Nemesis review a ridiculously entertaining cop show packed with stars of The Wire

"Detective Isaiah Stiles (Matthew Law) is extremely committed to his job, but it brings him no satisfaction. The long hours he dedicates to crime-busting with the LAPD have alienated his teenage son and infuriated his wife, Candace (Gabrielle Dennis), to the point where Isaiah is sleeping in the summer house. He is permanently vexed. But he isn't meant to be happy: he's a maverick cop."

"Isaiah carries the trauma of an old case where a junior colleague was killed in pursuit of a gang of elite thieves: now, whenever a robbery goes down in Los Angeles and a big one has just happened, with bags of cash brazenly swiped from a posh party's high-stakes poker game Isaiah suspects that his white whale, the man who pulled the trigger years ago, is behind it. To the consternation of colleagues, he has a whiteboard in his office covered in photographs and sticky notes."

"If that weren't enough to give him the haunted tetchiness of the classic maverick, Isaiah is also battling to escape the shadow of his father, Amos (Moe Irvin), a convicted gangster whose feckless criminality got Isaiah's brother killed. Amos is selfish, deluded and a danger to his family Isaiah is nothing like him! He isn't! After a bit of detective work, Isaiah concludes that the poker heist and a subsequent jewellery raid are the work of the crew he has been pursuing all this time."

"A lack of hard evidence means Isaiah risks losing his gun and badge if he insists on Coltrane's guilt, but he knows he's right and so do we, since we saw Coltrane masterminding the heists. Is that him off The Wire? Ariana Guerra as Yvette Cruz and Domenick Lombardozzi as Dave Cerullo. Photograph: Sa"

Detective Isaiah Stiles works long hours for the LAPD without satisfaction, straining his marriage and alienating his teenage son until he sleeps in a summer house. He carries trauma from an old case in which a junior colleague was killed while chasing elite thieves, and he suspects the trigger man is behind a new series of robberies in Los Angeles. After a cash poker game heist and a later jewelry raid, Isaiah builds a case on a whiteboard and targets the crew he believes is responsible. The crew appears to be led by Coltrane Wilder, a respected figure in the Black business community. Limited hard evidence threatens Isaiah’s career, even as prior scenes confirm Coltrane’s involvement.

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