{television} dresden files; season one (2007)

Do you have a mystery to solve? If you can afford $500 a day and you won't ask any questions, then Harry Dresden (Paul Blackthorne) can take your case. The sardonic Chicago P.I. is secretly a wizard who uses the dark arts to solve crimes, with the help of his ghostly pal Bob (Terrence Mann). Based on the novels of Jim Butcher, this detective series also stars Valerie Cruz as Lt. Connie Murphy and Conrad Coates as suspicious wizard Morgan.

ireviewnetflix.com rating: ** This show isn't really that special. I do enjoy Paul Blackthorne because he's cute and a decent actor, but other than him no one in the cast grabs me, nor do any other the characters. I've never read the books and this show doesn't make me want to either, even though I hear they are better than the show. I'm not really that into supernatural things, so a show of this type either has to have a great story or great characters. This show really has none of that. It isn't fast paced at all and there are no comic elements, which also helps me enjoy a show of this genre. Apparently at press time (May 2007) there's some debate whether or not Sci-Fi Channel will renew the show for a second season. I don't know if I'll check out a second season or not. Again, there's really nothing that special about the series.