"The Chicago code" (TV serie 2011 -temporada 1)

The Chicago Code - "Declaring Open War Promo

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Introducing 'The Chicago Code' (the basics part 1)
The Chicago Code basics part 1

The following relies heavily on the Fox press release but your The Chicago Code Examiner has some early analysis and more info he thinks you should know early in part 2.

The Chicago Code (formerly titled Ride-Along if you recall from last May's upfronts), is a new semi-serialized police drama from critically acclaimed creator Shawn Ryan (The Shield, showrunner on Terriers) and will make its series debut Monday, February 7th (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Shot on location in Chicago, The Chicago Code follows the Windy City’s most powerful and respected cops as they navigate the city’s underbelly to fight crime and expose corruption within Chicago’s notorious political machine.

Starring Jason Clarke (Brotherhood) and Jennifer Beals (The L Word), the fast-paced series centers on Jarek Wysocki (Clarke), a local legend and a larger-than-life veteran of the Chicago Police Department who wields considerable power thanks to his relationship with Teresa Colvin (Beals), his ex-partner and the city’s first female superintendent, now in charge of a 10,000-member police force. While Teresa diplomatically governs amidst the complicated landscape of Chicago politics, Jarek works the streets on a crusade to clean up crime and avenge his brother’s murder. Along the way, they face powerful adversaries, including Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Delroy Lindo, Kidnapped), a building-magnate-turned-politician who has ruled his ward with a velvet glove for over two decades.

Joining Jarek on the street is Caleb Evers (Matt Lauria, Friday Night Lights), an eager young detective trying desperately to prove himself. Also in Jarek’s charge is his niece, Vonda Wysocki (Devin Kelley, Tease), a rookie beat copper whose father – Jarek’s brother – was killed in the line of duty when she was young. Jarek keeps close tabs on her and is less than thrilled with the risk-taking ways of her cocky hotshot partner, Isaac Joiner (Todd Williams, CSI). Also in the mix is low-life Liam Hennessey (Billy Lush, The Black Donnellys), an Irish thug who blends in with the gritty world of local crime.

The Chicago Code is a production of 20th Century Fox Television and MiddKid Productions. The series is written and executive-produced by Shawn Ryan and Tim Minear (Dollhouse). Charles McDougall (Big Love) also directed and executive-produced the pilot episode.

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Introducing 'The Chicago Code' (the basics part 2)

The Chicago Code Examiner has more in-depth and non-spoilery analysis.

Worst case scenario:

Shawn Ryan has completed primary work on the first season's 13 episode order so we'd hopefully get to see them all eventually even if ratings tank and Fox pulls the series. Yes, we have to think about the worst case scenario as Fox's critically loved Lonestar was pulled after two episodes this fall. The mothership Fox network is going to be more trigger happy than its corporate family cousin FX, who at least aired all 13 episodes of Terriers before announcing its cancellation.

Best case scenario:

Interest is high thanks to various fanbases - Friday Night Lights, The Shield, Jennifer Beals alone is a draw, plus the Joss Whedon-verse connection with Shawn Ryan (who worked on Angel) and Tim Minear. The series is going to be promoted during the Super Bowl and will air post-House every week. The Monday at 9 timeslot also allows viewers to change over to Castle, Hawaii Five-0 or even Harry's Law in the competitive 10 pm hour for a two hour viewing block of scripted dramas that are not cut and dry procedurals. Direct 9PM competition is the second hour of The Bachelor (which you can just watch recapped in the first hour next week) plus reruns of Two and Half Men while Charlie Sheen is in rehab. When NBC's The Event returns on Feb. 28th, it will have an uphill battle to reclaim any viewers it had prior to a long hiatus. So we could get an fairly uninterrupted and decently rated run of The Chicago Code episodes leading to a second season pick-up.

Show comparisons:

The Shield focused more on moral ambiguity and corruption amongst the ranks while The Chicago Code starts off with the cops being the clear good guys and it is city hall that is crossing the moral line. Language wise, you can't say the same words on broadcast as they could on cable, so Jason Clarke's character is written as a curse-word hater. Big whoop, it adds a fun character trait. However, "jag-hole" gets thrown around a bit and when I looked that up on an online urban dictionary I was surprised the word slipped through. Maybe a Battlestar Galactica fan will be among the characters eventually. That show got really creative with "frak."

The void this series fills on Fox is 24. While 24 was unique in its structure, Fox hasn't had a fast paced, multi-layered, ensemble drama with continuing plot lines and cliffhanger endings since 24 left the air. The Chicago Code's pilot has a pretty shocking cliffhanger before the final act with some resolution before final credits, but the action and plots carry over through the next two episodes. The ensemble has the opportunity to get big really quick and there might even be ...a mole.

