# Wicked City **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934 "2015-10-28T04:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/1 "2015-10-28T04:08:33Z")
I watched the first episode of the new series _Wicked City_ tonight. I’ll admit I watched it mainly because it was on right after _Agents of Shield_ on the same channel. But having watched it with minimal expectations I was pleasantly surprised. It’s a lot more sophisticated than I would have expected for a network show. It’s also a lot “edgier”. ---
**Author:** ![Robert163](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/2 "2015-10-28T04:12:32Z")
please, tell us a little more about it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/3 "2015-10-28T05:41:17Z")
No chance I’ll ever watch it live, with NBA season back in gear, but I’ll probably catch it on onDemand some time this weekend. Hell, just them casting Erika Christensen guarantees I’ll watch, at least once. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/4 "2015-10-28T06:02:35Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > please, tell us a little more about it 🙂 The series is set in Los Angeles in 1982. The basic plot appears to be a pair of serial killers and the two detectives who are trying to catch them. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/5 "2015-10-30T17:44:59Z")
> [@Robert163](#): > > please, tell us a little more about it 🙂 Edgy as in strongly implied oral sex a couple times, an innocent-looking single mother who gets off on inflicting pain, and a guy that can only get off by having his girlfriend tied up and pretending to be dead. Also a protagonist detective who is married with a daughter and sleeps with another cop who works undercover as a stripper and keeps half a kilo of cocaine in her apartment. That sort of stuff. I am not sure they can keep it up but it was certainly an intriguing first episode. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/6 "2015-11-20T01:17:23Z")
This is why we can’t have nice things. _Wicked City_ has been cancelled for low ratings. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/7 "2015-11-20T15:32:17Z")
Aww, that’s too bad. I don’t think the later episodes have been as good, but the show was definitely holding my interest. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/8 "2015-11-20T22:40:17Z")
Watched the first episode. Wasn’t sure if it was going to hold our interest. Recorded the next (and final) two. Now deleted. More and more crime series are starting off showing you the Big Bad. In a way, it therefore reminded me a little of _The Fall_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/9 "2016-02-14T21:48:47Z")
Update: I don’t have a subscription so this doesn’t help me. But if you have Hulu Prime, they have five unaired episodes posted. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/10 "2016-02-14T21:56:08Z")
There was an anime by the same title several decades back (haven’t seen it, so not sure of the plot), was this related to that? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/11 "2016-02-15T18:53:04Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > There was an anime by the same title several decades back (haven’t seen it, so not sure of the plot), was this related to that? Nope. This title has been used by several movies, etc. before. It’s [original title](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_City_(TV_series)#Development) was in fact _L.A. Crime_. The idea came before ABC changed the title. There’s a mention of a “finale” in the link. Really? Wrap up episode or merely last? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wicked-city/735934/12 "2016-02-15T19:55:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Nope. This title has been used by several movies, etc. before. It’s [original title](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_City_(TV_series)#Development) was in fact _L.A. Crime_. The idea came before ABC changed the title. > > There’s a mention of a “finale” in the link. Really? Wrap up episode or merely last? _gravely faux-private eye voice_ Does crime in the wicked city ever end?😃