TV Review: Common Law

USA Network rolled out its newest series "Common Law" this past Friday. This show takes the place of the recently departed "In Plain Sight."

Although it might be a bit of a stretch, there was a vague feeling of familiarity between the love/hate "Common Law" banter of Wes and Travis (Warren Kole and Michael Ealy) and  the"In Plain Sight" dialogue between Mary and Marshall (Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller).

The big difference, of course, is that Wes and Travis are cops and Mary and Marshall are Federal Agents. No...wait...that's not right....The difference is that Wes and Travis are in 'couples therapy' and Mary and Marshall were able to work out their differences without physically fighting or drawing their weapons on each other. At the end of the day, however, both couples  partners are able to work as a team when it matters and that is usually when they are solving the case.

In truth, Common Law is not bad for Friday night television. There is some witty banner, the 'bromance' works and the two are kind of like the old time Oscar and Felix from "The Odd Couple," but much, much better looking.

I won't give away much about the storyline because you still have several opportunities to catch this first episode. Basically, without giving away spoilers, it was just the standard throw-a-way plot where we meet the characters and some things happen and at the end of the day the heroes win and the bad guys lose. Only at times --- the show was quite funny.

The big question: Will I be watching? Yes! This fish has set her DVR list up for weekly recordings. I feel like once the characters are a little more fleshed-out, USA network should have another summertime hit on its hands!