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TV Show Reviews
Review of "Tommy"
2/15/20 by
Suzanne
airs Thursdays 10/9c on CBS
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Edie Falco ("The Sopranos" and "Nurse Jackie") plays a tough lesbian cop
Abigail Thomas (Tommy for short) who's appointed the new police commissioner in
L.A. after the previous administration was busted for corruption and sex crimes.
She's the first female police chief in L.A.City. In real life, there hasn't been
one in the city, although there are 7 female police chiefs in L.A. County. There
female police chiefs in Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas, Oakland, Honolulu, Portland,
Phoenix, and a few other large cities. However, there's never been one in the
cities of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, or Miami. Most other large cities in
the U.S. have had female police chiefs (which I didn't know). Anyway, in
this series, it's treated like a big deal. She has to be more than just a cop,
but she also wants to be more than just a figure head. She has some
challenges to face, such as sexism and corruption. She works for the Mayor,
who's a bit of an idiot (Thomas Sadoski, "Life in Pieces"). We learn that
she has a daughter, whom she's not very close to, and a grand-daughter.
Her first hurdle is to intervene when a patrolman arrests a young Latina
woman that ICE wants to arrest and deport. ICE (usually the bad guys in TV shows
nowadays) follows her little girl until she gets to her mom, and the patrolman,
who knows the woman, rescues her from ICE. Tommy defuses the situation but
sees a mystery in the woman and the way everyone is treating her. The only
thing I didn't like is that there's no mention of the fact that L.A. is a
sanctuary city. ICE does still arrest immigrants in sanctuary cities, but I
don't think it would be that abnormal for the police to refuse cooperation with
ICE.
Anyway, the show is exciting and worth watching.
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MORE INFORMATION:
Multiple Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco stars in TOMMY as a
former high-ranking NYPD officer who becomes the first
female chief of police for Los Angeles. A true blue New
Yorker, Abigail “Tommy” Thomas uses her unflinching honesty
and hardball tactics to keep social, political and national
security issues from hindering effective law enforcement in
the Southland. Equal parts political, procedural and family
drama, TOMMY comes from Paul Attanasio, the creator of BULL
and “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
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Series premieres
Thursday,
Feb. 6 (10:00-11:00
PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
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ON AIR:
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Thursdays
(10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT)
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FORMAT:
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Drama (Filmed in HD)
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STARRING:
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Edie Falco
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(Abigail “Tommy” Thomas)
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Michael Chernus
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(Ken Rosey)
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Adelaide Clemens
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(Blake Sullivan)
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Thomas Sadoski
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(Buddy Gray)
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Russell G. Jones
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(Donn Cooper)
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Olivia Lucy Phillip
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(Kate Jones)
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Joseph Lyle Taylor
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(Doug Dudik)
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Vladimir Caamaño
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(Abner Diaz)
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PRODUCED BY:
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CBS Television Studios in association with Atelier
Paul Attanasio and Amblin Partners
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
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Paul Attanasio, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Tom
Szentgyorgyi, Christine Moore and Kate Dennis (pilot
only)
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Click
HERE for photos
Website:
https://www.cbs.com/shows/tommy/
CBS Twitter:
https://twitter.com/CBSTweet
#Tommy
Cast on Social:
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Twitter
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Instagram
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Michael Chernus
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@michaelchernus
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@mchernus
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Thomas Sadoski
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@ThomasSadoski
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@thomas_sadoski
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Adelaide Clemens
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@AdelaideClem
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@radelaideclemens
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Olivia Lucy Phillip
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@olivialucyphillip
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@olivialucyphillip
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Vladimir Caamaño
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@laughingvlad
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@laughingvlad
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