Tonight at 10p Golden Boy debuts on CBS and you don’t want to miss this police procedural with a twist.
At 34, Walter William Clark Jr. (Theo James) is the youngest man ever to become the NYC Police Commissioner and we will see the path he took to get there in flashbacks. When he was on the beat for 3 years, he was just doing his job and something happened that changed his life. He saved his partner who was shot during a shootout and it was all caught on video. Overnight he has become a local hero and thus has his choice for almost any job on the force. He chooses to be a homicide detective and since he is only 26 that is not going to go over well with the other detectives. His partner Detective Don Owen (Chi McBride) is just years from retiring and he doesn’t want to work with this little cocky brat who he doesn’t think is qualified for the job. Clark thinks he knows it all and Owen will prove to him that he doesn’t. Even though Owen is tough on him, they both learn things from each other while they are working cases. It is their bond that will help get him his future job. Plus we will also learn that Clark’s past is what shaped him into being the man that he is now.
In each episode, we will see Clark answer questions in the future about how got to that position. The future and the past blend perfectly on this show, something show creator Greg Berlanti has perfected with Jack & Bobby and Arrow.
James is convincing as a NYC cop/commissioner and McBride makes any show watchable. I think this is his best work since Boston Public and he was beyond brilliant on that show.
