“The Chicago Code” – new Fox show

This will be premiering on February 7, Monday at 9 – 10PM on Fox. The executive producer, Shawn Ryan, was from Chicago and this was his dream to be able to shoot a film entirely in Chicago. They were fortunate enough to get the okay from Chicago to do that. They shoot exteriors 6 days out of the 8-day shoot which enables them to show a lot of the territory in and around the city. Shawn was executive producer of “Terriers,” “Lie to Me” and “The Shield” which were all my favorites.

This is a show about police officers who delve into politics, corruption, family, greed and all those things that make a show interesting. Everyone knows Chicago was always corrupt and probably still is. So these cops are fighting a tough battle. The new police superintendent, Jennifer Beals, was put in that position by Alderman Gibbons (Delroy Lindo) who is a real scumbag. He put her in that position to act as his puppet, but she’ll have none of that. She gets together with her old partner (Jason Clarke) and secretly starts their own task force to fight corruption when Gibbons turns her down for help. Gibbons runs the city and is more powerful than the mayor so they have to watch their step.

This premiere episode shows a surprising amount about each character so you’ll know them a little better the next time it’s on. I like that they did that, and I found it exciting and very interesting. I like “cop” shows, and this one has promise. I kept waiting for the water to be dumped on Jennifer, but I guess that was from another time. I hope you’ll watch this show; I know I will.