http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/18/K-VILLE----Pilot-Episode.aspx Several years ago, I went to New Orleans for a conference. It was the mid-90s, a full decade before Katrina, and the city was every bit as wild and fun as its legend…and that was in November. Watching the premiere episode of K-VILLE, the Fox Network’s latest police drama to hit the airwaves, I felt a lot of nostalgia for the city I so enjoyed, and a lot of sadness for what has happened, not to mention for what hasn’t happened. All good shows are about more than what they’re about, and K-VILLE, despite the police characters and situations, is really more about New Orleans than anyone living in it. As the episode opens, it’s September 2005, and Marlin Boulet (Anthony Anderson), a dedicated New Orleans police officer, is doing his damnedest to save the beleaguered residents of the Ninth Ward. Unfortunately, not everyone shares his enthusiasm, and Marlin is abandoned by his partner Charlie (Derek Webster) as the waters rise. Fast-forward two years, and Marlin’s still in the Big Easy, living in his same neighborhood and fighting to reclaim his home, even though his wife and child have moved to Atlanta. Enter Boulet’s new partner, Trevor Cobb (Cole Hauser), a former Army Ranger who has left the service to be a cop. Boulet finds it odd that Cobb would come down from Cincinnati to be a cop, and given the reasonable paranoia and rage leftover from his partner’s betrayal, it makes things a little tense. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/18/K-VILLE----Pilot-Episode.aspx 77 60