Screens /Streaming

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Where: CITY-TV
What: Series, 10 episodes, 50 mins.
When: Debuted, Thurs., Feb. 22, new episodes weekly
Genre: Crime Drama
Rating: NNN (out of 5)
Why you should watch: See our town get the L&O treatment with all the classic characters Canadianized. Aden Young is amusing as Det. Sgt. Henry Graff, dropping wry wisdom like a policing savant with such a thick Canadian accent — apparently, we do have them — that he sounds like Mike Meyers doing a Scarborough bit. Kathleen Munroe is solid as the no-nonsense Det. Sgt. Frankie Bateman, and Karen Robinson is great as the imperial, wise and authoritative Insp. Vivienne Holness. From the ominous keyboard chords to the comforting hushed earnestness, this is the full Law & Order treatment with plenty of location shots to firmly root the series in the Six — which is fun. Hard to not think you’re watching an SCTV episode at the beginning with the familiar titles appearing over shots of the city and, at times, the earnestness can feel a bit Littlest Hobo. Ultimately, it’s just more whodunit fun, this time in good ol’ Toronto.