professionalism, has a cocaine problem, and often finds himself at the bottom of an empty bottle.
That is, until one day, when a mysterious and beautiful woman named Danielle shows up at is office and gives him a manila envelope with a picture of his father drinking a cup of coffee in his old favorite diner. Towns tells Danielle to leave before he realizes that in the picture there is a newspaper sitting next to his father that was dated three days ago.
Now, Towns must find this mysterious woman who knows where is father is. He must be a great detective by day, but an even better detective by night. Don't miss this must-see new mid-season show only on Fox!
Praise for Towns, Detective
Towns, Detective is something truly special. What I love about the show is that it's not only about a man named Daniel Towns, it's starring a man named Daniel Towns. That's right, the title character of Daniel Towns is played by Daniel Towns! And not only that, but he plays both fifteen-year-old Daniel and thirty-year-old Towns. They don't even use makeup or CGI to make him look younger! It's a very immersive experience that really gets you in touch with who Daniel Towns (the character, not the actual man Daniel Towns) is throughout his journey!
Wow, this show is really something, let me tell you! On the surface, it's just another played out crime drama. But scratch its thin and unprotected skin, and underneath you have a story of existential proportions. Watching this show has made me question what it is to be human and the human condition. I laughed when Towns found that $20 in his coat pocket from the previous winter and said "Hey, thanks past Towns!". I cried when Towns' Excel files were all deleted because he forgot to back up his computer before it crashed. I fell in love as I watched Towns stand outside Danielle's window with a giant boombox playing In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel. This show has left me an emotional wreck and I LOVE IT!
This show is often lighthearted and fun. Towns, Detective is reminiscent of House, MD. Both because they are lovable curmudgeons and because their show titles are of their last names followed by a comma and then their job titles. But the greatest thing about this show--and the most surprising--is that it's not afraid to ask the hard questions. Why are we here? What lengths will we go to for our family? Is finding answers worth it if in the end you lose yourself? Is soup a drink?
It's a show. 2/10 stars.
Towns, Detective
Fifteen-year-old Daniel Towns lives with his father, Towns, a very successful detective with his own agency. Daniel hopes to one day follow in his fathers footsteps as a detective and eventually take over the family agency. One day as he's walking home from school, Daniel Towns sees his father get into a car with three men and never return. No one knows what's happened to his father, so it's up to young Daniel to use everything he knows to find out what happened to his missing dad, where he is, and bring him home.
Fifteen years later, and Towns (who has dropped the 'Daniel' both to emulate his father and to leave boyhood behind) is a full detective and business has never been better, but he has become jaded as what little information he has found out about his father has given him more questions than answers. His personal life is one of debauchery; he sleeps with a different woman every night--often his clients, in a breech of professionalism, has a cocaine problem, and often finds himself at the bottom of an empty bottle.
That is, until one day, when a mysterious and beautiful woman named Danielle shows up at is office and gives him a manila envelope with a picture of his father drinking a cup of coffee in his old favorite diner. Towns tells Danielle to leave before he realizes that in the picture there is a newspaper sitting next to his father that was dated three days ago.
Now, Towns must find this mysterious woman who knows where is father is. He must be a great detective by day, but an even better detective by night. Don't miss this must-see new mid-season show only on Fox!
Praise for Towns, Detective
Towns, Detective is something truly special. What I love about the show is that it's not only about a man named Daniel Towns, it's starring a man named Daniel Towns. That's right, the title character of Daniel Towns is played by Daniel Towns! And not only that, but he plays both fifteen-year-old Daniel and thirty-year-old Towns. They don't even use makeup or CGI to make him look younger! It's a very immersive experience that really gets you in touch with who Daniel Towns (the character, not the actual man Daniel Towns) is throughout his journey!
Wow, this show is really something, let me tell you! On the surface, it's just another played out crime drama. But scratch its thin and unprotected skin, and underneath you have a story of existential proportions. Watching this show has made me question what it is to be human and the human condition. I laughed when Towns found that $20 in his coat pocket from the previous winter and said "Hey, thanks past Towns!". I cried when Towns' Excel files were all deleted because he forgot to back up his computer before it crashed. I fell in love as I watched Towns stand outside Danielle's window with a giant boombox playing In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel. This show has left me an emotional wreck and I LOVE IT!
This show is often lighthearted and fun. Towns, Detective is reminiscent of House, MD. Both because they are lovable curmudgeons and because their show titles are of their last names followed by a comma and then their job titles. But the greatest thing about this show--and the most surprising--is that it's not afraid to ask the hard questions. Why are we here? What lengths will we go to for our family? Is finding answers worth it if in the end you lose yourself? Is soup a drink?
It's a show. 2/10 stars.