It's amazing how an interesting and engaging series can tank so quickly. Season one is gritty, nuanced, and intelligent. The acting is superb, the story is character driven. Kevin Bacon's Jackie Rohr is a swaggering dirtbag that is always entertaining to watch, even when you want to punch him in the nose. Aldis Hodge delivers a stellar performance as a conflicted ADA on the rise. Really fun to watch because of the witty, intelligent writing and exceptional acting.

Then you have season two. Painfully bad. Of course, every actor who stayed from season one continues to perform well, but a great actor with bad material can only go so far. It seems every actor who is new to the show is eye rolling bad. One can only assume it's a budget issue. Or casting with an agenda other than talent.

Season two is clearly a failure in writing. The story is unbelievable (seriously Wile E. Coyote cartoons are more believable) and the dialog is unimaginative, wooden and often awkward. If you look at what changed at the writers table it is easy to find the source of the shift. I won't be watching anything by Ms. Carter again.

I rate season one a solid 8.5, but season two is pushing a rating of 2. I can watch mediocre actors deliver great lines, but mediocre actors delivering unimaginative stale lines? Yuck. Even Kevin Bacon can't do much with this material though he does overcome and shine despite the story line. Its just more of a meow than a "Rohr".

Thanks Showtime, but I won't be watching season 3. I find it amusing that the two rock stars who wrote Good Will Hunting are executive producers of this writing failure. Irony abounds.