Just read some amazing reviews of this series that I haven't heard of until now, got Season 1 and within 2 episodes I'm already done with this. They picked Seattle as a backdrop, but the writers don't seem to really know Seattle. The writers don't seem to know SPD. So right away few glaring things just keep jolting me out of the story to the point I can't watch. The writing is like paint-by-the-numbers. How am I supposed to root for a female detective who gets bullshitted into working a case on her last day on the job? SPD has a cop union, very strong one, and no fucking way a cop would be required to work a case beyond her contract. If a cop on her last day were required to work a case due to manpower constraints the parameters of that work would be discussed before that cop even started the case. Overlooking these points to build some sort of character plot point undermines the entire character arc attempt in the first place. What kind of weak-ass detective gets strong-armed into working a case beyond her effective date of resignation without even putting up a fight? Meh. I could go on. We don't say "Seattle PD" in Seattle. Everyone says SPD. SPD has no jurisdiction outside immediate city limits. The very first foray of this detective she drives into King County apparently, jurisdiction of the King County Sheriff's Office. On the drive out to their first call her new partner spouts off some story about how he got assigned an undercover narcotics job straight out of the police academy. That's just pure garbage. In SPD all officers go to patrol division out of the academy, period. No way a probationary officer would be assigned an undercover assignment, let alone in narcotics. God this is just awful writing. This might seem like nitpicking to people, but take any subject you know by heart and try watching something that can't get even simple details right about the topic. This is Writing 101 stuff.. know your subject. I guess Writing 101 got superseded by Rule Number 1... know the right producer. I tried to get into this, just can't.