On Call

On Call has a nice pace to it, and the performances of Bellisario and Larracuente are understated and effective. Sure, it’s a police procedural, but at least its format and subject matter are a little different than what we normally see.

Overall, On Call has its merits, especially when it comes to the portrayal of Harmon and Diaz's partnership. The main characters anchor this procedural, which doesn't answer all the questions that it lays out from the pilot onward. Yet the tension between Harmon and her colleagues isn't explored enough, and neither is Harmon's drive to seek justice for Delgado.

It doesn’t break new ground. It’s akin to “Dragnet” — nothing but the facts — or the original “Hawaii Five-0” or “Adam-12.” The real weakness is the characters’ softness and lack of complexity.

On Call’s unwillingness to engage too deeply with anything we’re seeing onscreen makes it hard to ever become totally engrossed by it. But then, not every show wants you to look that closely. Some are content humming along as background noise.

Amazon Prime’s “On Call,” the latest drama from executive producer Dick Wolf, is so intent on selling audiences on the idea that police are unfairly maligned and in danger every moment, of every day, that it forgets to tell a coherent or even fitfully entertaining story.

Undercooked. .... Harmon and Diaz traffic in tropes so clichéd even Michael Bay would balk at the writing.

Ultimately, these brief moments of lightning-rod right-wing moralism are the only memorable parts of this series. Riddled with clichés and uninspired in its criminal underworld narrative, it's as boring as this genre gets — the episodes may only be half an hour, but they feel a hell of a lot longer.

Loved the show. Just wish there were more and longer episodes. Hoping for a season 2.

Can’t wait for a season 2. Best cop show I’ve seen since end of watch. I hope for more than 8 episodes next season

A police procedural is a police procedural is a police procedural, but I really enjoyed this one. The half-hour format keeps things moving, the two lead actors are compelling, and the episodes directed by Eric La Salle are excellent. But the episodes directed by Brenda Malloy are the opposite of excellent. Please let La Salle direct every episode next season!

Basic formula LA cop show updated for the "woke" era. It's good enough to keep us watching, but not as good as many other similar shows that have come before it. Watch if you can't get enough of the genre, otherwise you can safely skip it.

Cliched cop melodrama filled with tropes that you’ve seen a thousand time before, much, much better (and sometimes worse). The performances are pedestrian, at best, so it can’t even be recommended on that level.