The Commish
Mar. 25th, 2025 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
calzephyrNext up from my winter watch-a-thon is The Commish, which I watched on Plex. The Commish was always a family favourite when it first aired. Instead of a tough-as-nails cop, you had a cuddly police commissioner, Tony, who often used his wits to get out of situations. I completely forgot Theresa Saldana starred as his wife--she was almost ten years older than Michael Chiklis!
The series was filmed in Vancouver, BC and it's quite obvious to me that it's not New Jersey 😄 Vancouver's film industry boomed during the 90s--there's a good chance many of your favourite shows were filmed there, like The X-Files.
Speaking of The X-Files, I would have loved to see a Commish/X-Files crossover because many episodes were written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Wild, huh? Does this technically mean The Commish is set in The X-Files universe? Every now and then the writers pushed the boundaries with some episodes and I wonder if some unused Commish ideas were used in The X-Files😄
The Commish is a Stephen J. Cannell show and it's illustrious pedigree goes deeper than just the writers. Before The Commish, John Peter Kousakis worked on another cop show, Hunter. Walter Murphy composed the theme music for both shows too.
The switch to a kinder, gentler cop show doesn't negate the fact The Commish is a masterwork in A, B, and C plot structure. Almost every episode opens up with a family problem Tony has to face, then a workplace problem, then a crime. By the end of the show, all three are resolved with grace and humour. It's such a cozy watch!
The series was filmed in Vancouver, BC and it's quite obvious to me that it's not New Jersey 😄 Vancouver's film industry boomed during the 90s--there's a good chance many of your favourite shows were filmed there, like The X-Files.
Speaking of The X-Files, I would have loved to see a Commish/X-Files crossover because many episodes were written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Wild, huh? Does this technically mean The Commish is set in The X-Files universe? Every now and then the writers pushed the boundaries with some episodes and I wonder if some unused Commish ideas were used in The X-Files😄
The Commish is a Stephen J. Cannell show and it's illustrious pedigree goes deeper than just the writers. Before The Commish, John Peter Kousakis worked on another cop show, Hunter. Walter Murphy composed the theme music for both shows too.
The switch to a kinder, gentler cop show doesn't negate the fact The Commish is a masterwork in A, B, and C plot structure. Almost every episode opens up with a family problem Tony has to face, then a workplace problem, then a crime. By the end of the show, all three are resolved with grace and humour. It's such a cozy watch!
