Stumptown

What a pilot. ... I watched “Forget It, Dex, It’s Stumptown” three times before sitting down to write this review, and got more out of it each time. What’s more, each of those three times, the cold open gag plus action sequence plus Neil Simon musical sting that sets up the series’ whole vibe absolutely killed, as did its callback at the end of the hour.

Fortunately, Stumptown is blessed with a proven TV and movie star playing a character who herself arrives on screen fully formed. It’s years away from becoming a classic in its own right, but it reminds me of one, and that’s a good start.

“Stumptown” starts off strong, quickly introducing us to characters we want to get to know better, avoiding the usual private investigator clichés, and giving us a setting that’s fresh and brimming with story possibilities.

With only one episode to go on, it’s hard to say how “Stumptown” will handle its upcoming cases of the week, or if it will shade Dex out beyond her cliched basics. But there are a couple standout elements of the show that point towards a more promising season than not.

[Stumptown] is a show that relies heavily on her [Cobie Smulders] likability, and she carries it through the premiere.

Wednesday’s premiere episode veers back and forth story-wise almost as crazily as the show-starting wild ride. ... That’s the overall point and thrust of Stumptown, where a woman drinks, fights and has sex on her terms in the same manner numerous men did in an assembly line of earlier ABC action dramas.

Stumptown is one of the better new fall network pilots, and not just because most of them are BAD, but because it delivers Smulders to our TV screens on a weekly basis again.

Colbie is wonderful great cast funny and worth the watch! Hope it has many years to come!

Been watching the show since day 1........love it. Last episode Dex says 'you were both inside me"...really? Waay to in your face and unnecessary. Any why does every show have to have a gay scene these days? Are you trying to impress the LGBTQ community? You think that will improve your ratings?.....i doubt it. You don't nee to jump on the 'gay' bandwagon to have a good show.

Sigh. The first few episodes looked promising, but I'm only on episode five, and already the series has gone full soap opera. It used to be, with a good detective series, that the first few seasons would emphasize individual cases with a couple of ongoing storylines to provide continuity and character development. At some point, when the writers had run out of ideas and the starts were itching to show their full histrionic range, the ongoing story would take over, growing ever more elaborate and preposterous, until the series became unwatchable, though it might limp along for years until viewers finally put it out of its misery. This process used to take a long time, though the recent average seems to be 2-3 seasons. Stumptown has now done it in weeks: just a handful of cases to **** the audience in before the entire cast became enmeshed in a byzantine plot thick with intrigue and dripping with angst. Such a disappointment because the characters are fresh, the backstory interesting, and the actors first-rate.

The first few shows were interesting and the cast is very good. From about the 4th show things started to tank. It's the writing and at this point it's not very good. The last episode I watched was "November Surprise" and I am stunned at how awful it was. There are much better programs out there at the moment so I will not be wasting anymore time on this one.

The pilot episode was mildly interesting, Cobie Smulders is likeable but the show has to offer more than a likeable character. Maybe the shallow writing will improve with time as it is full of holes. I suggest wait for the full season and maybe binge watch as it isn't worth tuning in weekly.