Third Watch

Great show, still miss it. Everything was perfect: plot, characters and Sully :)

I loved this show. I lived to watch this show every week. It had action, compassion, love, hate, thrills, you name it. Why was this show taken off the air? My god. They leave the soap operas on for years and years and then you get a wonderful show like this and they take it off. I don't understand. There was never a dull moment on this show. Always something going on. I sure wish they would start it up again. It would be sooooo great. I always wanted Bosco to hook up with Faith. Now that would have been so great. They had a chemistry going. That let me down when they did not at least kiss. You know they wanted to...haha Sad in Louisiana, Linda

Before there was The wire, Southland, The Closer, The Rookie, and other cop procedurals there was 3rd Watch. It's amazing to discover and watch this in 2023. The show is a snapshot of turn of the century New York, with a stellar soundtrack consisting of hits of the respective time and a stellar cast to boot. It's a good mix of NY police, fire department and Paramedics drama. Great production value, great chemistry of characters, good dialogue and action-filled overall. It's not without its slights quirks though. For whatever reason most if not all main characters go completely off the rails in a quite unrealistic manner - perhaps in an attempt to fill 22 episode seasons with drama without filler episodes. Still, given the fact that it started in 1999, it's an absolute gem and stands the test of time as one of the greats for me. The 3rd Watch walked so that the other series of the genre that followed could run. And of course, Bosco!

I've been a fan of Third Watch for quite a while, as it consists of a very culturally diverse and talented cast. As an actor myself, I was once fortunate enough to be an extra on the show and found it to be a most enjoyable experience, meeting some of the cast who were not only professional but also very friendly. I'm also a City University of New York Campus Peace Officer and find the show to successfully incorporate real issues within each episode, such as relationship situations (between the officers of the various departments), personal issues like child care concerns, marital problems, etc., as well as most of the official procedures which the uniformed Officers (Police, Fire & Emergency Medical Technicians) utilize in the performance of their duties. The portrayals of the characters by the cast is wonderful, as they succeed in bringing each character to 3 dimensional life! You get the feeling that these are real folks you could actually run into while walking down a New York City street. (Yes, all their performances are that good!!) The action in the show is great, combining the perfect amount of gritty realism and excitement with (at times), a dash of humor. I enjoy the show very much & hope it continues to have a nice long run!! I really like this show and feel that it is the best hour of quality viewing on televsion. Fantastic work by all the cast and crew!!

take NYPD Blue and mix it it with ER and some firemen TV show and you'll get 3rd W. I specially like the politically incorrect characters and how they complement each other, and the way they treated the 9/11 stuff without much patriotism and low punches. The best in US TV nowadays