It's hard to put your finger on what makes a good TV show. Or define what makes a good TV show work. There's no magical formula or definitive checklist; it either gels or it doesn't.

There's something about the mix of detectives at City Homicide that just works. There's the core cast of young gun detectives - Duncan, Jennifer, Matt and Simon, but there's also the older guard of their superiors - Bernice Waverley and Stanley Wolfe. It's not just the young funky squad going round shooting baddies and solving crimes, it's a real mix of real people.