I came into this series entirely by accident, simply by its name (I thought it was historical, about Hannibal Barca)but went ahead and watched anyway. It is a standard detective procedural, where you watch the good guys and bad guy maneuver around each other to build suspense for a climactic showdown. In the meantime the stories are part CSI, part Numb3rs, part whatever else they show 20x per week on primetime.

While none of the characters are who you'd want to spend time with, they're certainly entertaining to watch, and the stories are entertaining as well, given how well-trod the entire genre is.

I docked it a point for 2 things: 1)When the main guy goes into his "trance" the amount of loud throbbing sub-bass and the amount of time it lasts is really irritating. You could turn down the sound, but inevitably the next scene is someone having a quiet dialog and then you miss something. 2) Only 2 episodes in and they went for the cheap pulp-theology bit along the lines of 'God must love killing, He kills lots of people every day'. Fine, whatever. It just sounded less like the character and more like a Hollywood screenwriter trying to sound badass and edgy.

All in all, this is a fine watch-it-when-it's-on series, but if you miss a week, don't hang yourself over it.