I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
It seemed that there was an attempt to channel Blue Bloods with the
entire family in some aspect of law enforcement, whether in the Secret Service, DOJ, Marshals or whatever. They even had a family dinner scene
but it had none of the warmth that they tried to convey in Blue Bloods;
the family members all seemed to be manipulating one another and/or
evade one another. They even had a dead son, like the Reagans, or so it seemed at first.
I found the dead son who wasn't really dead a weird touch. Then the
origami figures he left at the killing of the daughter's boyfriend tied
him to the murder of the two people in the opening scenes. It's not
clear if it's only the parents that know the son is still alive.
I'll watch a bit longer but I'm already dubious about several aspects of this, including the son that's the Secret Service agent banging his protectee. Given that one of the shows producers is Jenna Bush, it immediately raises the question of whether this is something she herself experienced and worked into the show or whether it's just something she fantasized about? Hey wasn't BTR1701 the agent in charge of one of the
Bush twins??
On 9/24/26 10:31 AM, Rhino wrote:
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
I had it on as background (muted), and so was not paying close attention.
From what I could see, it seemed over-the-top to me.
Meanwhile, I did the same with "Best Medicine", and that show clearly
seems to be trying to channel "Northern Exposure"...
It seemed that there was an attempt to channel Blue Bloods with the
entire family in some aspect of law enforcement, whether in the Secret
Service, DOJ, Marshals or whatever. They even had a family dinner
scene but it had none of the warmth that they tried to convey in Blue
Bloods; the family members all seemed to be manipulating one another
and/or evade one another. They even had a dead son, like the Reagans,
or so it seemed at first.
I found the dead son who wasn't really dead a weird touch. Then the
origami figures he left at the killing of the daughter's boyfriend
tied him to the murder of the two people in the opening scenes. It's
not clear if it's only the parents that know the son is still alive.
I'll watch a bit longer but I'm already dubious about several aspects
of this, including the son that's the Secret Service agent banging his
protectee. Given that one of the shows producers is Jenna Bush, it
immediately raises the question of whether this is something she
herself experienced and worked into the show or whether it's just
something she fantasized about? Hey wasn't BTR1701 the agent in charge
of one of the Bush twins??
On 2026-09-24 2:19 p.m., Ian J. Ball wrote:
On 9/24/26 10:31 AM, Rhino wrote:
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
I had it on as background (muted), and so was not paying close attention.
From what I could see, it seemed over-the-top to me.
Meanwhile, I did the same with "Best Medicine", and that show clearly seems to be trying to channel "Northern Exposure"...
You're aware that Best Medicine is essentially the American remake of
the British series Doc Martin, right? It's even got the same producers.
But yeah, there is a Northern Exposure vibe too given that it's a small community populated with eccentric characters. Hmm. I wonder if the Doc Martin creators were inspired by Northern Exposure?
On 9/24/26 10:31 AM, Rhino wrote:
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
I had it on as background (muted), and so was not paying close attention.
From what I could see, it seemed over-the-top to me.
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
It seemed that there was an attempt to channel Blue Bloods with the
entire family in some aspect of law enforcement, whether in the Secret Service, DOJ, Marshals or whatever. They even had a family dinner scene
but it had none of the warmth that they tried to convey in Blue Bloods;
the family members all seemed to be manipulating one another and/or
evade one another. They even had a dead son, like the Reagans, or so it seemed at first.
I found the dead son who wasn't really dead a weird touch. Then the
origami figures he left at the killing of the daughter's boyfriend tied
him to the murder of the two people in the opening scenes. It's not
clear if it's only the parents that know the son is still alive.
I'll watch a bit longer but I'm already dubious about several aspects of this, including the son that's the Secret Service agent banging his protectee. Given that one of the shows producers is Jenna Bush, it immediately raises the question of whether this is something she herself experienced and worked into the show or whether it's just something she fantasized about? Hey wasn't BTR1701 the agent in charge of one of the
Bush twins??
On Sep 24, 2026 at 10:31:08 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
It seemed that there was an attempt to channel Blue Bloods with the
entire family in some aspect of law enforcement, whether in the Secret
Service, DOJ, Marshals or whatever. They even had a family dinner scene
but it had none of the warmth that they tried to convey in Blue Bloods;
the family members all seemed to be manipulating one another and/or
evade one another. They even had a dead son, like the Reagans, or so it
seemed at first.
I found the dead son who wasn't really dead a weird touch. Then the
origami figures he left at the killing of the daughter's boyfriend tied
him to the murder of the two people in the opening scenes. It's not
clear if it's only the parents that know the son is still alive.
