This show did not last too long, but it was a fun ride. Necessary Roughness aired for three seasons on the USA Network and while you don’t need a degree in psychology to guess a few things it was funny, dramatic and just a joy to watch. I wasn’t even too mad it was canceled because it didn’t end on a cliff hanger, maybe a couple of things were unexplained but it’s fine. As always spoilers will be ahead. I DO NOT OWN THE PICTURE.
Based on the true story of the New York Jets psychologist Necessary Roughness follows Dr. Danielle “Dani” Santino (Golden Globe nominated Callie Thorne) a tough as nails divorced therapist who becomes the voice of reason I guess you can call it for the fictional New York football team, the New York Hawks, more specifically their star player and troublemaker Terrence King, aka T.K. (Mehcad Brooks). Dani also gains other clients and helps them out with their, I’m going to say, unique problems. Meanwhile Dani has to keep her own life on track with her ex-husband, two rebellious teenage children Ray Jay and Lindsay (Patrick Johnson and Hannah Marks) and her own love life, which includes Matt Donnally (Marc Blucas), the Hawks athletic trainer. Dani does get some help thanks to the mysterious Nico (Scott Cohen) a fixer, and in season two she becomes attracted to him as well. This is a majority of the first two seasons, but in season three things change. After refusing to share her therapy seasons with the new meaner head of the Hawks Dani is fired, but is quickly hired by V3 a sports agency lead by Connor McClane (John Stamos) and soon becomes involved in something much bigger than her clients.
Callie Thorne was so good as Dr. Dani; funny, tough and you can see how much she cared about whomever she was working with at the time. She would not stop until the problem was resolved. Mehcad Brooks is amazing as T.K, there are times where you feel sorry for him but there are times where you want to reach thru your TV screen, or wherever you watch it, you want to punch him in the face. I’ve seen Marc Blucas on a couple of other shows, but this was the first time I saw him as part of the main cast and I was very pleased to see him do so well. John Stamos was as well a nice addition in the last season. My favorite character though was Nico; he was there when you needed him, always there to help and was oh so mysterious (and who doesn’t love a mystery man.) I’m not sure if this show is still on TV somewhere but I do know Netflix DVD has all three season. If you have that plan I would put it high on your queue. If not I’d try Google because this show was awesome.
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