Jon 'Jonny' Worth:
I'm happy to help
out.
You just tell me what I
can do
and I'll have Kiki do
it.
‘Major Crimes’
“Cutting Loose”
For several episodes Lt.
Tao had been moonlighting as the police consultant on a police procedural
“Badge Of Justice”, starring Jonny Worth. With this episode, we finally
got to meet the star of the show, and he was played by Luke Perry who passed
away last week.
It was a light-hearted
episode, even with its gruesome elements, as it showed how much a celebrity can
disrupt standard procedures during a case. (The hardened ADA lost her
effectiveness because she was smitten by the star.)
Perry was the leading
suspect, which worried me because I could see the potential in Perry’s
character for a spinoff. I always enjoyed ‘Major Crimes’ even if it could be
unrelentingly grim at times, so this episode was a refreshing change of pace
helped by Perry’s performance.
I would not have been
surprised had “Cutting Loose” turned out to be a backdoor pilot for a spinoff
starring Luke Perry as Jonny Worth and Michael Paul Chan as Mike Tao. Hoping to
get more experience for playing his role, Jonny always tried to get involved in
the cases being investigated by the show’s consultant.
The overall tone would
have been light-hearted but exciting, much like other shows in that vein like
“White Collar”, “Monk”, “Leverage”, or “Psych”.
But that was five years
ago, long past the shelf life of a concept’s viability. And even if that
weren’t so, it’s too late now.
Jon 'Jonny' Worth:
My problem is...
I try to be nice to
everybody,
especially in hot tubs.
Good night and may God
bless Luke Perry.
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