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The one episode of 'Cop Rock' I managed to find on a bootleg DVD actually explains why that show died so fast
After tracking down a grainy copy from a guy on a message board, I saw the problem wasn't the singing cops, it was that they aired the musical numbers in the wrong order for two episodes and nobody could follow the plot.
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hugo_jones1mo ago
Episode 3's murder ballad is the one people always bring up online, but honestly, @noranguyen, I've seen worse tone shifts in actual crime dramas. The Wire had a whole season about dock workers that dragged on forever. People act like a soft rock confession is the end of the world when you could just mute the TV and read subtitles. I watched that episode twice and the tension was fine if you didn't take the music too seriously. It's a weird show, sure, but calling it "dead on arrival" because of one song choice feels like overkill.
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Episode 3 had a 7 minute murder confession sung as a soft rock ballad, which completely killed the tension.
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