TV Jots

Crime Dramedy Ends Too Soon

Darn it! Yes, I still haven’t gotten over the cancellation of the highly entertaining and funny Amber Tamblyn cop show The Unusuals, especially now that the series finale is upon us. After “E.I.D.” airs tonight at 10:01pm ET on ABC, there’ll be no more interestingly weird NYPD detectives to watch each week, which, to put it bluntly, sucks.

During the last episode of the show, our favorite cops from New York City’s seemingly cursed 2nd Precinct take on the case of a couple who learn their apartment is the location featured in a porn film they rented (Geesh!) after someone breaks in but fails to actually steal anything. The odd crime eventually prompts partners Allison Beaumont (Monique Gabriela Curnen) and Henry Cole (Josh Close) to head undercover in order to figure out what the deal is with the building’s tenants.

Elsewhere, Tamblyn’s rich-girl detective Casey Shraeger gets perhaps too involved with a New York resident who was brutally attacked years ago and now devotes much effort to repeatedly filing complaints with the police.

If only show runners had enough time to include resolutions for the ongoing storylines concerning understandably paranoid Leo Banks (Harold Perrineau) and his brain tumor-stricken partner Eric Delahoy (Adam Goldberg). Never would I have imagined before The Unusuals that I’d actually come to enjoy Goldberg on a TV show.

Too bad the thrill is about to be gone after only one 10-episode season. I could have used at least two or three more.