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The Odd Couple has been revitalized and I couldn’t be happier. There is a rich history to this show, spanning 47 years. In 1968, The Odd Couple movie was released. That was when I fell in love with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, an unstoppable force. I’ll be honest though – the movie wasn’t as funny so much as it was dramatic. I recently watched this film again and for some reason don’t remember it being as serious. I was stressed out during the whole first half, and only really laughed during the double-date scene near the end. The film really took on the play, giving both a dramatic and …

Be prepared to see Rainn Wilson in a whole new way. Rainn Wilson plays Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom, a police detective who has an oral fixation for cigars, drinks too much, and says all the wrong things. Think House meets Sherlock Holmes. Backstrom makes a living solving murders with a few familiar faces by his side: Dennis Haysbert (The Unit, 24, Allstate commercials) plays Det. Sgt. John Almond, a detective with a conscience, perhaps to balance out Backstrom’s lack thereof. Beatrice Rosen (The Dark Knight, 2012, Cuts) is Nadia Paquet, who is, from what I can tell, a civilian assistant or forensics expert. She poses as his only friend just …