CHUD.com Community › Forums › SPORTS, GAMES & LEISURE › Television › Sleuth Channel Does It Again: Robbery Homicide Division
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Sleuth Channel Does It Again: Robbery Homicide Division

post #1 of 27
4/23/08 at 2:48pm
Thread Starter 
Hot of their success from showing the "Magnum P.I." with Frank Sinatra in it the Sleuth Channel has decided not to rest on their laurels. Starting May 8th they will begin airing the Michael Mann-produced/Tom Sizemore-starring series "Robbery Homicide Division."
Reply
post #2 of 27
4/23/08 at 2:49pm
Ah yes, the all-consuming smoldering that is Sizemore and Bill Duke on DIGITAL VIDEO!
Reply
post #3 of 27
4/23/08 at 4:48pm
This show was great while it was on, but I'm pretty sure I only caught around 5 episodes before it was pulled. How many were shot?

I really gotta get Sleuth...
Reply
post #4 of 27
4/23/08 at 5:01pm
Thread Starter 
13 were made, but not all of them aired during its original run.
Reply
post #5 of 27
4/23/08 at 5:03pm
I remember watching this show.

Wasn't Barry Shabaka Hensley (the heavyset black dude that Tom Cruise's hit man offs in the jazz bar in Collateral) in it as well?
Reply
post #6 of 27
4/23/08 at 5:05pm
Thread Starter 
Yes, he was a regular along with another Mann-friendly and all around awesome actor Michael Paul Chan.
Reply
post #7 of 27
4/23/08 at 5:20pm
I think it is quite apropos that as soon as I start reading this thread Moby's God Moving Over the Face of the Waters begins playing on streamingsoundtracks.com .
Reply
post #8 of 27
4/23/08 at 5:48pm
Now that's a cool coincidence.
Reply
post #9 of 27
4/24/08 at 1:04am
I have to check and see if comcast is carrying Sleuth. Robbery Homicide will really take the edge off of my serious lack of new Michael Mann stuff to watch.
Reply
post #10 of 27
6/27/08 at 11:43am
Thread Starter 
Having one of these each week has really helped pass the time during this Shield-less summer. The one that aired this last night guest-starred Tom Towles as a crazed white supremacist who gets out of jail after a nine year stretch and immediately goes on a crime spree. Plus, Towles' character chews gum a fair amount of the time so the episode sort of played like a prequel for the white supremacist he portrayed in MIAMI VICE.

Thanks, Sleuth Channel!
Reply
post #11 of 27
6/27/08 at 7:38pm
Damn, I miss the Sleuth Channel. I used to crash at my sister's place regularly, and finding that this channel existed on her satellite deal was like opening a treasure chest. Robbery Homicide Division isn't on DVD yet, is it?
Reply
post #12 of 27
6/27/08 at 7:46pm
Thread Starter 
Nah, not yet. That's why Sleuth has been a godsend for this show. I wouldn't put "RHD" on the level of "The Shield" or "The Wire" but for a network show it's probably the best cop drama of recent memory. Sizemore is like a slightly toned-down version of Pacino from HEAT and the stone-face on Barry Shabaka Hensley is a thing of beauty.
Reply
post #13 of 27
6/27/08 at 10:55pm
I really need to start watching this again. Earlier this month I switched from Time Warner cable to AT&T and they have this channel.
Reply
post #14 of 27
6/28/08 at 11:47pm
RHD was a decent show but I couldn't stand Sizemore - he's such an annoying actor.
Reply
post #15 of 27
6/29/08 at 2:22pm
Thread Starter 
Sizemore is great here. Film-wise I've always considered BLACK HAWK DOWN to be his last moment in the sun. But in terms of acting in general this show was his final hurrah. Seeing him here makes me all the more hopeful that he can get his dung together and slowly claw his way back to the mainstream.
Reply
post #16 of 27
6/30/08 at 3:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
Sizemore is great here. Film-wise I've always considered BLACK HAWK DOWN to be his last moment in the sun. But in terms of acting in general this show was his final hurrah. Seeing him here makes me all the more hopeful that he can get his dung together and slowly claw his way back to the mainstream.
anything is possible but after seeing his short lived reality show, I suspect his career is pretty much gone and will most likely be stuck doing Direct to DVD filicks from now on.
Reply
post #17 of 27
6/30/08 at 12:17pm
Can you download stuff from Sleuth? No such channel here in the UK.
Reply
post #18 of 27
6/30/08 at 12:50pm
Thread Starter 
I don't think so. Maybe it'll end up on Hulu at some point.
Reply
post #19 of 27
7/2/08 at 1:27am
Great show, which Sizemore's escapades did in.