I'll watch a bit longer but I'm already dubious about several aspects of
this, including the son that's the Secret Service agent banging his
protectee. Given that one of the shows producers is Jenna Bush, it
immediately raises the question of whether this is something she herself
experienced and worked into the show or whether it's just something she
fantasized about? Hey wasn't BTR1701 the agent in charge of one of the
Bush twins??
So having now watched this, it's just horrible. The young USSS agent is so incompetent and slipshod that I have no idea how he graduated Beltsville. And that's not even counting him fucking his protectee. From the first moment, when they pulled up in the motorcade and he gets out and just opens the car door one-handed, not blocking line of sight to the girl with his body and then
shutting the door the moment she gets out, instead of leaving it open until she was safely in the building, I knew this show was going to be highly silly.
And on top of that, this moron apparently waits to build out his security plan
and conduct his site advance until *after* the protectee arrives! That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.
Then there's Mom, who's a U.S. Marshal and casually reassigns her FBI agent daughter to work a non-FBI case when she would have literally zero authority to do any of that.
And what the hell is Dad? Is he a SAIC? He's about to retire, so we would assume he's senior enough to be some kind of boss, but he's only ever referred
to as a SA, and he's working intelligence cases at headquarters, which means he's just a hump GS-13 and that means he wouldn't be the "legend" everyone was
making him out to be. Legends don't retire at the same rank as they graduated the academy with.
I might continue to snark-watch this, but I don't expect it to get any better.
On 2026-09-26 5:34 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
On Sep 24, 2026 at 10:31:08 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:
I finally watched the Line of Fire pilot and have been looking through
What Did You Watches to see what others thought of it but I can't find
any indication of anyone else trying it.
It seemed that there was an attempt to channel Blue Bloods with the
entire family in some aspect of law enforcement, whether in the Secret
Service, DOJ, Marshals or whatever. They even had a family dinner scene >>> but it had none of the warmth that they tried to convey in Blue Bloods; >>> the family members all seemed to be manipulating one another and/or
evade one another. They even had a dead son, like the Reagans, or so it >>> seemed at first.
I found the dead son who wasn't really dead a weird touch. Then the
origami figures he left at the killing of the daughter's boyfriend tied >>> him to the murder of the two people in the opening scenes. It's not
clear if it's only the parents that know the son is still alive.
I'll watch a bit longer but I'm already dubious about several aspects of >>> this, including the son that's the Secret Service agent banging his
protectee. Given that one of the shows producers is Jenna Bush, it
immediately raises the question of whether this is something she herself >>> experienced and worked into the show or whether it's just something she >>> fantasized about? Hey wasn't BTR1701 the agent in charge of one of the
Bush twins??
So having now watched this, it's just horrible. The young USSS agent is so >> incompetent and slipshod that I have no idea how he graduated Beltsville. >> And
that's not even counting him fucking his protectee. From the first moment, >> when they pulled up in the motorcade and he gets out and just opens the car >> door one-handed, not blocking line of sight to the girl with his body and >> then
shutting the door the moment she gets out, instead of leaving it open until >> she was safely in the building, I knew this show was going to be highly
silly.
And on top of that, this moron apparently waits to build out his security >> plan
and conduct his site advance until *after* the protectee arrives! That's not
how it works. That's not how any of it works.
Then there's Mom, who's a U.S. Marshal and casually reassigns her FBI agent >> daughter to work a non-FBI case when she would have literally zero authority
to do any of that.
And what the hell is Dad? Is he a SAIC? He's about to retire, so we would >> assume he's senior enough to be some kind of boss, but he's only ever
referred
to as a SA, and he's working intelligence cases at headquarters, which means
he's just a hump GS-13 and that means he wouldn't be the "legend" everyone >> was
making him out to be. Legends don't retire at the same rank as they
graduated
the academy with.
I might continue to snark-watch this, but I don't expect it to get any
better.
Thanks for your comments. I knew you would have the most expertise on
how credible any of this was. It felt hokey to me but it's not my field
so I prefer to defer to experts.
My favorite cringe moment was when the FBI girl arrived at the murder scene in
the woods and she gets out of the car in a full-length duster-style overcoat
and it has the yellow FBI letters on the lapel and on the back. So we've
apparently moved on from the blue windbreakers to an entire line of crime
scene-wear for the stylish agent on the go.
That's as bad as Missy Peregrym and her colleagues over on the FBI show who
all wear identical puffy jackets under their raid vests as some kind of
bizarre uniform.
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