If the show follows the 13 episode FX model of Justified and Terriers last year, the big arc is set-up in pilot and first couple of episodes, then a few stand alone episodes that develop relationship arcs over the case of the week, mini-arcs carry through the middle and then in the last couple episodes of the season the big season arc comes back and pulls everything together. It is highly effective storytelling and allows new viewers to come on in the middle.

Action-wise Ryan was also showrunner on The Unit so he knows who to hire to help pull off big set piece explosions and choreograph small hand-to-hand combat scenes. The whole city of Chicago is the set and there is lots of fast paced walking, talking, driving, car and foot chasing. You'll want to pay attention to not only action scenes but all the plot detail coming at you during them. Be sure the kids are in bed, put the crossword puzzle down, load up the dishwasher, you are not going to want to miss a second. Paying attention won't feel like chore though, it is a fun ride. Unlike the flashy CSI's and Bones where several minutes can be devoted to the wizzbang technology used to solve crimes, those minutes are filled with plot on The Chicago Code.

Ask your The Chicago Code Examiner

Do you have questions about the show? Your The Chicago Code Examiner has seen the first three episodes and has access to the show's press team. What kind of articles do you want to see? Which cast member are you excited to see on screen again? Ask on Twitter (@TVKel) or in the comments below. Your ideas and answers to your questions will be incorporated into this coming week's introduction to The Chicago Code articles. There will be character introductions and the answer to the question "What is an alderman?" for those whose city governments are run differently from Chicago's.




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LLuna escribió:
leo ... y por pedir que llegue otra de Laurel tb

Laurel parece estar más interesada en impresionar a Bette Porter...como se pasa el tiempo pintando y pintando..

The Chicago Code - The Way Things Get Done

leonora escribió:

LLuna escribió:
leo ... y por pedir que llegue otra de Laurel tb

Laurel parece estar más interesada en impresionar a Bette Porter...como se pasa el tiempo pintando y pintando..

LLuna escribió:
Con esa contestación te has lucido Leo ... pero la verdad es que me da igual a quien

impresione " leche " la cuestión es que se pueda ver

bueno, creo que a fin de cuentas es una buena señal el que Laurel muestre de esa manera que todavía no ha aceptado el final de las serie así siempre queda la esperanza de una continuación..

más posters, esta vez desde Los Angeles

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The Chicago Code 1.01 “Pilot” Advance Review
Posted by Brittany on Jan 31, 2011 in The Chicago Code



A funny thing happened to me when I started watching The Chicago Code. I wasn’t seeing it the way a lot of people might. You see, I’ve had a rocky relationship at best with Shawn Ryan’s previous shows; I didn’t catch on to The Shield until season six, and I’m still trying to forget the disappointing fourth season of The Unit. I mention that because I want to make it clear his pedigree didn’t win me over when it came to this series. Nor did the persistent advertising campaign. What turned my head was the final product: a series that is everything the best police dramas should be.

It seems like every other series on television over the last decade has been a cop show, yet as much as I love the genre, it just isn’t what it used to be. It’s not that hard to kick in a door, pretend to be tough, or use some neat gadget to process evidence. What many of these shows are missing is real substance. The Chicago Code is a complete, complex police drama – the kind that doesn’t come around very often anymore.

That begins with the characters: fully formed individuals that we learn about both through their own eyes, and the eyes of others. By the end of the first hour, through some effective voiceovers and their interactions with each other, we have a real sense of who these people are, not just the inkling to be developed that comes in most pilots. At the core of the show are Teresa Colvin (Jennifer Beals), Chicago’s new female Superintendent of Police, and her ex-partner, Detective Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke). Both of them have compelling stories to tell, and they also have a complicated relationship between them worth exploring. Refreshingly, there’s no fawning over the fact that Teresa is a woman, and no hinting that she might end up in bed with Jarek, either. She’s a cop who just happens to be female, not a woman who just happens to be a cop, and she’s allowed to have a close relationship with a male colleague that is strictly platonic. Of all the female characters Shawn Ryan’s shows have featured, Teresa is on her way to becoming my favorite, thanks to that stereotype-breaking writing and an excellent, poised performance by Jennifer Beals, who likewise doesn’t need to posture to prove that she’s a tough woman; from how she carries herself alone, you know this isn’t a woman that you want to mess with.

