"Standoff": A Summer Show Worth Watching
June 18th 2007 21:31
There's no crisis situation they can't handle... unless it involves each other. MATT FLANNERY (Ron Livingston) and EMILY LEHMAN (Rosemarie DeWitt) are the top-ranked negotiators in the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU). They're trained to talk their way through volatile situations. They're experts at knowing what makes other people tick. They're also sleeping together... a secret that they agreed to keep to themselves, until Matt revealed it to the entire world during a tense hostage standoff. The public revelation causes friction between Matt, who doesn't take much seriously and relies on gut instinct, and Emily, an academic who analyzes every move.
--From Fox's Official SiteGranted I hear “FBI” and I’m more than likely going to tune in to check it out, but it takes great stories and engaging characters to keep me hooked. And believe me, I can be picky about my TV.
Lucky for summer, Fox’s new series Standoff has done exactly that—hooked me. I tuned in from the very first episode introducing FBI Crisis Negotiators Matt Flannery (Ron Livingston, Office Space, The Practice, Sex and the City) and Emily Lehman (Rosemarie DeWitt, Cinderella Man, Rescue Me), and I’ve seen every episode since. If you enjoy action-packed drama with a little romance thrown in for good measure this is the show for you! Unlike a lot of police dramas where partner UST is always there, hidden beneath the surface, Standofftakes a new approach, giving the characters the added problem of a relationship from the beginning. Each week Matt and Emily are confronted with a new hostage situation that captures your attention and leaves you screaming at the commercials.
After taking a somewhat long hiatus right in the middle of sweeps, I was beginning to get the sinking feeling that yet another show I’d actually become hooked on was going to get axed (a la Invasion or The Nine). However, now that summer is here, Standoff is back with new episodes on FOX every Friday night 9/8c.
As an added bonus, tune in an hour early and catch a rerun of this season’s Bones! That’s one good combination if you ask me!
**Catch up on all of the first season of Standoff so far here!
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