I was drawn to Women's Murder Club for the same reason I had to check out Bones when it premiered. I read the books both series are based on. Unlike Bones, however, Women's Murder Club is far more faithful to the novels. There was a very big plot point regarding the character of Lindsey Boxer in the first book in the series and I couldn't help but wonder when, and if, we'd see it crop up on the show. I apparently got my answer Friday night.
Don't read any further unless I might inadvertently spoil an upcoming plot or two...
You were warned.
In Friday's episode Lindsey was under the weather. She and Claire worried she might be pregnant. The test turned up negative by the end of the episode. Plot resolved, right? Maybe not. In the first book, Lindsey discovers that she's very ill. As I recall (it's been awhile since I read it) she has some sort of blood disease - perhaps it was even cancer. I thought when the series launched that this would be an interesting story to explore. If Friday's fatigue was a sign of Lindsey's onset of symptoms then get ready to watch the Women's Murder Club come together in a whole new way. And I suspect Cindy will have to make Lindsey laugh a lot because the chips will most certainly be down.
I have to admit this show is in my top three now. There is nothing I like better than good dialogue and great chemistry and this show has both in spades. Last week we got not one but TWO new episodes which felt like a nice early Christmas gift from ABC. The show even held it's own against ER Thursday night. Not bad for a newbie.
Like Bones and Grey's Anatomy there is a simple pleasure to be had watching a cast work so well together. I'm loving Claire. Her reaction to hearing Lindsey might be pregnant made me laugh out loud. And when she casually asked if there were any other tests she should run while the club was examining some evidence was a hoot. Most of the laughs come courtesy of Cindy and Lindsey's budding friendship, however. You can tell Cindy idolizes Lindsey and Lindsey obviously finds Cindy to be like a little sister - a sister she likes to tease unmercifully. When Lindsey starts drilling the reporter on the whereabouts of a suspect, Cindy gets the best line of the night... "A girl gets a little flustered and you start whipping out the charges!"
Thursday's nice tip of the hat to Harmon's marriage to football player Jason Seahorn (sp?) was pretty cute. "Why can't I go out on a blind date with him?" she whines. "He's married," her partner informs her. Lucky girl...
I can only wonder why ABC hasn't given this one the full season pickup, yet. Hopefully we'll get that as an early turkey day gift.
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