First episode is great and overall, I like the vibe and Natasha in the role. Unfortunately, it becomes increasingly detached from reality and is not nearly as good as the show it is obviously based on, Columbo.
For anyone who has not seen Columbo, I HIGHLY recommend watching it and search for best episodes and watch those first. It had some duds but overall, a higher percent of the episodes were good compared to this. It's on Peacock but you may be able to find it free elsewhere since it's an older show. It's great though, the main actor/character is iconic and it has some cool 70s TV moog/synth soundtrack that I actually like more than the North Brooklyn/Silverlake dwelling indie cool person's oldies playlist style soundtrack on this show. It also makes perfect logical sense he is constantly around crimes and trying to solve them since he is an Investigator with the LAPD, unlike Charlie/Natasha on this who is just a random person running from scummy casino people. It's just really hard to believe that everywhere she stops has a murder and she is the one to investigate and figure out who really did it (but in Columbo style, where the viewer knows already unlike mystery shows where the viewer is trying to figure it out too).
I think this show can be better but they need to change some things. Again, the first one is making the premise more believable, she could at least be a private instigator, she doesn't have to work for the police. Just finish up the casino villain part of the story like those people get arrested. Second is have at least one or two other regulars on the show, like she has an assistant if she becomes a private instigator. Third is maybe doing some episodes in mystery show format just to mix things up more. They don't have to all be in the Columbo style.
For anyone who has not seen Columbo, I HIGHLY recommend watching it and search for best episodes and watch those first. It had some duds but overall, a higher percent of the episodes were good compared to this. It's on Peacock but you may be able to find it free elsewhere since it's an older show. It's great though, the main actor/character is iconic and it has some cool 70s TV moog/synth soundtrack that I actually like more than the North Brooklyn/Silverlake dwelling indie cool person's oldies playlist style soundtrack on this show. It also makes perfect logical sense he is constantly around crimes and trying to solve them since he is an Investigator with the LAPD, unlike Charlie/Natasha on this who is just a random person running from scummy casino people. It's just really hard to believe that everywhere she stops has a murder and she is the one to investigate and figure out who really did it (but in Columbo style, where the viewer knows already unlike mystery shows where the viewer is trying to figure it out too).
I think this show can be better but they need to change some things. Again, the first one is making the premise more believable, she could at least be a private instigator, she doesn't have to work for the police. Just finish up the casino villain part of the story like those people get arrested. Second is have at least one or two other regulars on the show, like she has an assistant if she becomes a private instigator. Third is maybe doing some episodes in mystery show format just to mix things up more. They don't have to all be in the Columbo style.