It’s easy to see how Teresa meshed with Jarek, whose blunt, matter-of-fact attitude sees him changing partners every couple of days. This is the anti-TV cop. He’s not pretty and perfectly coiffed. He’s not going to have a witty one-liner at his disposal. He is not beyond reproach in his personal life (if I have one complaint about the pilot, it’s that said personal life reuses a subplot that we’ve seen before on both The Shield and The Unit), but we know that professionally, his commitment is not to be doubted. Jason Clarke is a great choice for the role; physically, he’s no pushover (she says from experience, as he made me look infantile when we crossed paths after the show’s recent TCA presentation) and that lends a certain intimidation factor to his character, but he also plays his role with an equal amount of conviction, just like Beals. In the wrong hands, Jarek could look like a self-absorbed, arrogant guy, but the way that Clarke handles him, we see only a man who’s confident because he can’t afford not to be. Clarke and Beals together make a wonderful team, with the audience able to believe in their characters because they believe in themselves, and in each other. We may not have a clue what’s going on, but we know that they do, and we know that we want to see how they put it all together.

The other major aspect that The Chicago Code gets right is that these are cops doing real detective work. They’re not standing around waiting for lab results and spitting out technical jargon (sorry, CSI), and they’re not out busting heads for no reason other than how cool it makes them look. When Jarek and his new partner Caleb Evers (Matt Lauria) are roughing up suspects, it’s because those suspects have given them a reason to do so. The police work in the pilot unfolds the way most police work does – through talking to people and doing honest legwork. There wasn’t any part of the casework in the pilot that made me feel as if it was put there simply for entertainment value. Not to mention that though we know there’s a bigger picture that isn’t going to be resolved for some time, I wasn’t seeing a show trying to make itself unnecessarily complicated. I was able to say, “Yes, that makes sense. That’s what I would do in that situation. I understand why that happened.”

The Chicago Code is also beautifully shot, with a much more filmic quality than The Shield, but still making me feel as if the show needs to be in Chicago and couldn’t take place anywhere else. On that note, I know that because of the promos and because it’s in the same genre, this show will undoubtedly be compared to The Shield. There are certainly similarities – cops with messy personal lives but committed professional ones, and content that has the potential to push FOX’s tighter restrictions – but I’d be loathe to see The Chicago Code have to live in the shadow of its predecessor. For one, when you compare a new series to something that’s so revered, you set up unrealistic expectations. For two, The Chicago Code deserves a chance to stand as its own entity. It’s the best new show on the midseason schedule.

That’s the funny part I was talking about. I finally get it now. I might have missed a lot of The Shield, and I wasn’t always completely sold on The Unit, but the moment I heard Shawn Ryan start talking about The Chicago Code, I had a feeling that it was going to be something special. Having seen it for myself, I’m definitely glad that this time, I’m on his side from the start.

The Chicago Code premieres next Monday, February 7, at 9 PM ET/PT on FOX. Stay tuned for complete coverage all season long.

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The Chicago Code - Power (Kanye West) Trailer

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'The Chicago Code's' Jennifer Beals won't stop until her job is done


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Living by 'The Chicago Code' on Fox


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FOX’s ‘Chicago Code’ with a Taste of Jennifer Beals



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The Chicago Code episode titles and synopsis for episodes 2,3 & 4

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Beals shines in 'The Chicago Code'

San Francisco drama fans are looking forward to Monday when Jennifer Beals (Flashdance, Lie to Me) returns to TV as Chicago police superintendent Teresa Colvin on FOX’s The Chicago Code.

Fans know Beals from the popular Showtime drama The L Word where she played Bette Porter for 6 seasons.

Like Bette, Teresa Colvin is determined and commands attention, but Beals adds the necessary grit and attitude to make Teresa believable as a tough-as-nails crime fighter.

“I thought it was an incredible character, a woman in this position, which has not been done before,” Beals told EW. “She is creating the template. What will that journey be like? You can’t be self-confident all the time. She certainly has been in the force long enough to have quite a bit of respect. But there is nobody who has gone before her, so she has to be on her game. She’s aware that if she makes mistakes, she ruins it for women after her.”

While Teresa’s goal is to clean up Chicago street by street, she often has to fight corruption at high levels, including going toe-to-toe with Alderman Ronin Gibbons (Delroy Lindo.) Teresa’s main ally is her former partner and friend Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke) who is on a mission to avenge his brother’s murder.

Many viewers are sure to tune in to the action packed premiere to experience the in-your-face nature of the show, but others are likely to watch solely for the fact that Beals' name is in the credits.

“Jennifer Beals continues to support the LGBT community even now that The L Word has been over for a while,” said San Francisco resident Grace Meyers. “So I’m going to return the favor and support her new show.”

Brett Allstair is also tuning in for Beals, but is also intrigued by the ride-along feeling the show seeks to produce.

“Jennifer is a really great actor and the show seems very realistic,” Oakland resident Allstair said. “There are a lot of crime shows on TV that are too light-hearted and fun that I don’t think represent how things really are.”

Check out sneak peeks of Beals in action on FOX.com.

The Chicago Code premieres Monday Feb. 7 at 9:00 p.m. on FOX.