EPISODE
Comrade Detective - Season 1
Back in the 1980s, we show a series of dramatic events that illustrate a wide range of issues. The events of this series begin with the constant search by the Romanian police through many cases and events. On the other hand, the search for a mysterious murderer is still under way and will reveal a very big capitalist conspiracy. Another case in which investigators find themselves in the dangerous cat and mouse game is the most powerful suspect so far, a wicked priest in a country where there is no god or ruler.
28 May 1978, Evanston, Illinois, USA
2 March 1968, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
9 April 1990, Suceava, Romania
18 December 1972, Nahant, Massachusetts, USA
26 June 1970, Joliet, Illinois, USA
March 24, 1977 in Constanta, Romania
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August 07, 2017
The jokes are more prickling than hilarious, though I do cherish the recurring gag of the extras -- street vendors and security guards -- being given the dopiest lines, voiced by the weakest actors.
August 07, 2017
The case itself is full of twists and suspense and plenty of 80s cop drama cliches, but the real genius comes with the political edge.
August 07, 2017
You could call Comrade Detective a one-joke affair, but that could also be said of Airplane. Inside that one joke, series creators Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka have built a deep reservoir of comedy.
August 09, 2017
It feels silly and outdated, yet the Communist propaganda parody is full of Marx references and witty nationalist gibes.
August 16, 2017
It's a sketch the size of a miniseries, a molehill made into a mountain.
August 17, 2017
And yet for all its off-the-wall wackiness and occasionally rococo caricatures, Comrade Detective is, in its own unique way, quite a serious little bit of telly.
August 08, 2017
Faux-'80s Romanian cop series is a thought-provoking hoot.
August 07, 2017
The result is a kind of Mad magazine parody of tough-guy 1980s cop shows crossed with a Marxist-Leninist version of Woody Allen's hilariously counterfeit Japanese spy thriller What's Up, Tiger Lily?
August 04, 2017
It slips in commentary under the guise of laughter, but the point of the joke, whether you chuckle or not, sticks with you.
August 07, 2017
This six-episode series is meant to make us question the ways propaganda and slogans can infiltrate and influence society; a timely message wrapped tightly within an effective comedic conceit.
