Women's Murder Club 101

The name may well suck, but seemingly the show might not. Colour me surprised. It's pretty straight forward really, and as they say in the show, it's not really a club. Four women; a homicide detective, a lawyer, a coroner and a reporter, all work together and share information to solve murder cases.

No caption could compete with what this is actually about.

I only recognise two of the women, but I would say they are all relatively unknown. The cop was in a lot of Law & Order apparently (and Baywatch Nights anyone?), so I guess somebody knows her. The coroner I only know to see, but she always stands out for me and I quite like her. The lawyer is none other than Daisy from Dead Like Me, which possibly explains why she doesn't have time for the upcoming Dead Like Me project. I'm not entirely sure I like her character in this though, but maybe she isn't meant to be liked. The last is the reporter who I don't particularly like, but she's the outsider so maybe she'll grow on me.

To hell with walls of weird, if I go insane I'm putting stuff on the ceiling.

The show starts off with a bang (literally) and pretty much held my attention throughout. I can see how maybe the sharing of information thing might become a little too convenient, a deus ex machina around every corner (coroner?) perhaps. I can also see how the old "ooh our relationships are so messed up, let's talk about it" thing could be tiresome. It is an interesting angle though to give all the roles to women. I'm sure if Sex and the City had more guns and dead bodies it would have had more of a male audience. I'm not sure how that would have worked exactly, but maybe they could have literally killed each other over shoes.

One actress needed. Must be able to breathe through nose.

If the show had ended a different way, perhaps I would be more skeptical. I think they've set it up nicely for an overall theme to the season though, which has gotten my attention. Also, I would have to say they didn't pull any punches with the theme, it's definitely not kittens and rainbows.