ProfessorDave

David Milch is IMHO the most brilliant TV writer of his time. Having grown up in NJ during the 1970's, I can tell you that my own memories of NYC news TV during this time support how the setting allows for a depiction of moral ambiguity, i.e., how bad people can do good things out of necessity(i.e., cops in general, and corrupt cops specifically), ala "The Shield" blended with holdover elements of noir detective stories... This is the Watergate era, wherein our (American's) whole view of authority went awry, but preceded the helpless panic of the Son of Sam... I'm just blabbering...