Anyhoo...
I also hope you've been watching because nowhere else on network TV will you see such normal women as the policewomen of New Amsterdam. John's partner, Det. Eva Marquez (Zuleikha Robinson, pictured with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), is delightfully well-adju
sted. Though the daughter of a policeman, she doesn't appear to have any reason to hate her father or feel pressured by his legacy. She handles her job, and the precinct's resident cliche sexist slacker cop, with skill and grace. She handles John, who is fully honest with her about his past, with grace and a grain of salt, as she assumes he's just a harmless, good-natured teller of tall tales. Det. Marquez is no angry she-male, nor brimming with grrrrrrl power - she's just....normal. Like most of the women you and I know.Adding to the fun is the precinct captain, who I can't seem to find a credit for. She, also, is normal! And her interactions with Eva in this week's episode were delightfully real, as the captain tried to convey to Eva that being the only two women at the station didn't mean they would be best buddies - all the while completely unaware that this has obviously never cost Eva any sleep. Hilarious and relatable, free from malice and melodrama, I look forward to seeing the captain in enough episodes to actually be credited somewhere.
I haven't mentioned John's love interest, because I feel she's the weak link - the writers are really rushing her character along, and we all know that rushed = cliched. Now, this could just mean that she's a red herring and they don't want to waste any time on her so we can get to the real One...
In other news:
Who else is super terrifically happy with the news that Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will be supplying all of our Scotty needs for the new series of Star Trek prequels?
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