Boomtown. The Next Big Hit?

Cafe Society
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I saw the premere last week and the second episode this week.
This show is great.
Unlike anything you have ever seen on television.
If you haven’t caught it yet, make it a point to do so.

The episodes are chopped into segements so that you see the entire crime from every perspective. Sometimes the scenes will back up, and you see what is happening from the victim’s point of view - the next segment will show from the police point of view and so on.
Think “Memento”, but not quite as quirky to follow.

The amazing thing is, at the end of each episode you have a more satisfying understanding of the entire story than any other similar crime-type series (Law & Order, NYPD etc.).

On the West Coast it is on at 10PM Sunday. Set the VCR and give it a try.

2

Any show that has multiple connections to the people that gave us Band of Brothers is OK in my book.

Boomtown is pretty darn engaging. I caught it for the first time and sat watching it for 20 minutes before I remembered that I:

  1. Had started the shower running
  2. Was wearing nothing but a towel
  3. Had started water boiling on the stove to be used post shower.
3

Yeah, I caught Sunday’s episode and was very impressed. Good stuff.

4

Fantastic! Really a very good show. Hope it gets good enough ratings to survive.

5

Wife & I are really enjoying this new show. We’re already well-engaged by the characters. F’r instance, I’m trying to figure out how I feel about the Deputy DA - I dislike him as a philanderer and a publicity hound, but he seems to be very earnest about doing his job for the right reasons. And his “Dirty Harry” bit this week with the strip-club owner was a definite highlight. Detective “Fearless” is very cool, and we’re curious about Wahlberg’s character and his at-home problem. Jason Gedrick’s character hasn’t had much to do yet (neither has the medic) but his partner looks to be a bit of a goofball. Still trying to figure out how cut-throat, ambitious and sleazy the reporter-babe is going to be, too.

The style is original for a TV show - an NBC preview site refers to it as “Pulp Fiction”- like, and I can see the comparison with the alternating timelines.

And we both agree that the show has the coolest title sequence on TV right now.

6

I missed the first episode but mananged to catch this past Sunday’s. The case was a little hokey, but I’ll give it another whirl. I’m sure it won’t me a ‘must see’ like The Sopranos, though.

If I still watch Monk there’s no legitimate reason for me not to watch Boomtown.

7

My wife and I have watched the first two episodes and are very impressed. Not counting “Monk” – which is a summer series anyway – “Boomtown” is the best new show of the season.

Like JuanitaTech, we thought the layout of the plot in the second episode was somewhat far-fetched, especially the truck-driver switcheroo. Other than that, absolutely riveting, and nearly unprecedented as a television production. It’s the little details that make the show, such as the POV from inside the pickup as it finishes its wreck and slides upside-down along the pavement, exactly matching the overhead view from a prior shot. In terms of logistical planning alone, the show is a marvel.

They’ve got us for the next few weeks at least. “Boomtown” has the potential to approach a level of quality not seen since “Homicide” (the best damn police show ever).