The Glades

The Glades leans on the Florida-setting side of crime drama, with a sun-bleached look that makes the police work feel less chilly than in the usual network procedural. By our assessment, it is a straightforward case-of-the-week show, so the appeal comes from the detective rhythm and the local texture more than from layered plotting. That also means the emotional range stays fairly familiar, and it does not try to be a dense serial mystery. In practice, it plays like comfortable late-night TV: easy to follow, lightly breezy in tone, and dependent on whether you like this particular procedural shape. Compared with heavier dramas, it is less tense and less ambitious, but that also makes it easier to drop in and out of. The Glades is for people who want a crime show with a warmer climate and a simpler structure, and it never really reaches beyond that.