Note: this is a spoiler-free advance review of the first episode of Second Chance, which premieres Wednesday on FOX.
Stop me if you've heard this one before. FOX has a new procedural drama that blends familiar buddy cop dynamics with a fantastical twist. No, it's not Sleepy Hollow or Almost Human or Minority Report or New Amsterdam or Lucifer. It's Second Chance, the story of a retired sheriff given a literal second chance at life thanks to modern super-science. There are enough compelling elements in this first episode to hold the viewer's attention, but this is just one more example of a show that would work better if it wasn't crammed into the procedural mold.
While ostensibly inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Second Chance can best be described as a mash-up of The Six Million Dollar Man and the 2015 film Stop/Loss. The show revolves around Jimmy Pritchard, a retired, disgraced cop (played at first by The Insider's Philip Baker Hall) who is murdered and subsequently revived in a young, healthy, superhumanly strong new form (played by Pacific Rim's Robert Kazinsky). That revival is made possible by Mary Goodwin (Greek's Dilshad Vadsaria) and and her twin brother Otto (Rules of Engagement's Adhir Kalyan), owners of a Facebook-esque social media company called Lookinglass who have somehow pioneered the greatest breakthrough in modern medicine on the side. Pritchard's mission upon waking up in this rejuvenated body is to protect his FBI agent son, Duval (White Collar's Tim DeKay) and granddaughter Gracie (Red Band Society's Ciara Bravo) while unraveling the vast conspiracy that led to his death in the first place.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before. FOX has a new procedural drama that blends familiar buddy cop dynamics with a fantastical twist. No, it's not Sleepy Hollow or Almost Human or Minority Report or New Amsterdam or Lucifer. It's Second Chance, the story of a retired sheriff given a literal second chance at life thanks to modern super-science. There are enough compelling elements in this first episode to hold the viewer's attention, but this is just one more example of a show that would work better if it wasn't crammed into the procedural mold.
While ostensibly inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Second Chance can best be described as a mash-up of The Six Million Dollar Man and the 2015 film Stop/Loss. The show revolves around Jimmy Pritchard, a retired, disgraced cop (played at first by The Insider's Philip Baker Hall) who is murdered and subsequently revived in a young, healthy, superhumanly strong new form (played by Pacific Rim's Robert Kazinsky). That revival is made possible by Mary Goodwin (Greek's Dilshad Vadsaria) and and her twin brother Otto (Rules of Engagement's Adhir Kalyan), owners of a Facebook-esque social media company called Lookinglass who have somehow pioneered the greatest breakthrough in modern medicine on the side. Pritchard's mission upon waking up in this rejuvenated body is to protect his FBI agent son, Duval (White Collar's Tim DeKay) and granddaughter Gracie (Red Band Society's Ciara Bravo) while unraveling the vast conspiracy that led to his death in the first place.
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