Show has its flaws, but give it a chance It is frustrating to see the people who seem to feel a new show, in particular it's pilot, should be able to stand up the the 4 and 5 year old shows that have had their opportunity to develop during their first season and then become among the top ten programs of the week.
We have read comments about the character Kyra is portraying, and set aside the fact that we(at least I don't) don't need another character such as we see each week in Law & Order, CSI, etc.
The writers are developing a character which Kyra is doing a fine job of portraying. She has several characteristics which don't belong among those of a leader. But I have always found leaders over the years have found varied ways of leading. There are no set guidelines and rules to be followed.
One of the comparisons I read was one that I had, after watching only two episodes. To me, she is the female Columbo. And look at the success that program had after Peter Falk had the chance to develop his character. She exhibits the seemingly forgetfulness at times and the innocent entrapping approach in some of her encounters with citizen characters. The comments eluding to her eating habits should take into consideration, again this is a character developing.
Referring to her seemingly bad southern accent needs to be subjected to the real south. Not the large metropolitan areas where the southern accent is no longer existent, since it has been diluted by all the migration of the non-crackers. As I first was subjected to the south when relocating from Indiana, I found at times I couldn't even understand some of the conversations. Yes, Toto there are still areas where "Hey, ya all" is still a much used term.
I agree that the scene with the "Sue me" response was outstanding and caused more laughter on my part than anything has for some time.
This is only my second comment to any TV show, and I find it insulting that someone would be suspicious of me due to the fact I have not made a number of comments yet. I wonder if that commenter's initial reviews were also suspect. I have only done two since this has been my initial entry into this field in response to IMDb's effort to direct people here from it's homepage. I would tend to believe that could be the reason many others are making their first review. I don't sluff off the fact that there are undoubtedly corporate people who attempt to weight the reviews, but give the masses their due respect and you may get your respect.