Women’s Murder Club Premiere

by Katelyn on October 12th, 2007

In my continuing quest to find something to watch until January, I am watching Women’s Murder Club tonight. It is based on a book by James Patterson that I enjoyed reading a few years ago, so I’m hopeful. It starts with Lindsay, a police lieutenant, chatting on her cell to her ex as another woman, Theresa Wu, falls on her car. Several of her friends (Claire the medical examiner and Jill the assistant d.a.) show up at the scene. They don’t know why Theresa was murdered.

Oh, that lovely dog is an orphan.

Cindy, a young and hungry reporter, keeps showing up and Lindsay catches her making off with evidence. She swears that she was going to turn it in and Lindsay lets her go. Shortly afterward, Lindsay pursues a suspicious man and loses him.

Tom shows up while Lindsay is discussing the case. He’s now her boss. Awkward, huh?

More running, but this time Lindsay catches the guy. “Mr. James, you’re under arrest for pissing me off. Twice.” Good line, although if that was really a reason for arrest, the whole world would be in jail. Ah, Mr. James seems to be a slightly odd stalker. Do we have the killer already? There’s a half hour left.

By the way, where’s the dog? I want to know who’s taking care of it. You can’t introduce an adorable dog and then not let us know how it is doing after it loses an owner.

Mr. James doesn’t look like the killer. He’s weeping over Theresa. Now, he’s collapsed from grief. Stalker, yes. Killer, no.

“Don’t be an ass, Tom.”

“Don’t be an ass, Lieutenant.”

Yeah, I always get upset over people not using my title when they’re calling me names…

Lindsay tries to get Mr. James to trust her. She shows him the message Theresa left her and he starts to open up. Ah, the dog. It seems to like Mr. James. Lindsay attempts to get him to take the dog home.

Lindsay confronts our intrepid reporter and warns her not to overstep her bounds.

Theresa’s lover isn’t acting grief stricken.

“I will pencil you in 10 minutes past a woman is dead.” I’m liking Lindsay.

Oh, no. Cindy goes to visit Mr. James and he’s not answering. The dog is there and seems upset. He’s dead. Oh, the poor dog. An orphan again.

Taking time out to bicker over that talk with her ex while a man is hanging there dead. Lindsay is sure that Mr. James did not commit a murder. Claire finds evidence that he was strangled.

Doctor, doctor, did you kill the reporter? Seems likely with fraud. Or maybe it is your hubby, Theresa’s lover, who was the killer. Raine’s clinic was billing the government out the wazoo for false claims and funding hubby’s restaurant. He killed Theresa and Mr. James to cover it up.

Wait. A twist. Raine, who is watching on the other side of the mirror says stop and then she confesses to the whole thing.

“So I held a gun to the dog’s head and he wrote what I wanted.” That dog may be an orphan twice, but it certainly was loved by both owners.

And Lindsay finds out her ex is getting remarried. Not upset, huh? She called him lieutenant. I think she was still carrying a torch for him, no matter what she said to her friends.

Now, what? Who’s back? Oh, no. The serial killer that she tracked so obsessively that it cost her her marriage. He’s some sicko.

Umm, where’s the poor dog now?

Overall, I’d say this is a pretty promising show. Much better than Bionic Woman.