Towles was good, but I actually preferred Mario Van Peebles as a dirty LA cop.
Reply
post #20 of 27
7/2/08 at 1:40am
Thread Starter 
Towles was a great one-shot bad guy. He was just chilling in his episode, especially with the woman who was his penpal on the inside.

Van Peebles was terrific in the couple episodes he did. Sort of felt like they were grooming him to pop up every once in a while to butt heads with Sizemore, whether he was gonna be put away for murder or somehow skate.

Two weeks ago they showed one with William Russ, who was so good in the first season Vice episode "Evan," as a scumbag lawyer. It's too bad that guy will be best known as the father from "Boy Meets World." Guess it's not too bad for his bank account but that guy is a solid actor.
Reply
post #21 of 27
7/2/08 at 2:02am
William Russ' best roll was Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy. That's where I will always remember him from. "Buckwheat"

Yeah, this needs to wind up on Hulu.
Reply
post #22 of 27
7/2/08 at 2:14am
One of the unaired episodes had Robert Hays as a suicide bomber on the L:A subway who runs into Cole...would've liked to have seen that.

My favourite episode was probably the one where Sizemore was deep undercover, and falls for Marie Matiko....Sort of the bare bones plot of MV, and excellent work by Byron Mann as the behind-bars gunrunner.
Reply
post #23 of 27
7/2/08 at 2:29am
Thread Starter 
When it first aired I only caught a few of them. I'd forget to record one here and there and before I knew it the show was yanked.

Sleuth is gonna air all 13 sooner or later. Looking forward to that one with Robert Hays.
Reply
post #24 of 27
7/2/08 at 4:09pm
This is really bullshit. CBS should put the complete series on DVD because I don't have that damn Sleuth channel.
Reply
post #25 of 27
7/13/08 at 3:47pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotai View Post
My favourite episode was probably the one where Sizemore was deep undercover, and falls for Marie Matiko....Sort of the bare bones plot of MV, and excellent work by Byron Mann as the behind-bars gunrunner.
Just watched this one. You're dead on about the MV comparisons. Nice to see Sizemore ditch the suit and drive around in a flashy car.
Reply
post #26 of 27
9/18/08 at 8:04am
Just got the digital cable about a week ago, and I've been catching up with this series. Really great to get 5 episodes a week, but it's too bad that's going to run out soon. LA looks absolutely fantastic in this series.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Subotai View Post
My favourite episode was probably the one where Sizemore was deep undercover, and falls for Marie Matiko....Sort of the bare bones plot of MV, and excellent work by Byron Mann as the behind-bars gunrunner.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post
Just watched this one. You're dead on about the MV comparisons. Nice to see Sizemore ditch the suit and drive around in a flashy car.
Just caught this one from last night. I couldn't believe how much that was like Vice! Everything from the hookup with the Chinese contact to the shootout finale (with snipers!) made me feel like I was watching a shortened version of the film. I may be wrong here, but I believe the episode was even written by Mann, or at least a 'story by' credit.

Also, I couldn't quite be sure of it, but I believe the area where the final deal went down is the same place where Pacino realized DeNiro had just 'made' him in Heat. The show was at night and the film during the day, but they looked awfully similar. Just thought that was a cool little touch...
Reply
post #27 of 27
9/19/08 at 9:36am
any news on this being on hulu.?
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Television
CHUD.com Community › Forums › SPORTS, GAMES & LEISURE › Television › Sleuth Channel Does It Again: Robbery Homicide Division