Private Eyes Season 1
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
It’s a good formula for television: Amateur guy helps out lady detective on complicated cases, bringing his life experience into play to help her solve mysteries with some humor and sexual tension thrown in for good measure.
It worked, after all, for nearly a decade on ABC as mystery writer Rick Castle helped NYPD homicide detective Kate Beckett solve crimes.
“Private Eyes” is a lot like “Castle” in many respects.
Like “Castle,” Jason Priestly’s character – Matt Shade – meets Cindy Sampson’s character – Angie Everett – on a case that involves something right in his wheelhouse. In this case it’s a mystery about a drugged young hockey player. In Castle’s case it was a killer who seemed to be copying murders from his books.
The similarities don’t stop there, however.
Castle is a single dad with an ultra-smart daughter. Shade’s daughter is also whip-smart, with an interesting twist – she’s legally blind.
Rick Castle had a cantankerous mother living with him and his daughter. Shade has a cantankerous dad who doesn’t live with him but seems to spend most of his time at the house. Castle had two ex-wives that caused him a fair amount of trouble; Shade has one and she is also a troublesome figure.
Oh, and did I mention that – like Beckett – Sampson’s character is a willowy brunette with a strong sense of independence; is plenty tough with a boatload of brains, and a lot of investigative experience.
And like Beckett, whose mother was murdered, Angie is driven by the memory of a dead parent: In her case it’s the fact her dad (a former cop turned P.I.) died on the job.
Like I said, a good formula.
And it works well in “Private Eyes.”
Priestly and Sampson have good chemistry when they’re acting together; the scripts are a little on the light side but they are interesting and the dialogue is appropriate. The plots are not overly complicated – a good thing for television – and the direction is smooth. The action moves along at a good pace and the series is shot in Toronto, which is a truly beautiful city.
Not terribly original, but well worth watching.
– Mike Billington
Love this show! New to me, because I ONLY watch shows of any kind on DVD….so 1. thrilled Canada would produce the DVDs, and 2. I REALLY ENJOYED the HUMOR, as well as the cases…each different enough from the run of the mill procedurals (of which we have SO MANY OF) in cop shows, that the entire season held my rapt attention! It’s not hard to watch Jason Priestley either! 🙂 He has such a way with humor as well as drama. Love his daughter character….as well as the Grandpa… oh heck, love them all! The female lead is new to me, but she is just right to play off Jason’s role. THANKS CANADA for another GREAT SHOW!
– shopsalot
DVD Wholesale Main Features :
Actors: Cindy Sampson, Jason Priestley
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR – Not Rated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: October 9, 2018
ASIN: B06XGFMKFT
