NBC's adaptation of Jeffery Deaver's novel has a familiar cat-and-mouse premise and solid performances by russellhornsby and ArielleKebbel. Read the review of LincolnRhyme:
The series, adapted by Mark Bianculli and VJ Boyd, begins with Lincoln Rhyme hot on the heels of the enigmatic clue-distributing serial killer dubbed the Bone Collector . Lincoln, a legendary forensic criminologist with the NYPD, is cocky and confident that he's about to catch the Bone Collector, ignoring pleas from his partner to wait for backup. Naturally, it's a trap, and a bad fall puts Lincoln near death and leaves him a paraplegic.
Three years later, plucky NYPD rookie Amelia Sachs , dreaming of someday making the FBI, comes across a staged crime scene in a subway tunnel, a scene that has all of the fingerprints of a Bone Collector crime. Boasting an admirable attention to detail, Amelia finds herself working as the eyes and ears of the disgruntled, bedridden Lincoln, who yearns to achieve closure on the case that destroyed his life. Let the, um, hunt for the Bone Collector begin.
It doesn't help that pilot director Seth Gordon's visual flourishes to illustrate the way Lincoln views the world — specifically, how his obsession with New York City is almost his superpower — bears an extremely strong resemblance to Gordon's visual flourishes illustrating how the main character in and I'm assuming they'll also eventually become non-factors on, which is a factor in how so many of these shows end up feeling so similar and script-driven.
Kebbel is solid, even if her character is defined through clumsy exposition or through other characters' comments . The pilot uses Amelia's relationship with her sister for tension-driven exploitation rather than personal dynamics. Imperioli, Lyons and Ellington are similarly solid and similarly underused.moves fast and efficiently sets up a workable series that could blend weekly procedural elements with an ongoing — and very familiar — serial killer mystery.
Cast: Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Brían F. O'Byrne, Tate Ellington, Courtney Grosbeck, Ramses Jimenez, Brooke Lyons, Roslyn Ruff, Michael Imperioli
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