I was looking for a new TV show to watch on prime and started Colony, and half way through the first episode it is revealed it is a cop show. It looks like there is an anti cop element to it, but I am tired of cop shows at all.

I started to watch Blindspot a while back, but that was an FBI show.

While scrolling Hulu the other day I saw a show with Sweet Dee from Always Sunny... Yup another cop show.

Any good, not cop, shows on Prime?

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The strong story engine.

The problem comes to the main characters. No messing about looking for trouble. They walk or wheel through the door right after the cold open, which has scope for wow right at the top with bangs and screams and much gushing of fluids.
The answer is problem solving. Simple enough for a casual audience to keep up. They can try to solve it themselves.
Stakes. This could mean death! Much wow tension.
Stressors on main characters, creating conflict. And in the lower rent shows, sexy times.
Clear and decisive resolution. Cured or corpsed.

Same sort of thing for police procedurals.