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Battle Creek is CBS's newest cop drama. But unlike most of the cop dramas that come off of CBS's production line, this one comes by way of Vince Gilligan, who wrote the pilot script a decade ago, when Breaking Bad was still a twinkle in his eye. CBS passed on the show when he first pitched it but were happy to resurrect the project given his recent acclaim. Now that said, beyond an exec producer title and the pilot script itself, Gilligan probably won't have much creative input on the show. So you'll have to settle for House's David Shore as showrunner instead. As to the cast...  Josh Duhamel as Special Agent Milton Chamberlain That Guy Who Totally Isn't Timothy Olyphant I Swear stars as a straight-laced FBI Agent who is sent to assist the underfunded police department of Battle Creek, Michigan in cleaning up their streets. In order to get more familiar with his surroundings, Chamberlain asks to be partnered up with...  Dean Winters as Detective Russ Agnew You probably best know Winters as either the Allstate mayhem guy or Dennis Duffy from 30 Rock. He plays Russ Agnew, a veteran, street-smart detective who reluctantly shows Chamberlain the ropes in Battle Creek. The cast also includes other members of the department including...  Kal Penn as Detective Fontanelle White Expect him to leave the show via suicide in 2017 to join the Clinton administration.  Janet McTeer as Commander Guziewicz The veteran Emmy-nominated actress plays the head of the Battle Creek police force.  Aubrey Dollar as Holly Dale Holly is an office assistant who immediately has the hots for Agent Chamberlain.  Edward Fordham Jr. as Detective Aaron Funkhauser If you hadn't noticed by now, Gilligan clearly had fun naming all of these characters. Recurring cast members include Justified's Damon Herriman and DTTB's Liza Lapira as additional Battle Creek detectives and every TV show ever's Patton Oswald as Battle Creek's mayor. If the show's goofy buddy cop trappings seem like they've been done before, it's because they have been. But in spite of that, the show has received some fairly positive reviews so far. It's currently sitting at a score of 74 on Metacritic. Here's a trailer.
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I hope Chamberlain getting served dessert by everyone he talks to is a running gag.
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