Benjamin Wolfe Don't forget the lover on the side!! She is a 'hottie', Karen Parsons is delicious, she is wonderful, in acting and beauty and style. It's just his Job! HO, well now here is a show that the writing slugs you in the gut and while your doubled over, kicks you in the butt! In quoting Peter's wife,(The Associate/ writer/ Producer) she said when they were watching the 'previews' for up coming 'new' shows at an ABC network party, she looked at her husband after the preview for 'the Job' played and said, "This doesn't look like anything else that is on this network. You guys are in trouble." Meaning, it 'looks' very good! But it's not looking like the regular 'shiny happy people sitcom' fare or over-hair-styled drama that they (ABC) are regularly comfortable putting on the 'Air". From the time I saw this, after the first episode finished, I made sure that I didn't miss that time slot next week. I was instantly addicted to "The Job" Cutting wit and cynicism, outrageous situations, and laughter rolling writers makes this series a Hit!! Then I felt anger and a feeling of being let down, that the show just sailed off the air. I wondered what executive, made that decision to tear down a major comedy cornerstone for their network?I talked to other people about it some knowing, some not, but I know that the stupid network didn't promote this hard enough, or I should say visually enough. If they had it would have run at least 3-5 seasons, maybe even six. I just believe that knowing network short comings and being overly subscribing to one 'formula' or another that they missed the boat with this one. There was so much room for expansion, it had barely just begun. The situations were funny and serious, fast and sometimes slow, though not much it kept a good pace. some years later, I finally found it on DVD new for $50.00. To me it would be worth $1,000.00 to have this in my entertainment library. I watched in amazement as I went through both seasons again for the third time on DVD and the ending 'Betrayal' episode, was going into a total serious drama segment with them uncovering a murder victim, it was better than most of the drama 'victim Unit' and 'cop' shows on the air now!!! They went into the scenes as serious as a heart attack and as believable, did so as if not even skipping a beat. Just like it was meant to be serious, I am so impressed with the 'versatile ways' that Tolan and Leary shared in the story-lines and scripts.In another outrage of the 'entertainment week' I learned that the beautiful wardrobe, of silk ties and expensive suits with pressed shirts and ultra stylish footwear...was all sold to the movie made for cable "In the cut" (2003) for only four hundred dollars, thats it!!!! I'm sick. Did you see what they all wear for each show?? A good over coat alone could run that much. This was Denis Leary at some of his finest. I recommend this great cop 'dramedy' for East-coasters or wherever you are in this country. I even heard that people from Ireland were joking with Leary the 'Bathroom' episode, repeating lines back to him from that one, because they saw it over there. (****) A Superbly intuitive, comedic New York Leary/Tolan cop Show.

sacrificehouse I don't remember laughing as hard as I did watching this series. The sad thing about it was, I discovered the show very late, just a couple of episodes before it was cancelled. Leary's a genius. You could be watching the most sullen-looking bunch of characters in the most ordinary circumstances and still laugh yourself silly. Credit this to the show's outrageous yet remarkably credible story lines. Not to mention some of the snappiest writing you'll ever come across on tv. This show deserves to be resurrected or at least immortalized on DVD.

StevieL This had to be one of the finest and funniest shows in recent history. Snappy writing and a great cast made this the most watchable new series on television I have seen. The characters were well-developed and each episode had me doubling over with laughter. To think that there are so many lame shows on television being renewed year after year, while a true gem like this one got cancelled shows just what is wrong with the networks and the idiots who control the programming. I had to go out of my way to keep up with the network's broadcast schedule to find this show whenever they moved it around so it's no big surprise that it did not have a chance to find a bigger audience. The show itself was a cross between the drama of Hill Street Blues, with a healthy level of Seinfeld's clever writing and quirkiness. Denis Leary is a true comic genius and the supporting cast (including the riotious Lenny Clarke) deserved so much more from their network to break this show. If it weren't for cable television providing the intelligent and edgiest shows, television sets would have gone the way of the Edsel decades ago.The cancellation of this show was an absolute crime and I'm not sticking up for a fellow Massachusetts guy's project. Heck, the show was more 'New York' than 'Mass' in attitude anyhow, but it was funny, heartfelt and clever...something the networks never get right anyway. Major bummer and the reason the local news is about the only network television I watch. "ABC" should stand for "A Bad Choice" on this one!

webbitup To me, the style of this show is ala Law & Order. You know the humor I'm talking about? When the two lead cops are trying to out-dry-wit each other? The Job is pretty much just like that, only it's always just like that. Not much drama, unless it's the setup for some more humor. Amen to the producers for leaving out that $%@#ing laugh-track! I -- yes, I -- will decide what is funny and what is not. My only complaint is that the story lines are a bit "flighty." They don't ever seem to wrap anything up, and they don't finish last week's story this week. Things are just left hanging. But hey, that's the way they want it, that's the way they write it, then that's the style of the show. If they made it EXACTLY as I'd want it, then every darn show on TV would be Seinfeld. Hurray for the varying styles on TV! I like The Job.