Detroit 1-8-7 {Blackout}

Note: This review contains spoilers. Do not read this unless you have seen the episode.

Before I begin this review, I want to apologize for the lack of reviews lately. Unfortunately, a lot of shows have been on repeats in March and I have recently reviewed the ones that are on.

Come April, I will do many more reviews, as the TV season will come to an end. One show, however, has ended already. Detroit 1-8-7, which has become one of my favorite shows, had a satisfying conclusion, even if it will not return.

I can’t say enough about how great the previous few episodes of the show have been. I said in my previous review that there were a lot of people on the show, and they were all likeable.

Not only is that still the case, but I like the cast even more. If you haven’t been watching, a few major things are important to note.

Agent Stone was killed, Fitch’s son has come to visit, and in the last episode, mobster Albert Stram, who Fitch was investigating in New York, showed up in Detroit.

Two other important stories involved Sgt. Longford contemplating retirement and Washington asking Fitch to be his son’s godfather. Anyway, enough backstory, this is about the finale.

Longford decided to retire, so he filled out all the required paperwork, but then changed his mind. However, it wasn’t as simple as just tearing up the papers. He had to get Lt. Mason to try and fix it.

In the end, the problem was resolved and he will continue to work. As for the main story with Fitch, Stram threatened his son and partner. He killed an entire family and told Fitch that if he wanted his son to stay alive, he would blame someone else.

After the rest of the station finds out about this, Fitch convinces Mason to allow him to deal with the situation on his own. However, an FBI agent who had been working with them found out that Stram was in Detroit and told them that this case was for the feds.

So, Fitch decided to take Stram to his cabin when Washington’s son was being baptized. He got Stram to think that he was helping him, but he tells Stram to leave and never come back. He doesn’t comply, and Fitch ends up killing him.

Back at the baptism, the FBI agent wondered where Fitch was, but he showed up just then and his coworkers backed him up. In the last scene, Fitch asked Det. Sanchez out on a date. She agreed, and then the officers went home for the day.

While this wasn’t the best episode of the season, that would probably be the one where Stone was killed, it was a great conclusion.

It did end rather nice and neat, however. I did want to see more of Stram throughout the season, so that the ending would have had a bigger impact, but it was still good.

Like I said, the cast is all very good, and watching them work together is great. I may have not seen cop classics like NYPD Blue and such, but of current cop shows, this is by far the best one.

With its greatly diverse cast, the excellent backdrop of Detroit, and some terrific drama at the end of the season, this has become one of my favorite shows.

It saddens me that almost everyone believes that this show will not be back next season. Of all the shows that are in fear of being cancelled, this is the one I would choose to come back.

There is nothing I can do now, but if this show returns next year, I highly, highly recommend you watch it. It isn’t right that dumb “reality” shows continue to show up while top quality shows like Detroit 1-8-7 get cancelled.

College Couch Potato Grade: A-