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Two cops, one of whom is a despised ethnic group, and the other is his partner under protest, stumble on a gang, several murders and a conspiracy, during which they learn to respect each other and maybe take a few steps toward being friends.

And the cop nobody wants to partner with is an Orc…

This takes place in a future LA, with annoying fairies, rich and beautiful Elves who live in an enclave, and Orc hooligans and gang members. Will Smith’s partner (yes, Serious Honey Will Smith is back in a really good role, yippee!) is an Orc who has cut off his tusks (and is called ’roundtooth’ by other Orcs) but all he wants to be is a good cop.

This is an excellent example of taking a plot everyone has seen many times, and remaking it with one element (fantasy creatures in our world) changed, and thereby creating a new and interesting story. The worldbuilding is good, there are rules for the magic and abilities and the plot makes them clear, and the writers stick to the rules.

Mr. Otter was kind of rolling his eyes at this and claiming that it didn’t explain stuff or follow the rules, but he doesn’t read fantasy novels, and I do, and I say this was really good.

You better watch it for yourself, though, and see what you think.