Why On Call is a 'commentary-free' show about law enforcement

Dick Wolfof call Follows fictional law enforcement working for the Long Beach Police Department — but why not try to provide procedural commentary?

During a private interview with Dr our weekly, Troian Bellisario, Brandon Laraquente, Eric LaSalle And Lori Loughlin How to discuss their new show Started important conversations Without side selection.

“At least from my own experience, the show left me with more questions than actual answers. I hope the audience feels the same way,” noted Laraquente, 30, who plays Officer Alex Diaz. “At the end of it, we really have no narrative. Not trying to draw.”

Laraquente applauded call To “just try to show the human side” of each, adding, “Hopefully audience members can relate to one of the characters (on the show) in some way, shape or form.”

Bellisario, 39, meanwhile, agreed not to “There is a single message.”

“We want different types of people – who have different opinions about the police – to come to this show. And we want them to take away what they take,” said the actress who plays Officer Tracy Harmon our. (“Executive Producer”) Elliot (Wolf) Keep it really good. He's like, 'We want to make a buffet and we want everyone to come to the table and eat together.' That's the thing. We're not going to say, 'Oh, you have that idea, so you're not welcome here.' You don't like this show so you have ideas.' You will see people make incredible decisions (on screen). You will see our mistakes. No one is a hero. And these are people — that's exactly what they're doing.”

On Call, which premiered Thursday, January 9, is Wolf Entertainment's first scripted streaming series. Use of tamarind drama Bodycam, dash-cam and cellphone footage To follow the police in the field.

while talking to ourLoughlin, 60, showed support for callWhile its “purpose” is not to “try to comment” in any way. his costar Eric LaSalle Found to be an appealing part Show when joined as a lead and director.

“We're just trying to present real believable characters. We all spent a shift — or at least a shift — riding with a cop, answering calls and monitoring, which was extremely helpful. For me as a director, my goal with the audience is to be on that cruiser and be a fly on the wall,” explains the 62-year-old actor who plays Sergeant Lassman. “We try to bring the audience in and make them feel like they're in that car with us and they're on these calls with us. Everyone was in sync with what we were trying to do.”

La Salle called the “main goal” to bring in the audience “Without commentary.”

“We are not saying anything, we are just presenting. How you interpret these letters is up to you. You may like some characters, you may not like some characters,” he continued. “You may agree with some of the characters (and) you may not. But our work — and I think I'm proud of the work we've done — is what we see as true and what we see as the multi-dimensionality of these characters. Let's present it.”

callIts mission is to stand out Adaptation is involved for time

“Our audience is evolving. Police procedurals are nothing new and this is definitely a Wolf Entertainment production. It's classic and everyone loves it,” Bellisario noted. “The younger audience is mostly streaming. They're watching less procedural and more character-driven shows. We're going to use the law enforcement world but we're going to show you in a place where you really do a lot. Can't see, which is Long Beach. It's a whole new community and landscape.”

He concluded: “We're not going to show you a case and then finish it and solve it. This season has an overarching story line that our characters are following. But it's really about the time spent between us and this relationship and how it builds and how it falls and betrayal and trust. It's a really incredible combination of all these new ideas that I think presents a completely original idea to the show.”

call Currently streaming on Prime Video.